This week on The Deep Dive: Brown is one big pile of lies, the Wikipedia editors who go above and beyond to mislead us for seemingly no reason, how Barbie made us throw media literacy out the window in the name of fun (but I still love it), that time Arthur took on the impossible task of explaining 9/11 to children, and was A Little Late With Lilly Singh actually doomed from the start or does traditional media still have no idea what to do with internet stars?

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SCIENCE

Brown; color is weird by Technology Connections (21:14)

What is brown? At first, that question may seem silly – a lot of things in our world are brown. But brown isn’t in the rainbow, meaning there’s no such thing as brown light. How is that possible? If we see brown and our eyes are basically a couple of light sensors in our heads, is brown even real? Luckily, Technology Connections is here to prevent you from falling into that downward spiral (maybe). In this video, you’ll learn the truth behind this deceptive color, which is just a variation of another color we didn’t even bother naming until a fruit forced us to. So, what makes a color? The answer may be more straightforward than you thought.

INTERNET

The Cryptids of Wikipedia by Captain KRB (39:15)

Welcome to the wild world of Wikipedia editor drama, brought to us by the website’s “Long-term abuse” page. Reading like the FBI’s Most Wanted, the page is dedicated entirely to users who have been committed to making false changes throughout Wikipedia’s pages, some seemingly random with no reasonable explanation, others much more sinister. In this video, Captain KRB walks through the most notable long-term abusers of Wikipedia, from the bizarre to the unhinged to the downright disturbing. Coming out of this video, I have only one question: Why would anyone even bother? Side note: This video has an intermission, I thought that was cute.