The TV show “House” was one of––if not the–– most popular medical dramas of all time. Closely modeled on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous creation, Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Gregory House is a brilliant physician who solves the medical mysteries that were too challenging for every other doctor around. In the course of the episode, House and his team invariably solve the mystery. Fans might wonder how accurate the show is from a medical standpoint. In this video, a doctor examines how accurate the show is.

Now that tax time is approaching (probably too rapidly for your taste), let’s take a moment to look back at the history of taxes. This video examines how taxes worked in the model of the American republic, ancient Rome. When the city was small, taxes were a relatively simple (and small) affair. But as the city and surrounding territories grew, taxes became much more complex, and eventually they had to be outsourced to contractors. 

Now that we’re living in the age of Tinder and Bumble, you’ve probably noticed that there’s a lot more first dates going on. The next few times that you go out to dinner on a weekend night, start paying attention. You’ll notice lots of couples having awkward first-date moments. So, Casually Explained made a video casually explaining first date dynamics. So whether you’re going out on lots of dates or you’re just tired of being in the booth next to a first date, enjoy this hilarious clip. 

Tofu entered recorded history over two thousand years ago. It was invented in China and from there spread to Korea and Japan. So, for two millennia now, China has been perfecting tofu dishes. This video walks you through some of the history of tofu, how its made, and some epic tofu recipes. It also contains some beautiful footage of China and a lot of Chinese culture. So order yourself some jiachang dofu from your local Chinese place (or better yet, make it yourself) and enjoy this video.

A cruise ship is basically a small, floating city. That is already an incredible feat to consider. But then add this complicating factor: it’s basically a floating city that changes its entire population every week or so. Ok, impressed yet? How about now. It changes that entire population in less than one day. Turnover day is a miracle of coordination, and this video explains how all aspects of a cruise work together to make the business venture profitable. 

For whatever reason, Toto’s “Africa” has risen, phoenix-like, from the ashes of music history, resurrected at the hands of hipsters via Buzzfeed. But what is it about that song in particular that made gave it life? Is it the lyrics? Or is it the music? This video analyzes the latter, giving you a hefty dose of music theory. It may be a bit hard to follow at times, but if you stick with it, you’ll get leave the video with a pretty good idea of what’s going on in the song.

Aside from soap operas related to hospitals in general (see what we did there?), “Scrubs” was one of the most popular shows about doctors, hospitals, and medicine ever to air on television. But how accurate was “Scrubs”? In this video, a doctor watches the pilot and answers that question. In brief, the show seems to replicate this doctor’s experience as a new resident very accurate. He even calls watching the main character’s first day as “cringy.” 

Time is simultaneously the most difficult thing to grasp and the simplest thing to grasp. It’s all around us, we swim through it every day and plan our lives around lunch time or tea time or meeting times. But what does time really mean? And how can we keep time in perspective? This Kurzgesagt video tries to put everything in perspective by showing what kinds of events happen during the average human lifetime and then comparing that to other events in history and to events that will happen in the future. 

Anyone who has ever had to commute to work knows the pure and unmitigated suffering that is traffic. What you might not know is that the stress reaction that an antelope experiences when it is being chased by a cheetah is the same stress reaction that you have when you are sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic. There are top minds working on the problem of traffic (top. minds.), so why don’t we have a solution to traffic? Well, this video explains the myriad complications that comes with dealing with traffic issues.

 Anyone who has watched Amelie has fallen in love with Amelie, and anyone who has fallen in love with Amelie knows that she loves the noise it makes when she cracks the caramelized surface of a crème brûlée. Ahh, it’s hard not to sigh just thinking about it. But why be content with the movie when you can have your own delicious crème brûlée? Babish teaches you how to make Amelie’s favorite sonorous sweet in this video. 

Commercials rarely come in series. There might be common characters––think the gecko from Geico or Flo from Profressive––but the commercials don’t general have a storyline or a sequence. But this Japanese commercial series has a long, soap opera-esque storyline. It’s about a man chewing very long gum who tempts a woman away from her partner. She falls for long gum man, her boyfriend freaks out, and then she falls ill. To see what happens next, you’ll have to watch the series.

After Lance Armstrong’s intense, prolonged, and frankly heroic battle with testicular cancer, he founded Livestrong. This organization is dedicated to educating people about healthy living and helping them fight cancer. Lance Armstong’s multiple Tour de France victories helped his foundation become successful, but what happened to that foundation after Armstrong admitted to doping?This video gives you an in depth, but still interesting, analysis of the Livestrong’s finances’s after Lance Armstrong’s fall from grace.