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The history and significance of the date 7th November.

Bipin Chandra Pal

Explanation to an interesting fact - The stomach can even dissolve metals. And despite the stomach being so strong, your own stomach walls never erodes away! Find out why and how!!

Did You Know That Your Stomach Can Dissolve Metals?

Significance of today's date: 9th Nov - When Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the United States presidential election in 2016.

Significance of Today's Date - 9th Nov

On this day Microsoft's Bill Gates first introduced Windows operating system for PCs.

Significance of Today's Date - 10th Nov

Learn how to break a problem and approach to solve it step by step. This  puzzle will teach you how to logically reason out and make  decisions to solve a problem.

How Strong is Your Logical Reasoning?

NASA launched Project Gemini on this month and this project demonstrated the possibility of extravehicular activity in space. And this paved the way for the Apollo mission later.

Historical Astronomical Event

On this historic day India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru was born.

Significance of Today's Date - 14th Nov

Discussing the importance of the date 15th of November - when Mahatmas Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Vinayak Godse was hanged.

Why is 15th November Important?

Foundation of UNESCO

What was The Holocaust and what was its impact on the Jews around the world specially Europe.

What is 'The Holocaust'?

The 1943 Bengal Famine and how Winston Churchill was responsible for it.

Impact of Winston Churchill's Decisions on Bengal Famine - 1943

10 historic events that occurred on this day - 19th November

10 Important Historical Events on 19th November

Quick, interesting and easy life hacks worth knowing.

Interesting Life Hacks

Get to know about some crazy facts about volcanoes and what super volcanoes are.

Crazy Facts About Volcanoes

Most important freedom movements that brought India closer to independence.

Outrageous Freedom Movements That Propelled India Towards Independence

A Great Scientist Passed Away Today

Understanding why we are running out of Helium and what its impact would be.

Are We Running Out of Helium?

24th November 1859 - Darwin's 'On the origin of species' got published.

Darwin's "On The Origin of Species" was Published Today

The Constitution of India was not prepared in haste but the process of the evolution of the constitution began many decades before India became independent in 1947. Watch this latest animated presentation from Unacademy Bytes which describes The Story of the Constitution of India.

The Story of Indian Independence

Discuss a few theories about why we dream and get to know what researchers have to say about it.

Why Do We Dream?

Discussion of some amazing facts about gravity and what it does.

What Can Gravity Do?

Find out the science behind then construction of Pyramids and many more interesting and shocking facts about the same.

The Mystery of Pyramids

Explore the actual size of countries and continents compared to how it is on a two dimensional world map.

World Maps are Deceptive

On this date a Cuban communist revolutionary and politician became the President of Cuba.

Fidel Castro Became President of Cuba

The 1971 Indo Pak war that began today resulted in the birth of Bangladesh.

The Indo Pak War 1971 Started Today

Find out about more about the eighth president of India - Ramaswamy Venkataraman who was born today.

India's Eighth President Was Born Today

Know more about the world famous film producer and animator - Walter Disney, who was born today

A Brilliant Entrepreneur, Animator and Film Producer Was Born Today

Learn about what is global warming and what are it's causes and effects!

Global Warming and Its Effects

Learn about different types of clouds and interesting facts related to them.

Interesting Facts About Clouds

How Containerization revolutionized the world.

What is Containerization?

Unacademy Turns Two! We are celebrating the completion of two years at Unacademy, but there is still a lot to learn and a lot to teach. We have come a long way, and we have raised the bar to strongly move even further. Thanks for helping to make Unacademy a success! Let's keep it going and growing for many more years to come.

Unacademy Turns Two!

Historical significance of the date - 10th of December

Historical Significance of 10th December

Find out when and why Delhi replaced Calcutta as the capital of India.

Delhi Replaced Calcutta as Capital Today!

Learn about how the concept of time came into existence.

The History of Time and Time Measurement

Invention of Toilets Changed The World!

Death Anniversary of an Important Historical and Political character

Learn about the history of internet and how it was born.

