Watch To Know

Curating educational content for the curious. Website with videos to watch to know about the world. There's just too much knowledge out there to pass up.

[watchtoknow-blog]

Why Is There a "B" in Doubt?

A lesson about spelling.

Say the word "doubt" aloud. What is that "b" doing there? Does it have any purpose? Gina Cooke explains the long and winding history of "doubt" and why the spelling, though it seems random, is a wink to its storied past. Lesson by Gina Cooke, animation by The Leading Sheep Studios.

Watch-To-Know.com - curating educational content for the curious

[watchtoknow-blog]

How Exposing Anonymous Companies Could Cut Down On Crime

 With the resent big data leak of Panama Papers a huge spotlight has been shown into the secret lives of corporations.

This is a video about the harm people do through anonymous companies and untraceable business dealings.

Companies are artificial entities created to allow real people to do business. But, unfortunately, there are some types of companies that aren’t engaged in any business at all. Instead, these anonymous companies exist mainly to disguise people doing things they’d rather not have the public know about. Global Witness explains how anonymous companies are used to cover up crime and corruption. Lesson by Global Witness, animation by Kozmonot Animation Studio.

Watch-To-Know.com - curating educational content for the curious

[watchtoknow-blog]

Bernie Sanders' Accent Explained

A video you should watch to know why Bernie Sanders talks the way he does.

It’s definitely not a vermont accent because he’s from Brooklyn... Brooklyn of the past.

Watch-To-Know.com - curating educational content for the curious

[watchtoknow-blog]

The Limb of the Sun

A video you should watch to know about the color gradients of flames and most importantly the sun.

let’s see what’s up with that.

Watch-To-Know.com - curating educational content for the curious

[watchtoknow-blog]

The Science of Boobs

A video you should watch to know more about breasts. You’ll never look at them the same.

Watch-To-Know.com - curating educational content for the curious

[watchtoknow-blog]

Which Fish Did We Evolve From?

Have you ever wonder just how any mammals could evolve from fish? Well Watch this short video lesson to find out how that happened and just what type of fish we all come from.

Definitely worth the two minutes of your life. Get smarter.

Watch-To-Know.com - curating educational content for the curious

[watchtoknow-blog]

How Do Schools of Fish Swim in Harmony?

A video about how simple individual elements create complex behaviors.

Time to watch and learn about emergence.

How do schools of fish swim in harmony? How do the tiny cells in your brain give rise to the complex thoughts, memories, and consciousness that are you? Oddly enough, those questions have the same general answer. Nathan S. Jacobs explains the concept of emergence, the spontaneous creation of sophisticated behaviors and functions from large groups of simple elements. Lesson by Nathan S. Jacobs, animation by TED-Ed.

Watch-To-Know.com - curating educational content for the curious

[watchtoknow-blog]

The Greatest Failed Experiment Ever

A look at Muchelson-Morley Experiment and the findings it... didn’t make.

As the title suggests. It was a fail.

Watch-To-Know.com - curating educational content for the curious

[watchtoknow-blog]

Math Magic

 A mind-bending video about the magic of math, card tricks and a very large number arising from all of that.

Vsauce delivers a powerful lesson about math and probability while we learn some cool card tricks.

Watch-To-Know.com - curating educational content for the curious

[watchtoknow-blog]

7 MYTHS You Still Believe About Exercise

Watch Mathew Santoro debunk some myths about working out.

A good list of 7 myths.

Watch-To-Know.com - curating educational content for the curious

[watchtoknow-blog]

Comma Story

 A look at a clever comma and its role in holding sentences together. Let’s see how to properly use comma.

It isn't easy holding complex sentences together (just ask a conjunction or a subordinate), but the clever little comma can help lighten the load. But how to tell when help is really needed? Terisa Folaron offers some tricks of the comma trade. Lesson by Terisa Folaron, animation by Brett Underhill.

Watch-To-Know.com - curating educational content for the curious

[watchtoknow-blog]

Planet 9 From Outer Space

 A video you should watch to know about the possibility that a 9th planet exists in our solar system somewhere beyond kuiper belt.

We’re not talking Pluto here.

Watch-To-Know.com - curating educational content for the curious

[watchtoknow-blog]

The Black Hole Death Problem

 This video lesson is about black holes and their death problem as you could probably tell from the title.

Warped Space-time? whoah. Evaporation? yes, that too.

Watch-To-Know.com - curating educational content for the curious

[watchtoknow-blog]

What Are Eye Boogers?

 Another pressing question is answered in this video.

Eye boogers: Not the most glamorous of bodily secretions, but important all the same. Learn why the heck you have sand in your eyes in the morning in this episode of Quick Questions.

Watch-To-Know.com - curating educational content for the curious

[watchtoknow-blog]

How Do Tides Work?

 Despite that creepy beginning it’s a very interesting video with a good illustrated explanation for tides.

I’d watch if I were you. 

Watch-To-Know.com - curating educational content for the curious

[watchtoknow-blog]

Why Do People In Old Movies Talk Weird?

You’ll be a little smarter after watching this video about one particular accent that is so widespread in old movies and radio broadcasts.

Watch to know what that accent is and why it was so popular way back when.

Watch-To-Know.com - curating educational content for the curious

[watchtoknow-blog]

How Do Gun Silencers Work?

Great answer to a question at least those of us who like action movies have.

Also those are not silencers. They’re suppressors. 

That ad at the end of the video is annoying because of the whole mind wandering off type of approach. finish the video and talk about your sponsors. no problem.

Watch-To-Know.com - curating educational content for the curious