Three-hour documentaries about nothing important, watched by millions. Nine video essays that ARE the modern internet.
In Search Of A Flat Earth
Folding Ideas
starts with flat earth, ends somewhere darker
Disney Channel's Theme: A History Mystery
Defunctland
ninety minutes on a four-note jingle; cried, would recommend
Cicada 3301: An Internet Mystery
LEMMiNO
the internet's most elegant unsolved puzzle
Deep Blue | Down the Rabbit Hole
Fredrik Knudsen
the chess machine, given the full treatment
The Bob Emergency: a study of athletes named Bob, Part I | Chart Party
Secret Base
sports statistics as literature
The Cost of Concordia
Internet Historian
a shipwreck, narrated like a heist
The Unsolved True Crime Iceberg Explained
Wendigoon
the iceberg chart as a genre
Bitcoin - Unmasking Satoshi Nakamoto
Barely Sociable
hunting the internet's richest ghost
Which Way Is Down?
Vsauce
the ur-text: a simple question, forty minutes, existential dread
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