Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
In Jimmy Kimmel’s new role as “lie detective,” he feels that we ought to be honest with kids, and expect honesty from them in return. Young Aaron is the next victim of the lie detecting machine, as he struggles to convince Jimmy that he’s spent time in space and has a hippo at home.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Jake Peralta may be a talented detective, but he doesn't exactly do things by the rules. In this clip from the series Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Captain Raymond Holt lectures him in front of his colleagues.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Ireland, Israel
At a privately-owned wildlife park in South Africa, Or Lazmi has integrated herself into a group of four lions. Having known her since they were cubs, the lions treat her as a dominant figure and allow her to get extremely close.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
The dwarves have long held great wealth, hidden in golden hordes. In verses of song, they tell their history of generations at work beneath the mountain who formed their gold, silver, and jewels into fine treasures and works of art.
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
Sigrid describes an object and gives you about 4 seconds to come up with the name of the object. Then she gives you the answer. Watch the video twice to see if you can come up with the answer on your own.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel wanted to help teach kids the importance of telling the truth. He hooks up seven-year-old Blake to a fake lie detector test, and tricks the poor boy into saying anything he wants.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
If you had to guess, which countries in the world would you say have the largest numbers of foreign born residents? This video presents some interesting facts about the diverse populations of 10 different countries.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
There’s a magic in dwarves' song, and something stirs deep inside of Bilbo. For once in his life, might he be persuaded to leave the comfort of Hobbiton and see the great mountains, trees, and waterfalls that lie beyond the Shire?
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom
This song by singer-songwriter Katie Melua was recorded live in Berlin for the In Winter (Special Edition), and features the Gori Women's Choir.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
If a hotel with an infinite number of rooms has an infinite number of guests, how could it free up space when new guests arrive? Hilbert's “Grand Hotel” paradox has fascinated mathematicians, physicists, philosophers, and theologians, as it encourages another way of thinking about the notion of infinity.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
On the most fundamental level thinkable, what are things? Why are things? And why do things behave the way they do? Here is an introduction to particle physics, with all of the vocabulary you'll need.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Five years after the end of the Civil War, widower and veteran Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd (played by Tom Hanks) now moves from town to town sharing the news as a non-fiction storyteller. His life changes when he comes across an orphaned girl named Johanna.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
This commercial for the luxury British car manufacturer Jaguar is based on an interesting observation: The best villains on the big screen are almost always British!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Lionel Richie and Jimmy Carter reminisce about Tuskegee, the small city in Alabama where the singing superstar grew up. Since Jimmy is also from Alabama, they have a lot to talk about. Just recalling its tastes and smells takes Lionel right back to his childhood home. Of course, after becoming famous, it became hard to visit his hometown without drawing unwanted attention.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
After a seven-month journey, NASA’s Perseverance Rover successfully touched down on Mars on February 18, 2021. In this video, mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California celebrate landing NASA's fifth rover on Mars.
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