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Videos explaining stuff. Made with love and optimistic nihilism. And After Effects. Tweets by Philipp Dettmer (Founder)

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Apr 8

    New video: Time: The History & Future of Everything

    37 replies 350 retweets 1,197 likes
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  2. 21 hours ago

    The person who guesses the topic of our next video gets a Kurzgesagt bird. (the clip is from the video)

    1,008 replies 57 retweets 1,059 likes
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  3. Retweeted
    Apr 13

    New post is up on the site! On careers and how to pick one that actually makes sense for you:

    72 replies 387 retweets 1,473 likes
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  4. Apr 12

    Ah yes. The joy of year old videos randomly being demonetized without any warning or... reason. Oh you Youtube, your randomness makes me laugh. No wait, cry, cry was the word.

    203 replies 1,114 retweets 15,012 likes
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  5. Apr 12

    Working on something different.

    63 replies 165 retweets 3,408 likes
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  6. Apr 11

    GMOs are plants and animals whose genes have been altered. This is only possible because we discovered the DNA's double helix over 60 years ago and learned how to read it. is on April 25.

    8 replies 84 retweets 737 likes
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  7. Retweeted
    Apr 10

    Our World in Data is hiring! We're looking for a researcher in global health & demography. discusses what it's like to work at & who we're looking for, with full details of the role here:

    1 reply 24 retweets 51 likes
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  8. Apr 10

    We are currently trying a new career - professional dog fights

    30 replies 83 retweets 1,136 likes
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  9. Apr 6

    New video in two days. Little snack in the meantime.

    Is it possible to condense the most important facts about brain development into a 2-and-a-half-minute video? We gave it a try! Check this out: [VIDEO]
    4 replies 26 retweets 392 likes
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  10. Apr 5

    New video in three days.

    66 replies 130 retweets 2,648 likes
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  11. Retweeted
    23 Nov 2017

    I asked my 6yo to make a picture I could quickly animate. He doesn't really take direction, so I ended up with the duck and the . So Happy Spacegiving, in a nutshell.

    3 replies 20 retweets 298 likes
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  12. Retweeted
    Mar 29

    Selfish reasons to care about the well-being of people half a globe away. [🎥: x ]

    A Selfish Argument for Making the World a Better Place
    10 replies 163 retweets 523 likes
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  13. Retweeted
    Mar 28

    Every day, we engage with people caught up in conflict and violence all over the world. Our new video with explores what looks like in action:

    4 replies 73 retweets 240 likes
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    Mar 27

    Facebook: "This is their information. They own it" BBC: "And you won’t sell it?" FB: "No! Of course not." Please help this 2009 interview of Facebook's CEO get seen by people who don't use Twitter. Here's a download link so you can pull and repost it:

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  15. Mar 24

    Time to explore small things again.

    54 replies 152 retweets 2,482 likes
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  16. Mar 22

    Pie. Cake. Whatever. Just give me a big slice!

    19 replies 101 retweets 1,507 likes
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  17. Mar 21

    NEW VIDEO IN GERMAN: Tod aus dem All - Gammablitze erklärt Learn some easy german words like "kosmischer Scharfschütze" and "abfackeln":

    11 replies 29 retweets 402 likes
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  18. Retweeted
    Mar 19

    Selfless efforts by many bring our optimism to life. But, as and team up to explain, there are selfish reasons to make the world the better place.

    13 replies 46 retweets 223 likes
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  19. Mar 19

    We have two winners! Hermann and Alfred will join the plush toy gang! Thanks so much for all the votes! You can subscribe to our newsletter and be notified immediately when the birds are available in our shop:

    14 replies 28 retweets 699 likes
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  20. Retweeted
    Mar 18

    Over the last months and I worked on a video to make ‘A Selfish Argument for Making the World a Better Place’. Today the video is finally out! I love how much 'Kurz Gesagt' cares about every detail – in the visual story and the argument.

    40 replies 226 retweets 853 likes
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