MOX NOX. Pre-order the Death Clock here: http://www.InqFactory.com/DeathClock Special thanks to @CalebMarting for his tireless work on the prototypes. Our entire team at the Curiosity Box and Inq Factory is incredible -- it's a gift to be able to make the world curiouser with you all! "Curiouser" is a very curious word. LINKS TO LEARN MORE: flour particle size: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335277332_Influence_of_milling_whole_wheat_grains_and_particle_size_on_thermo-mechanical_properties_of_flour_using_Mixolab solar corona: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14865 eclipse footage: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14572/ KUSHIM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushim_(Uruk_period) https://indroyc.com/2024/02/23/kushims-story-the-first-name-in-history/ GAL-SAL: https://isac-idb.uchicago.edu/id/b6ace1f1-9701-4dc5-b366-8c15c7da00ca https://www.instagram.com/p/DLlP1d6zlPR/?img_index=2 Gudea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statues_of_Gudea https://www.sumerianshakespeare.com/face-of-gudea Other early human forms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urfa_Man History of human figure in art: https://jesygilkesuca.home.blog/2020/09/14/history-and-depictions-of-the-human-figure/ 3D interactive DNA model: https://www.labxchange.org/library/items/lb:LabXchange:5c1562b9:lx_simulation:1 How many genetic ancestors do you have? https://gcbias.org/2013/11/11/how-does-your-number-of-genetic-ancestors-grow-back-over-time/ fossilization video: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wie_entstehen_Fossilien_(CC_by_4.0)_redub_EO.webm How to become a fossil: https://www.newscientist.com/lastword/mg24632832-100-wheres-the-best-place-to-be-buried-to-preserve-your-body-as-a-fossil/ https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180215-how-does-fossilisation-happen where to be buried to become a fossil Earth images: https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/ Big Bertha: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bertha_(lunar_sample) red giant sun: https://science.nasa.gov/resource/life-and-death-of-a-planetary-system/ Interactive voyager viewer: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/ Wifi signal in house: https://jasmcole.com/2014/07/12/wifi-strife/ How we’ve found partners over time https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1908630116 Screen time: https://explodingtopics.com/blog/screen-time-stats Mobile phones vs toothbrushes: https://bcp-advisors.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Cell-Phones-and-Toothbrushes.pdf Old music outselling new: https://web.archive.org/web/20160222071723/http://www.chartattack.com/news/2016/01/20/old-music-is-outselling-new-music-for-the-first-time-in-history/ “Soy Bomb” incident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OeNKBq63iM Steve Fossett: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Fossett Gabby Petito: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Gabby_Petito Unknown soldier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_the_Unknown_Soldier_(Arlington_National_Cemetery) https://www.defense.gov/Multimedia/Photos/igphoto/2002889128/ Conrad Roy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Conrad_Roy Frederick Douglass: https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/frederick-douglass-and-the-power-of-photography.htm Sojourner Truth: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/301989 Wallace Line: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Line https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_Sunda_and_Sahul.svg Homo Erectus image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Homo_erectus,_The_Natural_History_Museum_Vienna,_20210730_1228_1282.jpg Roman aqueduct image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_aqueduct#/media/File:Pont_du_Gard_BLS.jpg Chicago filmed from a dirigible: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chicago_Photographed_from_Ray_Knabenshue%27s_Dirigible_Air_Ship.webm World pop density map: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_Population_Density_Map_2020.png books: I Am A Strange Loop - Douglas_Hofstadter A Short History of Nearly Everything Book - Bill Bryson Reasons and Persons - Derek Parfit Documentality - Maurizio Ferraris Amusing Ourselves To Death - Neil Postman Everything Bad Is Good For You - Steven Johnson Soul Dust - Nicholas Humphrey The View From Nowhere - Thomas Nagel ALL MUSIC BY @jakechudnow You can pick up Jake Chudnow’s Vsauce music on vinyl here: https://inqfactory.com/pages/vinyl SONGS: 00:00 - 00:01 - J Wilde 00:03 - 00:26 - Food 00:20 - 01:14 - Rain, Dreams 01:12 - 01:22 - Moon Men (Instrumental) 01:22 - 01:33 - J Wilde 01:26 - 02:27 - What My Nervous Stomach Sounds Like 02:01 - 02:38 - For Leah 02:39 - 03:39 - Moon Men (Instrumental) 03:40 - 04:56 - Imaginary Sun 04:49 - 05:50 - It’s Good To Be D 05:50 - 06:37 - Thunder 06:37 - 08:03 - For You 08:11 - 10:08 - Rain, Dreams 10:02 - 11:10 - Hydrogen 11:34 - 11:50 - Prelude To Shona 11:50 - 13:02 - For Leah 13:09 - 13:56 - Shallow Anne 13:41 - 13:56 - Monkey Morning 13:56 - 16:10 - J Wilde 15:56 - 19:04 - Olive 19:06 - 21:54 - J Wilde https://www.instagram.com/electricpants https://www.tiktok.com/@corndogwilly