Learn how this wooly pig bounced back from the brink of extinction as recently as the 1990s: http://bit.ly/Mangalitsaa

Have you ever experienced the agonizing frustration of claw machines? It's not your fault. At one time, the U.S. had them classified as "gambling devices."

Brushing your teeth has a lasting effect on your taste buds.

Space Saturday! Comets actually have two types of tails. Learn how to tell them apart: http://bit.ly/CometTails

These are the only three numbers below 20,000,000,000,000 that pass a very specific test.

Watch a tribe member put on the torturous gloves for the first time: http://bit.ly/BulletAntGloves

What do you think of Kids On Stage For a Better World, the ‘90s singing group of Scientology?

Read our recent Q&A with Blake de Pastino, and find out which SciShow episode he holds especially close to his heart.

See a 3D model of Yi qi and learn how it might have used its wings: http://bit.ly/YiQiDino

Can animals taste? It depends on which animal you’re talking about.

Later in life, Tesla “communicated” with pigeons, only ate boiled food, and obsessed over the number three.

See the James Bond-like entrance tunnel to this unbelievable structure: http://bit.ly/SvalbardSeed

Tesla invented his eponymous coil in 1891. Today, we can use them to summon—and dance with—spectacular electric currents.

There are basically three factors that determine whether a country will be rich or poor.

Tesla was born on this day in 1856. The “death beam” was but one of his many unrealized inventions—learn about the secret notes that possibly contained their plans: http://bit.ly/TeslaInventions

Check back for more Tesla videos throughout the day!

AI is getting smarter every year. The idea of “the robots turning against us” is a clichéd fear, but the dangers of powerful AI are real.

See the gross way these glowworms reel in prey on fishing lines of mucus: http://bit.ly/WaitomoCavs

Some believe the Illuminati completely dismantled in the 1700s. But others believe they are still at work behind closed doors.

See just how much “the Sesame effect” benefits children’s brains: http://bit.ly/SesameEffect

Did you watch Sesame Street as a kid?

If you could swim away from a great white shark, how far would you have to go? (Disclaimer: Don’t try this.)

...Do WE have dark and white meat too?

Hear how the elephant got its flappy ears, according to colorful Samburu legend: http://bit.ly/SamburuElephants

These sounds can get your ears to lie to your brain.

A diet heavy in olive oil, fish and poultry may be way healthier than previously thought.

Shaving with obsidian is still possible! Watch one man prove it: http://bit.ly/ShaveWithObsidian

Both “math” and maths” are short for “mathematics,” but is one more correct than the other?

In Thailand, elephant dung is used to make paper. Learn 5 surprising uses for poop: http://bit.ly/PoopUses

Learn why we shout “cheers!” during a toast, a phrase which originally meant “face.”

Learn why 1 in 5 people are especially appetizing “targets” for mosquitos: http://bit.ly/MosquitoTargets

Music styles similar to dubstep have appeared in history, but might have been too “ahead of their time” to become popular.

There is a notion that eating placenta after birth benefits the new mother. Scientists found out if this is true.

See these squirrels quickly dart around from tree to tree (and accidentally hit a guy in the chest): http://bit.ly/FlyngSquirrel

The dreams of sighted people are primarily visual. But if you’re blind, you dream quite differently.

Widespread armpit-shaving is about a century old.

See Rockefeller’s humble, first-ever place of business in this 1937 tribute: http://bit.ly/JdRockefellr

Famed oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller was born 176 years ago today (in 1839).

It’s theorized that without dark matter, galaxies would simply fall apart.

Learn why of the four types of daddy longlegs only one of them is technically a spider: http://bit.ly/DaddyLonglgs

Look a little closer at the label...

Picturing something is just one type of imagining your brain can do. Learn about others: http://bit.ly/WhatIsImagination

Even if the engines break, a plane won’t just plummet.

Foxes are usually silent, but they do make noises in certain situations. Hear what they sound like:

Some Glyptodonts had tails that ended in a mace-like knob of spikes. Meet other giant prehistoric animals, such as the owl that may have been too big to fly: http://bit.ly/PrehistoricGiants

There has been a lot of debate over the “Confederate flag,” but it isn’t what most people think it is.

There are ways to kind of trick yourself into believing your own lies. Is it ever appropriate to lie?

This is what a farting snake sounds like: http://bit.ly/SnakeFarts

The Door to Hell wasn’t always burning. Learn why scientists lit this crater on fire upon its 1971 discovery: http://bit.ly/DoorT0Hell

When bored, your brain activity only drops about 5%. Do you think boredom is bad?

Discover how the Olympic Games proved that some facial expressions are innate: http://bit.ly/InnateExpressions

There are three types of muscles, and two ways muscles can grow.

When you have a cold, your supply of snot seems endless. And in a sense, it is!

Mexican painter Frida Kahlo was born on this day in 1907. Learn how a devastating trolley accident led to her painting career: http://bit.ly/ArtistFridaK

The pleasure centers in the brains of psychopaths actually light up when seeing others in pain.

How long do you think you’d have to kiss someone to burn 200 calories?

Not only are they the biggest creatures to have ever existed on Earth, they’re the loudest too. Learn how deafeningly loud blue whales are: http://bit.ly/BlueWhaleBBs

The seemingly trivial worries of those in the 25 “first world” countries on Earth may not be quite so trivial...

Learn why it was especially disgusting to be a “geek” in 1916: http://bit.ly/NerdAndGeekOrigins

Learn 26 little things that may have changed history in a big way, like Hitler getting rejected from art school, twice: http://bit.ly/TitanicBinos

What happens to the body when the nervous system is overloaded with pain?