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Veritasium's mission has always been to get to the truth - to understand how and why things work the way they do. We love the variety of topics we're able to cover - from the real to the abstract - an

The Insane Real Engineering of the Nazi Enigma Machine

How did Bletchley Park's codebreakers crack the "unbreakable" enigma? Sponsored by Incogni - use code veritasium at https://incogni.com/veritasium to get an exclusive 60% off your annual subscription.

The Scariest Chart In Engineering

Why is the Smith Chart one of the scariest charts in electrical engineering? We printed the largest one in the world to explain how it works and why it's so terrifying (to engineers at least).

The Most Dangerous Escalator In Europe

In 2018 football fans were leaving a stadium in Rome. They boarded an escalator down to the metro. Suddenly the machine sprung a fault. Multiple safety systems were triggered. One after another. And t

A Physics Professor Bet Me $10,000 I'm Wrong...

A UCLA Physics Professor bet me $10,000 that my video (https://youtu.be/jyQwgBAaBag) about going downwind faster than the wind was wrong. Here's how we proved it...

We Took $10,000 From @mkbhd's Locked iPhone

There's a flaw in some virtual wallets. We exploited this flaw to steal $10,000 from @mkbhd. Watch the full video to find out how we did it...

It's impossible to choose a number at random

In math you can't truly pick things at random because formulas always give the same result. So if we can't pick randomly, how do we select anything in math?

Could identical twins commit the perfect crime?

The DNA in twins is (almost) exactly the same. So how could a team of forensic scientists tell which twin committed the crime? There is a way but it has some issues...