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Demystified

Science, art, history, and culture—demystified.

How Are Sports Chosen for the Olympics?
How Are Sports Chosen for the Olympics?
Deafblind activist Helen Keller touches a plane labeled "The Helen Keller" with a graphic overlay of a plane and dashed travel path.
How Did Helen Keller Fly a Plane?
Red and white striped popcorn bucket against a purple background.
Why Do Movie Theaters Serve Popcorn?
Santa Claus reading a book in front of a Christmas tree.
Was Santa Claus a Real Person?
Small dog sitting next to a vintage television set.
Are Dogs Really Colorblind?
Black-and-white photo of a man in a suit plugging his ears with his fingers. An orange polka dot pattern is behind his head.
Why Do We Have Earwax?
The Sun and planets in its orbit.
Why Isn't Pluto a Planet?
Why Is Christmas on December 25?
Why Is Christmas on December 25?
Why Do Americans Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving?
Why Do Americans Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving?
Small squirrel peeking out of a snowy bank, with a blue circle surrounding it.
Why Do These Animals Hibernate?
Illustration of a woman in a bonnet centered, surrounded by multiple purple hands pointing inward on a beige background.
Did Rye Bread Cause the Salem Witch Trials?
Portrait of Marie-Antoinette.
Did Marie-Antoinette Say “Let Them Eat Cake”?
Group of young white women in 1950s-style dresses.
When Did American Women Start Wearing Pants?
Portrait of the Mona Lisa superimposed over a black-and-white crowd with blue highlights.
Why Is the Mona Lisa So Famous?
Exterior image of the Great Pyramid of Khufu.
What's Inside the Great Pyramid of Khufu?
Did Dinosaurs Really Have Feathers?
Did Dinosaurs Really Have Feathers?
How are hurricanes and typhoons named?
How are hurricanes and typhoons named?
What's the difference between weather and climate?
What's the difference between weather and climate?
The video thumbnail image shows two black and white photos of monkey and ape heads, surrounded by blue and pink circles.
Monkeys vs. apes: What's the difference?
The video thumbnail shows a black and white image of a mosquito biting a human arm. The area it is biting is highlighted in pink.
Why do mosquito bites itch?
Image thumbnail shows a illustration of a shark resting its head on a pillow.
Do sharks sleep?
Why do some cicadas appear every 17 years?
Why do some cicadas appear every 17 years?
The difference between “poisonous” and “venomous”
The difference between “poisonous” and “venomous”
The difference between meteors, meteorites, and meteoroids
The difference between meteors, meteorites, and meteoroids
Solar and lunar eclipses, explained
Solar and lunar eclipses, explained
What is the difference between a solstice and an equinox?
What is the difference between a solstice and an equinox?
How light pollution affects humans
How light pollution affects humans
Decoding the Rosetta Stone
Decoding the Rosetta Stone
What do eggs have to do with Easter?
What do eggs have to do with Easter?
The difference between Great Britain and the United Kingdom
The difference between Great Britain and the United Kingdom
Do fossil fuels really come from fossils?
Do fossil fuels really come from fossils?
Is spontaneous human combustion real?
Is spontaneous human combustion real?
Why a baker's dozen is thirteen and not twelve
Why a baker's dozen is thirteen and not twelve
What's the difference between turtles and tortoises?
What's the difference between turtles and tortoises?
Why bees are important to the environment
Why bees are important to the environment
How does the Electoral College work in the U.S.?
How does the Electoral College work in the U.S.?
What is the difference between a rabbit and a hare?
What is the difference between a rabbit and a hare?
What do camels store in their humps?
What do camels store in their humps?
How is a bison different from a buffalo?
How is a bison different from a buffalo?