Top 10 Facts - Music

March 17, 2018 by David Wångstedt in Video

Description
In this video about the niche topic that is music I explore one of the oldest surviving songs, emotion expressed through music, Mozart's preoccupations with scatology, the ubiquitous drum sample known as the Amen Break, and a piano duel for the ages with some salty strips of potato-based produce on the side.

Audio
Anne Draffkorn Kilmer & Richard Crocker - A Hurrian Cult Song From Ancient Ugarit
Kevin MacLeod - Bossa Antigua
Scott Joplin - The Entertainer
Frédéric Chopin - Prelude Op. 28, No. 4
Own Work
Desembra - Hit 'Em
Richard Wagner - Siegfried's Funeral March (Götterdämmerung)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Cor Vivaldi - Leck Mich Im Arsch
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 (II. Allegretto)

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Top 10 Facts - Reddit

February 03, 2018 by David Wångstedt in Video

Description
In this video about the social news aggregation website Reddit I explore its rivalry with Digg, what it takes to reach the frontpage, the ubiquity of reposts, the effortless recovery of a lost film, and cryptic subreddits.

Audio
izioq - First Day at School

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References & Further Reading

Top 10 Facts - 2017

December 31, 2017 by David Wångstedt in Video

Description
Much like last year, 2017 was a year when things happened. Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump held a long-distance name-calling contest. Ransomware infected hundreds of thousands of systems. Advertisers boycotted YouTube in the Adpocalypse fiasco. Bitcoin surged like never before and the space industry has proven itself a beacon of hope once more.

Audio
Kevin MacLeod - In Your Arms

Visuals
NASA
SPoRT
Goddard Space Flight Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Space Science Institute

ESO
JAXA
L. Calçada
M. Kornmesser
Nick Risinger

ESA
SpaceX
Associated Press
C-SPAN
Malwarebytes
Space Engine
Newspapers.com

References & Further Reading

The Unknowns: Mystifying UFO Cases

November 30, 2017 by David Wångstedt in Video

Description
In this video I delve into the expansive and complicated history of American UFO research. More precisely, the government sanctioned undertaking known as Project Blue Book. Many hundreds of cases were left unresolved upon the project's conclusion in 1969. These were dubbed the unknowns. As someone who is largely unfamiliar with UFO history, I explore a select few of these unknowns in order to understand what makes them so mystifying.

Audio
Bobby Cole - Scary Space Sounds
Kevin MacLeod - Backbay Lounge
Patrick Smith - Mysteries From Above
Rising Suspense Tension
Dan Bodan - Fortress Europe
Michael Sandler - Public Squeegee
Kevin MacLeod - Destiny Day
Bensound - Deep Blue
Doug Maxwell - Space Chatter
DJ Quads - WWW is a Thing

Visuals
The Project Blue Book Archive
Newspapers.com
Pond5
Space Engine
X-Plane 11
Google Earth Pro
ESO/R. Wesson
ESO/C. Malin
NASA
The National Archives
Associated Press

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Top 10 Facts - Death

September 14, 2017 by David Wångstedt in Video

Description
A video about the end of existence and what may or may not lie beyond. I explore the nature of aging, the never ending quest for immortality, the stiffness of hanging, the dismal origins of the Grim Reaper, near death experiences, and a bunch of spiritualistic ambiguity.

Audio
Keith Anthony Holden - Dawn

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