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  1. 7 What If The Sun Disappeared? by Vsauce
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  3. 9 Why Do We Wear Clothes? by Vsauce
  4. 10 Should You Eat Yourself? by Vsauce
  5. 11 Is Your Red The Same as My Red? by Vsauce
  6. 12 A Defense of Comic Sans by Vsauce
  7. 13 Will We Ever Visit Other Stars? by Vsauce
  8. 14 What's The Most Dangerous Place on Earth? by Vsauce
  9. 15 The Science of the Friend Zone by Vsauce
  10. 16 This Is Only Red by Vsauce
  11. 17 How Many Calories are on a Smudgy Screen? by Vsauce
  12. 18 Why Don't We Taxidermy Humans? by Vsauce
  13. 19 Is The 5-Second Rule True? by Vsauce
  14. 20 Will We Ever Run Out of New Music? by Vsauce
  15. 21 How Many Photos Have Been Taken? by Vsauce
  16. 22 Why Do We Have Two Nostrils? by Vsauce
  17. 23 What Can You Do Without a Brain? by Vsauce
  18. 24 Why Are Things Cute? by Vsauce
  19. 25 How Much Does a Shadow Weigh? by Vsauce
  20. 26 How Hot Can It Get? by Vsauce
  21. ▶ Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road? by Vsauce
  22. 28 Carrot Sharpener. LÜT #27 by Vsauce
  23. 29 This Is Not Yellow by Vsauce
  24. 30 Guns in Space by Vsauce
  25. 31 What If Everyone JUMPED At Once? by Vsauce
  26. 32 How Secure is Your Password? And 21 Other DONGs by Vsauce
  27. 33 What Color Is A Mirror? by Vsauce
  28. 34 EAR Earrings -- LÜT #26 by Vsauce
  29. 35 You Don't Type Alone. by Vsauce
  30. 36 Slow-Mo Hand in MOUSETRAP! ... And DONGs by Vsauce
  31. 37 SCIENCE! What is the Rarest Precious Metal? by Vsauce
  32. 38 TROLL LIPS and more! IMG! #51 by Vsauce
  33. 39 We Are All Related by Vsauce
  34. 40 Top Hats for CATS! LÜT #25 by Vsauce
  35. 41 How High Can We Build? by Vsauce
  36. 42 MATH MAGIC and a NEW LEANBACK by Vsauce
  37. 43 Why Don't Any Animals Have Wheels? by Vsauce
  38. 44 Why Is Yawning Contagious? by Vsauce
  39. 45 THE GAME OF LIFE and other DONGs! by Vsauce
  40. 46 ZOMBIE BOTTLE-OPENER! ... LÜT #24 by Vsauce
  41. 47 Why Are We Ticklish? Why do We Laugh? by Vsauce
  42. 48 8 Surprising Facts by Vsauce
  43. 49 How Many 5 Year-Olds Could You Fight? -- And 18... by Vsauce
  44. 50 How Many Dots? IMG! #50 by Vsauce
  45. 51 How Much Is A Bird in The Hand Worth? by Vsauce
  46. 52 Water Is Amazing -- World Water Day! by Vsauce
  47. 53 Unicorn FARTS on Your LIPS ?? -- LÜT #23 by Vsauce
  48. 54 Amazing Art and MORE! IMG! #49 by Vsauce
  49. 55 Travel INSIDE a Black Hole by Vsauce
  50. 56 DON'T SHOOT THE PUPPY!! .... and more: DONG #23 by Vsauce
  51. 57 EPIC LEAPS. by Vsauce
  52. 58 SCARIEST DOGS and MORE! IMG! #48 by Vsauce
  53. 59 What is Cool? by Vsauce
  54. 60 Long Distance KISSING and more! LÜT #22 by Vsauce
  55. 61 YOU LIVE IN THE PAST by Vsauce
  56. 62 Picture of Everything? -- DONG by Vsauce
  57. 63 LEGO TACO! And Other Great Images -- IMG! Episo... by Vsauce
  58. 64 Dog BUTT Floss! And More: LÜT #21 by Vsauce
  59. 65 FART SCIENCE by Vsauce
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  61. 67 What Is Consciousness? by Vsauce
  62. 68 REAL CYCLOPS SHARK and more great images -- IMG... by Vsauce
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  64. 70 What's Left? by Vsauce
  65. 71 How Much Money is LOVE Worth? by Vsauce
  66. 72 Where to BUY Uranium and other DONGS! by Vsauce
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  68. 74 SOUNDS. by Vsauce
  69. 75 Buy REAL Dino Teeth! ... and more! LÜT #20 by Vsauce
  70. 76 Cool Things on YouTube and More! DONG #19 by Vsauce
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  72. 78 ENGLISH. by Vsauce
  73. 79 Things To Do Online #18 -- DONG! by Vsauce
  74. 80 What is Déjà vu? by Vsauce
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  82. 88 Is This a PANDA?? --- IMG! #43 by Vsauce
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  84. 90 UGLY DANCE -- DONG by Vsauce
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  86. 92 4 FACTS. by Vsauce
  87. 93 WATER. by Vsauce
  88. 94 BEST IMAGES of the Week -- IMG! #42 by Vsauce
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  90. 96 Mind Blowing WATCHES ... and more! LÜT #17 by Vsauce
  91. 97 Fun GEEKY Games -- and more! [DONG] by Vsauce
  92. 98 STOPPED CLOCK ILLUSION by Vsauce
  93. 99 COVERED IN CHICKS -- IMG! #41 by Vsauce
  94. 100 WHY IS THERE A MOON? .... and more! by Vsauce
  95. 101 WHAT'S A DONG? by Vsauce
  96. 102 SOAP FOR ADULTS ... LÜT #16 by Vsauce
  97. 103 WET DOGS ---- IMG! #40 by Vsauce
  98. 104 What Is Video ?? by Vsauce
  99. 105 HACK Wheel of Fortune! by Vsauce
 

Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?

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Published on Sep 16, 2012

Thanks to Bill Nye! Check him out here:
http://www.billnye.com/
http://planetary.org/

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Great list of how famous people would approach the chicken question: http://www.bored.com/chickenjoke/

How we should all FIRST hear the chicken joke: http://ivy.comicgenesis.com/

E.B. White: http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/9...

Frog Dissection app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/frog-d...

Anti-Joke Chicken: http://www.quickmeme.com/Anti-Joke-Ch...

Anti-Joke Cat: http://twitter.com/AntiJokeCat

"No soap, radio": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_soap_...

OLDEST JOKE: http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/c...

Original Summerian: http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/proverbs...

Agyrophobia: http://www.medterms.com/script/main/a...

Death Clock: http://deathclock.com/

Percentage of earth that is paved: http://www.artba.org/about/faqs-trans...

Chicken Population: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07...

Mary had a little lamb (pics in video from a book I own): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Had...

Computational theory of humor [pdf]: http://arxiv.org/abs/0711.2058

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  • hacksis119

    hacksis119 4 days ago

    who else pissed them selves after the blue paint joke?

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  • Andrew Smith

    Andrew Smith 3 days ago

    I pissed myself when I saw Bill at the beginning.

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  • James Polk

    James Polk 4 hours ago

    I bet Bill Nye knew the answer.

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  • Bari qazi

    Bari qazi 4 hours ago

    A 8 minute video on why did the chicken cross the road? Only Vsauce can do that without putting you to sleep.XD

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  • dwhitford1234

    dwhitford1234 5 hours ago

    Bill Nye the Science Guy?

    Subscribed.

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  • anthony ballesteros

    anthony ballesteros 6 hours ago

    For fitness...

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  • AlyssaWatkins

    AlyssaWatkins 7 hours ago

    Bill Nye the science guy!!! :D

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  • LoveTheFastClaws

    LoveTheFastClaws 7 hours ago

    Is it bad that i laughed at the No soap Radio joke?....

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  • Alyssa Hill

    Alyssa Hill 11 hours ago

    WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD? TO SAVE NYE FROM GETTING HIT

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  • Alyssa Hill

    Alyssa Hill 11 hours ago

    Hes aliiiivvveeeee :OOOOO

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