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In the Kitchen With Top Chef Dale Talde (3:00)	Music in One of the World's Most Violent Cities (4:22)	The History of April Fools Day (2:21)	A Multimedia Spectacle at the Hirshhorn (2:53)	Scenes From The 21st Century Prom (2:36)	How Many Beads Can You Glue to the Outside of a VW Beetle? (2:16)

The Funeral Parade for the Last Veteran of the War of 1812 (2:41)	3-D Scanning: Bringing History Back to Life (2:18)	Five Common Historical Misconceptions Explained (03:58)	The History of English in 10 Minutes (11:34)	The Lost Map of the Hindenburg (02:57)	Footage of the Titanic Days Before the Disaster (2:12)
Playing the Unplayable Records (3:39)	A Brief History of the Jefferson Bible (3:25)	The Portraits of Thomas Jefferson (2:56)	What Did the Rebel Yell Sound Like? (4:22)	Laura Bush Remembers Sept. 11 (02-59)	The Logbook From Flight 93 (02:14)

Oasis of the Seas: The Biggest Cruise Ship in the World (1:59)	Listen to the Sounds of the Music Box (02:41)	Music in One of the World's Most Violent Cities (4:22)	The Meaning Behind Hula (02:36)	Hang Ten With Kelly Slater in Fiji (1:40)	The Cherry Blossoms in Under a Minute (Timelapse) (1:07)
What Clemente Meant to Baseball (1:55)	People of a Feather - D.C. Environmental Film Festival Trailer (2:28)	The Man Who Stopped the Desert - D.C. Environmental Film Festival Trailer (1:00)	Haleakala: A Sacred Place (01:26)	Blowing Up the Dam (01:50)	The Restoration of the Elwha River (05:46)

SpaceX Launches the First Commercial Rocket Into Space (1:55)	Science Meets Art in Space (3:21)	Space Junk in 3D - D.C. Environmental Film Festival Trailer (1:16)	Semper Fi: Always Faithful - D.C. Environmental Film Festival Trailer (1:56)	The Segway of Airplanes (02:09)	Behind the Scenes at the World Orchid Convention (3:15)
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Meet the Scientist: Carlos Jaramillo (2:08)	Titanoboa at the Zoo? (1:29)	The Savior of the Wild Tiger (02:37)	People of a Feather - D.C. Environmental Film Festival Trailer (2:28)	How to Identify a Bird From a Single Feather (:50)	The Sounds of the Sperm Whale (02:14)

Where Do Fingerprints Come From? (2:30)	Behind the Scenes: Making the Monster Snake (1:36)	Titanoboa vs T-Rex (01:33)	Sneak Preview of Titanoboa: Monster Snake (01:32)	Meet the Scientist: Carlos Jaramillo (2:08)	Titanoboa at the Zoo? (1:29)
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A Multimedia Spectacle at the Hirshhorn (2:53)

How Many Beads Can You Glue to the Outside of a VW Beetle? (2:16)

The Art of Video Games (3:55)

Introducing Ask Smithsonian (1:15)

The Groundbreaking for the National Museum of African American History and Culture (2:36)

A Brief History of the Jefferson Bible (3:25)

The Portraits of Thomas Jefferson (2:56)

The Hirshhorn Transforms for After Hours (2:19)

Andy Warhol's Headlines (2:31)

Civil War Ballooning (3:05)

A Look Inside the Peacock Room (1:56)

The Smithsonian's Gun Room (2:04)

Bringing Back the Olympia Oysters (2:26)

Borderlands: Wu Man and Master Musicians from the Silk Route (05:27)

Rosanne Cash Sings "Blue Moon With Heartache" (05:23)

Rosanne Cash Sings "September When it Comes" (04:32)

Rosanne Cash Sings "Runaway Train" (03:54)

Julia Child Makes Crepe Suzette (2:49)

In the Kitchen With Top Chef Dale Talde (3:00)

Music in One of the World's Most Violent Cities (4:22)

The History of April Fools Day (2:21)

A Multimedia Spectacle at the Hirshhorn (2:53)

Scenes From The 21st Century Prom (2:36)

How Many Beads Can You Glue to the Outside of a VW Beetle? (2:16)

The Funeral Parade for the Last Veteran of the War of 1812 (2:41)

3-D Scanning: Bringing History Back to Life (2:18)

Five Common Historical Misconceptions Explained (03:58)

The History of English in 10 Minutes (11:34)

The Lost Map of the Hindenburg (02:57)

Footage of the Titanic Days Before the Disaster (2:12)

Playing the Unplayable Records (3:39)

A Brief History of the Jefferson Bible (3:25)

The Portraits of Thomas Jefferson (2:56)

What Did the Rebel Yell Sound Like? (4:22)

Laura Bush Remembers Sept. 11 (02-59)

The Logbook From Flight 93 (02:14)

Oasis of the Seas: The Biggest Cruise Ship in the World (1:59)

Listen to the Sounds of the Music Box (02:41)

Music in One of the World's Most Violent Cities (4:22)

The Meaning Behind Hula (02:36)

Hang Ten With Kelly Slater in Fiji (1:40)

The Cherry Blossoms in Under a Minute (Timelapse) (1:07)

What Clemente Meant to Baseball (1:55)

People of a Feather - D.C. Environmental Film Festival Trailer (2:28)

The Man Who Stopped the Desert - D.C. Environmental Film Festival Trailer (1:00)

Haleakala: A Sacred Place (01:26)

Blowing Up the Dam (01:50)

The Restoration of the Elwha River (05:46)

SpaceX Launches the First Commercial Rocket Into Space (1:55)

Science Meets Art in Space (3:21)

Space Junk in 3D - D.C. Environmental Film Festival Trailer (1:16)

Semper Fi: Always Faithful - D.C. Environmental Film Festival Trailer (1:56)

The Segway of Airplanes (02:09)

Behind the Scenes at the World Orchid Convention (3:15)

Flash Mob at the Smithsonian (1:07)

Watch the ScanEagle Drone in Action (00:57)

An Amazing Look at Solar Flares (01:33)

A Sequoia Circle of LIfe (3:38)

What Will Happen to Puerto Maldonado (03:40)

Highly Addicting Live Penguin Cam (March-April 2012)

Efforts to Save the African Penguin (05:35)

The Devastating Decline of the Tasmanian Devil (02:47)

Behind the Scenes: Making the Monster Snake (1:36)

Titanoboa vs T-Rex (01:33)

Sneak Preview of Titanoboa: Monster Snake (01:32)

Meet the Scientist: Carlos Jaramillo (2:08)

Titanoboa at the Zoo? (1:29)

The Savior of the Wild Tiger (02:37)

People of a Feather - D.C. Environmental Film Festival Trailer (2:28)

How to Identify a Bird From a Single Feather (:50)

The Sounds of the Sperm Whale (02:14)

Where Do Fingerprints Come From? (2:30)

Behind the Scenes: Making the Monster Snake (1:36)

Titanoboa vs T-Rex (01:33)

Sneak Preview of Titanoboa: Monster Snake (01:32)

Meet the Scientist: Carlos Jaramillo (2:08)

Titanoboa at the Zoo? (1:29)

Meet the Scientist: Carlos Jaramillo (2:08)