TED-Ed English Lessons: 89 Educational Videos – C2

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Title	Segments	Level	Action
1. What are those floaty things in your eye?	57	C2	Start
2. The history of chocolate	59	C2	Start
3. Scientists are obsessed with this lake	65	C2	Start
4. Why is "The Scream" screaming?	67	C2	Start
5. How does nuclear fusion work?	60	C2	Start
6. Tuberculosis	67	C2	Start
7. Who decides how long a second is?	78	C2	Start
8. Is life meaningless?	80	C2	Start
9. What is hysteria?	76	C2	Start
10. Why don't companies want you to repair your stuff?	68	C2	Start
11. How are these fires burning underground?	69	C2	Start
12. A brief history of chess	72	C2	Start
13. The dark history of arsenic	82	C2	Start
14. The history of the lobotomy	83	C2	Start
15. How Rats Conquered The World	77	C2	Start
16. What actually causes high cholesterol?	90	C2	Start
17. The medieval legend of Tristan and Isolde	67	C2	Start
18. The biology of our best and worst selves	223	C2	Start
19. The fall of the Ottoman Empire	87	C2	Start

1. What are those floaty things in your eye?

57 segments

Start

2. The history of chocolate

59 segments

Start

3. Scientists are obsessed with this lake

65 segments

Start

4. Why is "The Scream" screaming?

67 segments

Start

5. How does nuclear fusion work?

60 segments

Start

6. Tuberculosis

67 segments

Start

7. Who decides how long a second is?

78 segments

Start

8. Is life meaningless?

80 segments

Start

9. What is hysteria?

76 segments

Start

10. Why don't companies want you to repair your stuff?

68 segments

Start

11. How are these fires burning underground?

69 segments

Start

12. A brief history of chess

72 segments

Start

13. The dark history of arsenic

82 segments

Start

14. The history of the lobotomy

83 segments

Start

15. How Rats Conquered The World

77 segments

Start

16. What actually causes high cholesterol?

90 segments

Start

17. The medieval legend of Tristan and Isolde

67 segments

Start

18. The biology of our best and worst selves

223 segments

Start

19. The fall of the Ottoman Empire

87 segments

Start

C2 Proficient English Lessons

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