Bilbo helps the dwarves escape from an elven dungeon by hiding in wine barrels. After floating down an underground stream, they wash up in a town built on a lake, where a small colony of humans are living a perilous existence near the dragon Smaug. There, Thorin, leader of the dwarves, and grandson of King of the Mountain, declares his return!

A humorous look at American English from a British point of view.

The English language has changed in many ways over the centuries, but the internet has changed it in just a few decades. Why use a whole sentence when an abbreviation will do?

Time makes sense in small pieces. But when you look at huge stretches of time, it’s almost impossible to wrap your head around things. So KURZGESAGT teamed up with the awesome blog WAITBUTWHY and made this video to help you put things in perspective!

Did you know that the T-Rex dinosaur is closer to us in time than to its distant ancestor, the Stegosaurus? Watch this amazing video for the fastest history of the universe ever told!
This video has been a collaboration of KURZGESAGT & WAITBUTWHY!

Bedrock, home of the famous cartoon caveman Fred Flintstone, is a very modern Stone Age city. There are newspapers, cars, televisions and telephones, even a system of airmail!

Fred Flintstone and his best friend Barney Rubble like to go bowling and play golf, but before they can relax and enjoy themselves, there are household chores to be done. Fortunately for them and their wives, Wilma and Betty, there have already been some fantastic new inventions to make Stone Age living that much easier.

Released in 1968, the animated film "Yellow Submarine" was inspired by the music of the Beatles and featured them in person as well. The spirit of 1960s counterculture is well-represented in this trailer. Enjoy!

Dolphins are one of the smartest animal species on Earth. In fact, their encephalization quotient (their brain size compared to the average for their body size) is second only to humans. But exactly how smart are they? This video shares some incredible facts about dolphins.

Judging by the 26 billion views on over 2 million YouTube videos of them, one thing is certain: cats are very entertaining. But their strange feline behaviors, both amusing and baffling, leave many of us asking: Why do cats do that? Tony Buffington explains the evolutionary history behind some of your cat’s strangest behaviors.

The story told in this animation reminds us that we can never predict the exact outcome of things that happen in our lives. Please visit sustainablehuman.org for credits and more information.

It’s a warm, sunny day, so what is making everything so cold? It’s Doctor Spooky, operating a giant robot! Can the Superzoo team stop to his plan to freeze the planet?! Catty and Monky jump straight into action.

Someone is creating a thick cloud of smoke that is polluting the planet… It’s evil Doctor Spooky again! The Superzoo team needs a solution fast so that they can thwart his horrible plan!

It looks like Kit will be late for school today, as a lot of strange events seem to be conspiring against him. But the worst is yet to come! When Doctor Spooky’s picnic goes wrong, he sets his robot to destroy the forest.

No sooner have the Superzoo team put the forest back the way it was, and Doctor Spooky is up to his tricks again! What’s his plan this time? To control people’s minds and make them drop litter on the beach!