The Birth of Internet

Understand the science behind which is better - Exercise or Diet for weight loss.

The Science Behind Exercise

Find out if consuming coffee is good or bad for health.

Coffee: Good or Bad?

Find out if we really have two different brains - the left and the right.

The Left and Right Brain Myth

Find out in brief the significance of today's date in the history of airlines.

Significance of 20th December

Find out how the QWERTY keyboard that we use almost everywhere, originated.

The Origin of QWERTY

Learn what artificial intelligence is in simple words and the wonders that it can do.

Artificial Intelligence in Simple Words

Find out about an important Indian historic event that happened on this date.

The Significance of Today's Date

Learn about the origin of the Ku Klux Klan.

The Ku Klux Klan Was Formed Today

Taking that internship in a remote mountain lab might not have been the best idea. Pulling that lever with the skull symbol just to see what it did probably wasn’t so smart either. But now is not the time for regrets because you need to get away from these mutant zombies...fast. Can you use math to get you and your friends over the bridge before the zombies arrive? Alex Gendler shows how.

Lesson by Alex Gendler, animation by Artrake Studio.

Can You Solve The Bridge Riddle? - Alex Gendler

Understand the science behind our skin colour and how we evolved over time with variations in our skin.

The Science of Skin Color

Find out what soda does to your body. Also find out how much soda the world consumes.

How Soda Affects Our Body

Learn how the Indian National Congress was founded.

The Birth of The Indian National Congress

Find out how IQ test originated and whether or not these tests determine your smartness.

Does IQ Measure Your Smartness?

Find out more about the execution of Saddam Hussein that took place on 30th of December, 2006.

The Execution of Saddam Hussein

Find out how the celebration of New Year started and get to know when the ancient civilizations celebrated their New Year.

When Did We Start Celebrating New Year?

Find out who came up with the Planck's Law and played a significant role in the field of quantum statistics.

A Great Indian Physicist Was Born Today

Learn how the famous businessman Guccio Gucci built up the brand Gucci.

Guccio Gucci Passed Away

Learn about the history of Apple computers in a nutshell

Apple Inc. got incorporated today!

Find out more about one of the most proficient physicists and mathematician - Sir Isaac Newton

The Birth of Sir Isaac Newton

Find out more about the first transoceanic newspaper and when and where it was published.

The First Transoceanic Newspaper

Find out how dangerous tobacco consumption is for your health.

Tobacco: Global Agent of Death

Find out when and how the first commercial transatlantic telephone service happened.

First Commercial Transatlantic Telephone Service

Find out about the significance of this day.

World Famous Painting Displayed in The US National Art Gallery

Find out what internet addiction is and what are its impacts.

Internet Addiction!

Get blown away by what sugar does to your brain and body.

Sugar: As Bad As Alcohol

Find out how each of us are scientifically and genetically connected to each other.

Are We All Related?

Find out about India's one of the most influential Hindu monks who was born today.

Birth of a Great Indian Hindu Monk

Understand how the Google Map works in helping us with navigation.

How Google Maps Works?

Learn about the third battle of Panipat that took place on this day.

An important Day in Indian History

Find out in brief why and when we started celebrating the Indian Army Day.

Indian Army Day

Find out about the accomplishments of one of the famous Indian novelists and writers

Death of an Eminent Writer

Learn more about the contributions of India's longest serving chief minister and the country's best known communist leader.

Death of India's Longest Serving Chief Minister

Learn about the power and impact of social media.

The Power of Social Media

Learn more about the launch of Cartosat 2 satellite by ISRO. Get to know what this satellite is capable of doing and what other plans ISRO has for this year.

ISRO's Successful Launch of Cartosat 2 Satellite

Find out the science behind meditation and how meditation helps our body.

The Science Behind Meditation

Learn about the new human bot Sophia and how it works

Sophia: The Human Bot

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-history-of-tea-shunan-teng

Tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world after water –– and from sugary Turkish Rize tea to salty Tibetan butter tea, there are almost as many ways of preparing the beverage as there are cultures on the globe. Where did this beverage originate, and how did it become so popular? Shunan Teng details tea’s long history. 

