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Special thanks to @CalebMarting for his tireless work on the prototypes. Our entire team at the Curiosity Box and Inq Factory is incredible — it’s a gift to be able to make the world curiouser with you all!
“Curiouser” is a very curious word.
LINKS TO LEARN MORE:
flour particle size: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335277332_Influence_of_milling_whole_wheat_grains_and_particle_size_on_thermo-mechanical_properties_of_flour_using_Mixolab
solar corona:
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14865
eclipse footage: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14572/
KUSHIM:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushim_(Uruk_period)
GAL-SAL:
https://isac-idb.uchicago.edu/id/b6ace1f1-9701-4dc5-b366-8c15c7da00ca
https://www.instagram.com/p/DLlP1d6zlPR/?img_index=2
Gudea:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statues_of_Gudea
https://www.sumerianshakespeare.com/face-of-gudea
Other early human forms:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urfa_Man
History of human figure in art: https://jesygilkesuca.home.blog/2020/09/14/history-and-depictions-of-the-human-figure/
3D interactive DNA model: https://www.labxchange.org/library/items/lb:LabXchange:5c1562b9:lx_simulation:1
How many genetic ancestors do you have? https://gcbias.org/2013/11/11/how-does-your-number-of-genetic-ancestors-grow-back-over-time/
fossilization video: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wie_entstehen_Fossilien_(CC_by_4.0)_redub_EO.webm
How to become a fossil:
https://www.newscientist.com/lastword/mg24632832-100-wheres-the-best-place-to-be-buried-to-preserve-your-body-as-a-fossil/
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180215-how-does-fossilisation-happen
where to be buried to become a fossil Earth images: https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/
Big Bertha: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bertha_(lunar_sample)
red giant sun: https://science.nasa.gov/resource/life-and-death-of-a-planetary-system/
Interactive voyager viewer: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/
Wifi signal in house: https://jasmcole.com/2014/07/12/wifi-strife/
How we’ve found partners over time https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1908630116
Screen time: https://explodingtopics.com/blog/screen-time-stats
Mobile phones vs toothbrushes: https://bcp-advisors.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Cell-Phones-and-Toothbrushes.pdf
Old music outselling new: https://web.archive.org/web/20160222071723/http://www.chartattack.com/news/2016/01/20/old-music-is-outselling-new-music-for-the-first-time-in-history/
“Soy Bomb” incident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OeNKBq63iM
Steve Fossett: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Fossett
Gabby Petito: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Gabby_Petito
Unknown soldier:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_the_Unknown_Soldier_(Arlington_National_Cemetery)
https://www.defense.gov/Multimedia/Photos/igphoto/2002889128/
Conrad Roy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Conrad_Roy
Frederick Douglass: https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/frederick-douglass-and-the-power-of-photography.htm
Sojourner Truth: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/301989
Wallace Line:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Line
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_Sunda_and_Sahul.svg
Homo Erectus image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Homo_erectus,_The_Natural_History_Museum_Vienna,_20210730_1228_1282.jpg
Roman aqueduct image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_aqueduct#/media/File:Pont_du_Gard_BLS.jpg
Chicago filmed from a dirigible: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chicago_Photographed_from_Ray_Knabenshue%27s_Dirigible_Air_Ship.webm
World pop density map: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_Population_Density_Map_2020.png
books:
I Am A Strange Loop – Douglas_Hofstadter
A Short History of Nearly Everything Book – Bill Bryson
Reasons and Persons – Derek Parfit
Documentality – Maurizio Ferraris
Amusing Ourselves To Death – Neil Postman
Everything Bad Is Good For You – Steven Johnson
Soul Dust – Nicholas Humphrey
The View From Nowhere – Thomas Nagel
ALL MUSIC BY @jakechudnow
You can pick up Jake Chudnow’s Vsauce music on vinyl here: https://inqfactory.com/pages/vinyl
SONGS:
00ː00 – 00ː01 – J Wilde
00ː03 – 00ː26 – Food
00ː20 – 01ː14 – Rain, Dreams
01ː12 – 01ː22 – Moon Men (Instrumental)
01ː22 – 01ː33 – J Wilde
01ː26 – 02ː27 – What My Nervous Stomach Sounds Like
02ː01 – 02ː38 – For Leah
02ː39 – 03ː39 – Moon Men (Instrumental)
03ː40 – 04ː56 – Imaginary Sun
04ː49 – 05ː50 – It’s Good To Be D
05ː50 – 06ː37 – Thunder
06ː37 – 08ː03 – For You
08ː11 – 10ː08 – Rain, Dreams
10ː02 – 11ː10 – Hydrogen
11ː34 – 11ː50 – Prelude To Shona
11ː50 – 13ː02 – For Leah
13ː09 – 13ː56 – Shallow Anne
13ː41 – 13ː56 – Monkey Morning
13ː56 – 16ː10 – J Wilde
15ː56 – 19ː04 – Olive
19ː06 – 21ː54 – J Wilde
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