Every life has a story. Biography.com captures the most gripping, surprising and fascinating stories about famous people. The last fateful day. The decision that changed everything. The moment of cheating death. The biggest break. The defining opportunity. The most shattering failure. The unexpected connection. With over 7,000 biographies and daily features that highlight newsworthy, compelling and surprising points-of-view, we are the digital source for true stories about people that matter.

Check out our collection of popular Mini Biographies of famous icons, discover events that happened On This Day including famous birthdays and notable deaths, and more.

19 museums. 9 international research centers. 168 million artifacts. One channel. Infinite stories.

Smithsonian Channel explores the history of our planet, life and culture, with 100% original, family-friendly programming. From the origins of the universe to the deaths of civilizations, from upscale design awards to down-home chili cook-offs, we tackle subjects as diverse and limitless as the landscape we cover.

We explore and celebrate the people, discoveries and achievements that define our country in a way that entertains, educates and inspires, bringing our American history to life - a story written by us, we the people.

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NPR-produced videos and audio slideshows.

The Talks at Google program brings authors, innovators, scientists, actors, actresses, artists, filmmakers, musicians, and speakers of all kinds to Google for talks centering on their work.

DISCLAIMER: The views or opinions expressed by the guest speakers are solely their own and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of Google, Inc. The comments on this channel belong only to the person who posted them. We do, however, reserve the right to remove off-topic or inappropriate comments.

Big Think is the leading source of expert-driven, actionable, educational content -- with thousands of videos, featuring experts ranging from Bill Clinton to Bill Nye, we help you get smarter, faster. We aim to help you explore the big ideas and core skills that define knowledge in the 21st century, so you can apply them to the questions and challenges in your own life.

Common Craft produces short, animated, explainer videos that are designed for use by educators. We only use YouTube occasionally. Find our COMPLETE library at http://commoncraft.com.

Welcome to the official Nobel Prize YouTube Channel which presents videos about the Nobel Prize awarded achievements and the Nobel Laureates, provided by Nobelprize.org, the official web site of the Nobel Prize.

Enjoy Expert Village videos?  Every detail counts when you're learning-- clear picture quality videos, so you dont miss the essential information.  Check out the HD quality videos our friends at eHow.com have on their YouTube channel.  More eHow HD videos coming soon!

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Dedicated to bringing our viewers amazing stories and experiences from the world of science, natural history, anthropology, survival, geography, and engineering.

Our mission to provide a world-class education for anyone, anywhere.

All Khan Academy content is available for free at www.khanacademy.org.

http://www.ted.com TEDTalks shares the best ideas from the TED Conference with the world, for free: trusted voices and convention-breaking mavericks, icons and geniuses, all giving the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. We post a fresh TEDTalk every weekday. TEDTalks are licensed under Creative Commons, so you're welcome to link to or embed these videos, forward them to others and share these ideas with the people you know. To join the conversation, comment here or join our online community at TED.com. Any questions? Email contact@ted.com.

TED-Ed’s commitment to creating lessons worth sharing is an extension of TED’s mission of spreading great ideas. Within TED-Ed’s growing library of TED-Ed animations, you will find carefully curated educational videos, many of which represent collaborations between talented educators and animators nominated through the TED-Ed website (ed.ted.com).

Whether you're doing research for a project, need help with homework, or just want to learn something new, YouTube EDU features some of our most popular educational videos across YouTube. This channel was generated automatically by YouTube's video discovery system.