Lesson by Shunan Teng, animation by Steff Lee.

The History of Tea: Shunan Teng

Learn about the the achievements of our National hero Subhash Chandra Bose who was born today.

Birth of a National Hero

Learn about the history of oil in brief with a sequential timeline of events.

A Brief History of Oil

Find out what would happen if the entire world suddenly turned vegetarian!

What if the world said goodbye to meat!?

Learn why we celebrate this day 26th of January.

Our constitution came into effect today!

Learn about how the Imperial Bank of India cane to existence and got transformed to the SBI.

The birth of a nationalized bank.

Learn about the contributions to our country's nuclear research by this scientist who was born today.

An eminent nuclear scientist was born.

Learn about India's and Asia's first printed newspaper.

India's first newspaper published today!

In the first of a new TED-Ed series designed to catalyze curiosity, TED Curator Chris Anderson shares his boyhood obsession with quirky questions that seem to have no answers. (Introducing the series "Questions no one knows the answers to")

"Questions No One Knows the Answers to" was animated by Andrew Park (http://www.cognitivemedia.co.uk)

Questions No One Knows the Answers to

Learn about the shocking effects of sitting for long. Find out what kind of impact it had on your body.

What harm can sitting for long cause?

Find out what is your learning style and what type of a learner are you.

What type of a learner are you?

Learn about the achievements of one of the most influential security and defence analysts in India who passed away today.

Death of one of India's most influential people.

Find out what music exactly does to your brain!

How music affects your brain!!

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References-

Expecting to teach enhances learning and organization of knowledge in free recall of text passages. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24845756 

The Pen Is Mightier Than the Keyboard
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797614524581 

Sleep makes relearning faster and longer-lasting
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-08/afps-smr081916.php 

Want to Learn a New Skill? Faster? Change Up Your Practice Sessions
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/want_to_learn_a_new_skill_faster_change_up_your_practice_sessions 

Mnemonic vocabulary instruction: Additional effectiveness evidence
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0361476X92900565?via%3Dihub

The production effect: delineation of a phenomenon.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20438265 

The Production Effect in Memory: Evidence That Distinctiveness Underlies the Benefit  
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20804284

Why do beliefs about intelligence influence learning success? A social cognitive neuroscience model. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17392928 

Exercise holds immediate benefits for affect and cognition in younger and older adults.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23795769 

Subjective thirst moderates changes in speed of responding associated with water consumption
http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00363/full

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There are over 170,000 words currently in use in the English language. Yet every year, about a thousand new words are added to the Oxford English Dictionary. Where do they come from, and how do they make it into our everyday lives? Marcel Danesi explains how new words enter a language. 

Lesson by Marcel Danesi, directed by TOGETHER.

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Where do new words come from? - Marcel Danesi

A stalwart of the Nehru family and a popular Indian lawyer passed away today.

A prominent activist and popular lawyer passed away today.

Get to know what every country in the world is famous for.

What every country is famous for? (Part 1)

Find out about the speciality of some more new countries.

What every country is famous for - Part 2

Learn about what every country is famous for

What every country is famous for - Part 3

Learn about the mishaps with which Kumbh Mela is associated

A historic stampede on this day that took lives.

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You may take them for granted, but your teeth are a marvel. They break up all your food over the course of your life, while being strong enough to withstand breakage themselves. How do they do it? Peter S. Ungar traces the evolution of mammalian molars from primitive cone-like structures to the myriad forms of today’s species, from lions to cows to people.

Lesson by Peter S. Ungar, animation by Cabong Studios.

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How did teeth evolve? - Peter S. Ungar

Learn about the achievements of one of the greatest American presidents who was responsible for abolishing slavery in the United States.

Birth of one of the greatest presidents

Learn about the achievements of a true inventor, a celebrity industrialist, and a man who is shaping our future.

The man shaping our future!

Why do we cry?

Find out why is sleeping necessary and how much should we essentially sleep over a day.

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