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Explaining the Meaning Behind Airport Runway Digits

The Long History Behind the Popular Name ‘Tiffany’

An Explanation of the Often Confusing US Interstate Highway Numbering Conventions

CGP Grey Explains How to Become a Successful Pirate on the High Seas Using Effective, Widespread Branding
The ever-insightful CGP Grey (previously) shares how to become a successful pirate on the high seas through thoughtful, effective branding. Grey based this animation on…

Why Mercury Is the Mostest Closest Planet to Earth
The ever-insightful CGP Grey (previously) discovered via research by Tomment Section, a very interesting fact regarding which planet is closest to Earth. While many linear…

The Strangely Tangled Legal Battle Over a Series of Shark Sculptures Near the Antepavillion in London
While riding around London on his bicycle, the ever-curious CGP Grey (previously) came upon a foursome of rather aberrant shark sculptures near Islington and wondered…

The Devastating Effect of Troublesome Tumbleweeds
The ever-insightful CGP Grey (previously) takes a look at those iconic tumbleweeds that often signify a deserted town in fictional narratives. This trope is not…

Why Native North Americans Were Called ‘Indians’
In a truly enlightening animated video essay, the ever-insightful CGP Grey explains how all of the many indigenous North American tribes of people were given…

An Animated History About the Officially Unofficial Flag of Northern Ireland
The highly informative CGP Grey retreated to the Forest of All Knowledge with his dog to learn why Northern Ireland doesn’t really have a flag…