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1 October 2025

Diving exercises of the young swans with their parents at the Knollenteich (Hof (Saale)) in the evening. +/− [en] Problems playing the file?

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Diving exercises of the young swans with their parents at the Knollenteich (Hof (Saale)) in the evening.

English : Diving exercises of the young swans with their parents at the Knollenteich (Hof (Saale)) in the evening.

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Green grasshopper (Tettigonia viridissima) eating a butterfly (Aglais io), Łódź, Poland.

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English : Green grasshopper (Tettigonia viridissima) eating a butterfly (Aglais io), Łódź, Poland.

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Gol Boeing 737 MAX plane arriving in Porto Alegre, Brazil

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English : Gol Boeing 737 MAX plane arriving in Porto Alegre, Brazil

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A spoken version of the English Wikipedia article on the curse of knowledge as of December 2019.
The curse of knowledge, also called the curse of expertise or expert's curse, is a cognitive bias that occurs when a person who has specialized knowledge assumes that others share in that knowledge or has difficulty to put themselves in the position of the person with less knowledge.

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English : A spoken version of the English Wikipedia article on the curse of knowledge as of December 2019.
The curse of knowledge, also called the curse of expertise or expert's curse, is a cognitive bias that occurs when a person who has specialized knowledge assumes that others share in that knowledge or has difficulty to put themselves in the position of the person with less knowledge.

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A video explaining strength training exercises – particularly the dumbbell bench press and the dumbbell incline bench press.

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English : A video explaining strength training exercises – particularly the dumbbell bench press and the dumbbell incline bench press.

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A video portraying a city from a tourist perspective: Stockholm. The virtual tour shows various popular places of the city (timestamps in the video description).

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English : A video portraying a city from a tourist perspective: Stockholm. The virtual tour shows various popular places of the city (timestamps in the video description).

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U.S. American computer scientist and mathematician Jennifer Tour Chayes on how technologies of the future will shape our world in an interview video of the The Mind of the Universe series.

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English : U.S. American computer scientist and mathematician Jennifer Tour Chayes on how technologies of the future will shape our world in an interview video of the The Mind of the Universe series.

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A talk at Wikimania 2025 about the upcoming integration of interactive Our World in Data components into Wikipedias via the OWID Gadget.
These interactive data visualizations have already been integrated into Basque Wikipedia. So far, in other Wikipedias static images by OWID have been widely used across articles that for example can only show data for one year. Functional examples and further info can be found at MDWiki:WikiProjectMed:OWID.

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English : A talk at Wikimania 2025 about the upcoming integration of interactive Our World in Data components into Wikipedias via the OWID Gadget.
These interactive data visualizations have already been integrated into Basque Wikipedia. So far, in other Wikipedias static images by OWID have been widely used across articles that for example can only show data for one year. Functional examples and further info can be found at MDWiki:WikiProjectMed:OWID.

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A NASA video on tracking of methane emissions, a greenhouse gas more potent than CO₂ where changes in emissions have a faster impact on the level of global warming.

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English : A NASA video on tracking of methane emissions, a greenhouse gas more potent than CO₂ where changes in emissions have a faster impact on the level of global warming.

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A drone video of Summit Camp in Greenland, a year-round staffed research station near the apex of the Greenland ice sheet. Elevation: 3208 m; Wind mean: 10 km/h; Temperature: -20°C.

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English : A drone video of Summit Camp in Greenland, a year-round staffed research station near the apex of the Greenland ice sheet. Elevation: 3208 m; Wind mean: 10 km/h; Temperature: -20°C.

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This narrated animated video by NASA shows the accumulated change in the elevation of the Greenland ice sheet between 2003 and 2012.
The coastal areas of the ice sheet lost far more height, or "thinned", compared to the more inland regions.

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English : This narrated animated video by NASA shows the accumulated change in the elevation of the Greenland ice sheet between 2003 and 2012.
The coastal areas of the ice sheet lost far more height, or "thinned", compared to the more inland regions.

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In this video tutorial, a drug technician with Vancouver Coastal Health explains how to use fentanyl test strips at home.
Take-home fentanyl test strips are available for free at several locations in Vancouver and other communities across Vancouver Coastal Health.

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English : In this video tutorial, a drug technician with Vancouver Coastal Health explains how to use fentanyl test strips at home.
Take-home fentanyl test strips are available for free at several locations in Vancouver and other communities across Vancouver Coastal Health.

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