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1. Help Us Make More Videos for Kurzgesagt

2014-04-23 • 2 min

2. The Year 12,018 Calendar IS OUT NOW — A New Calendar for Humanity

2017-10-10 • 2 min

3. The 12,019 Calendar IS HERE — A New Calendar for Humanity

2018-10-30 • 2 min

4. Can You Trust Kurzgesagt Videos?

Can you trust our videos? How do we research them nowadays? And what about our older videos?

2019-03-03 • 6 min

5. The 12,020 Human SPACE Era Calendar

2019-11-03 • 2 min

6. The 12,021 Human Era Calendar

2020-10-11 • 2 min

7. Two Chapters From Our New Book – Exclusive Preview!

2021-09-28 • 26 min

8. The Limited Edition Dinosaur Calendar – Now And Then Never Again

2021-10-19 • 2 min

9. HIDDEN WORLDS - Limited Edition Calendar!

The new 12,023 Human Era Calendar is here! https://kgs.link/calendar WORLDWIDE SHIPPING AVAILABLE. This time you can join us on a journey through the microcosm. Curious? Head over to our shop and get it while supplies last.

2022-10-11 • 3 min

10. Our Very First Merch Drop – Cosmic Pioneers Edition

2023-04-16 • ? min

11. Why Is the Ocean Salty and Rivers Are Not?

Understanding this isn't difficult, you just need to know biology, chemistry, physics, geology and every other science in the existence.

2023-05-04 • 1 min

12. How Tiny Can a Black Hole Be?

You might think a tiny black hole is cute, but it turns out that it's just as deadly as all the other black holes. So please consider this, before you wish for one as a birthday present.

2023-05-11 • 1 min

13. The Ultimate Fight: Tardigrade vs. Bird

Tardigrades win in the "coolest nickname" category as well, as they are also known as "water bears"!

2023-05-14 • 1 min

14. Magnetic Pole Shift - A Doomsday Scenario?

Earth's magnetic field is going to flip. So we're better off knowing what that means for us as well, when it plays the UNO reverse card on us.

2023-05-18 • 1 min

15. How to Cut a Sandwich Perfectly – With Science

There is perfect way to cut a three ingredient sandwich. ANY three ingredient sandwich. And there's also a perfect way to cut a four ingredient sandwich, you just need four dimensions. Thanks, Maths!

2023-05-25 • 1 min

16. Earth as a Cube – What Would It Look Like?

Walking around the Minecraft server might be fun, but sadly, the same couldn't be said about the Minecraft Earth...

2023-06-01 • 1 min

17. How do Lasers Work?

Have you ever wondered how lasers work? Well, we did!

2023-06-08 • 1 min

18. Let's Make Earth Twice as Large!

Good thing Earth is not twice as large, because if an apple would fall on a person's head it would give them serious head injuries instead of ground breaking ideas.

2023-06-02 • 1 min

19. Are Your Friends More Popular than You?

Remember, while playing with numbers is fun, the real value of your friendships lies within the quality of the friendships you have, and not the number of friends you have. Quality is more important than the quantity in many areas in life, and friendships are no exception to that.

2023-06-29 • 1 min

20. Earth's Hidden Gem: The Astonishing Diversity of Fauna and Flora

So far only 17% of all species estimated to live on Earth have been categorized, out of the estimated 8.7 million!

2023-07-06 • 1 min

21. What Happens if Earth Suddenly Stops Rotating?

You don't even realize how fast Earth rotates, unless you pause its rotation...

2023-07-13 • 1 min

22. What If You’re in Space without a Spacesuit?

How horrible of a scenario do you want to be? Being in Space without a spacesuit: yes.

2023-07-20 • 1 min

23. How Many Moons Could Earth Handle?

A beautiful night sky, but it comes with wild tides. Do you accept? And how many moons would you choose?

2023-07-27 • 1 min

24. A Glimpse Into Our Future

Join us on an exploration of how different cosmic conditions could shape unique worlds and civilizations.

2023-10-17 • 2 min

25. The Moment Kurzgesagt Changed Forever

Thank you so much for being a special part of all that we do here at kurzgesagt!

2023-12-05 • 3 min

26. Would You Choose Life On Earth Or in Space?

2023-09-21 • ? min

27. Cooking a Chicken in a Particle Accelerator

2023-12-28 • ? min

28. You Swallowed a Tapeworm – What Now?

2023-01-04 • ? min

29. Let’s Shrink Earth to Half Its Size

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30. Map Projections – Why Do We Have Different Maps of the Earth?

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31. What If Our Sun Disappeared?

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32. Can You Escape a Black Hole?

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33. Something in Your Kitchen Emits Antimatter

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34. What Does the Moon Smell Like?

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35. Will Europe Freeze over When the Gulf Stream Stops?

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36. AI Can Literally Lend You a Hand

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37. YOU Own the Moon. And Mars. And Venus.

2024-03-21 • ? min

38. ONE Gene Determines How Many Fingers You Have

2024-04-04 • 1 min

39. Let's Cook a Galaxy

2024-04-11 • 1 min

40. How You Can Live Forever... Maybe.

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41. Why You Need a Space Elevator And How You Can Build One

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42. Why Is the Night Sky Black?

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43. Your Hidden Superpower

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44. How Old Can You Get?

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45. Something Travels Faster than Light

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46. We Are Making a VIDEO GAME

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47. Our Brains Are Not Special. But Why Are We?

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48. The Deadly Power of a Coin-Sized Black Hole

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49. Can We Stop the Extinction?

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50. Can Our Universe Destroy Itself?

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51. The Sun is NOT Yellow!

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52. Fentanyl Explained

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53. This Happens When You Get a Tattoo

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