This deeply strange video will teach you the history of the world in 20 minutes

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Miriam Kramer
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This deeply strange video will teach you the history of the world in 20 minutes
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Need a little refresher on your world history? A new 20-minute YouTube video is sure to be the cure for what ails you.

In the "history of the entire world, i guess," video blogger and musician Bill Wurtz explains how we got here using goofy jingles, bizarre graphics, and good science.

The video starts us off in the nothingness of the pre-Big Bang era, and then suddenly the universe happens. From there, the video is off and running.

It moves through the history of life on Earth, dinosaurs and finally human society until we get to something resembling the world we're living in today.

This is a rare gem of an explanatory science video, which you absolutely should take the time to check out.

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Miriam Kramer

Miriam Kramer worked as a staff writer for Space.com for about 2.5 years before joining Mashable to cover all things outer space. She took a ride in weightlessness on a zero-gravity flight and watched rockets launch to space from places around the United States. Miriam received her Master's degree in science, health and environmental reporting from New York University in 2012, and she originally hails from Knoxville, Tennessee. Follow Miriam on Twitter at @mirikramer.


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