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July 24, 2012 10:07 pm GMT

These 10 Videos Turn Tough Topics Into Childs Play


1. The Great American Foreclosure Song


ProPublica prides itself on being the produce aisle of news organizations, feeding its readers the essential news nutrients, sans frills. Sometimes, though, vegetables (and news stories) need a little extra spice. "The Great American Foreclosure Song" rolls the foreclosure crisis, the loan modification fiasco and the robo-signing scandal into one epic music video. It's like Schoolhouse RockI for adults. Who knew bailouts could be so catchy?If the video doesn't fill your curiousity cup, visit ProPublica's foreclosure crisis page to delve a little deeper into the story.

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Are you sick of poring through Wikipedia pages to learn about complex topics? Or pretending you know the difference between super PACs and Super Bass? Have you forgotten everything you learned in your high school biology class? Or did you regrettably never really learn it in the first place?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, we've got just the solution: 10 YouTube videos that use cartoons, special effects and Charles Darwin finger puppets to break down important and complicated subjects you want to know more about.

Feeling like the dumb blonde amidst The Big Bang Theory crowd? Check out videos about Pluto, genetic modification or any of CrashCourse's biology lessons, which…
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