Demystified Videos

In Demystified, Britannica has all the answers to your burning questions.

Discover why Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving and what the Pilgrims ate with the Wampanoag

Discover why Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving and what the Pilgrims ate with the Wampanoag

Understand the criteria for planethood and Pluto's classification as a dwarf planet

Understand the criteria for planethood and Pluto's classification as a dwarf planet

Explore the differences between turtles and tortoises

Explore the differences between turtles and tortoises

Discover the importance of bees to the environment

Discover the importance of bees to the environment

Understand the effects of light pollution on the environment and humans

Understand the effects of light pollution on the environment and humans

Uncover the reality behind Marie-Antoinette's famous phrase, “Let them eat cake”

Uncover the reality behind Marie-Antoinette's famous phrase, “Let them eat cake”

Learn when women started wearing pants in the United States

Learn when women started wearing pants in the United States

Uncover the mystery behind the writing on the Rosetta Stone

Uncover the mystery behind the writing on the Rosetta Stone

Know the difference between climate and weather and how the slightest climate change can impact life

Know the difference between climate and weather and how the slightest climate change can impact life

Understand the difference between poisonous and venomous animals with various examples

Understand the difference between poisonous and venomous animals with various examples

Understand the various phenomena of solar, lunar, and annular eclipses

Understand the various phenomena of solar, lunar, and annular eclipses

Understand the difference between meteors, meteoroids, and meteorites

Understand the difference between meteors, meteoroids, and meteorites

Learn how Christian historian Sextus Africanus and Roman Emperor Constantine I determined Christmas's date

Learn how Christian historian Sextus Africanus and Roman Emperor Constantine I determined Christmas's date

Learn about the difference between Great Britain and the United Kingdom

Learn about the difference between Great Britain and the United Kingdom

Know how the World Meteorological Organization decides the names for hurricanes and typhoons

Know how the World Meteorological Organization decides the names for hurricanes and typhoons

Discover the inner structure of the Great Pyramid of Khufu, one of the Pyramids of Giza

Discover the inner structure of the Great Pyramid of Khufu, one of the Pyramids of Giza

Uncover the history and legend of Santa Claus

Uncover the history and legend of Santa Claus

Know why a baker's dozen is thirteen and not twelve

Know why a baker's dozen is thirteen and not twelve

Uncover the mysteries surrounding Leonardo da Vinci's painting the Mona Lisa

Uncover the mysteries surrounding Leonardo da Vinci's painting the Mona Lisa

Know about the facts and theories of spontaneous human combustion

Know about the facts and theories of spontaneous human combustion

Learn what makes a bison different from a buffalo

Learn what makes a bison different from a buffalo

Understand the difference between solstices and equinoxes

Understand the difference between solstices and equinoxes

Learn about the working process of the U.S. electoral college

Learn about the working process of the U.S. electoral college

Explore the key differences between rabbits and hares

Explore the key differences between rabbits and hares

Find out whether dinosaurs really had feathers

Find out whether dinosaurs really had feathers

Find out whether fossil fuels really come from fossils

Find out whether fossil fuels really come from fossils

Explore what camels store in their humps

Explore what camels store in their humps

Find out whether dogs are really colour-blind

Find out whether dogs are really colour-blind