(Upbeat music plays)

Two brains navigate a maze, chomping a variety things including a stack of books, tire and baseball. The brains meet in the centre of the maze and form one large brain. A banner wraps around the brain. A person announces the title that appears on the banner.

They say, HUNGRY BRAIN!

Blue and orange blobs move around a colour printer.

A narrator says, PUT THIS IN PRINT!
THE INVENTION OF THE
PRINTING PRESS
WAS TRULY REVOLUTIONARY,
AND EVEN PLAYED A ROLE IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRACY.

[Cheering]

People’s fists are raised.

The narrator asks, INCLINED TO HEAR MORE?

Text reads, The Top On the Benefits of the Invention of the Printing Press.

The narrator says, HERE'S THE TOP ON THE
BENEFITS OF THE
INVENTION OF THE PRINTING PRESS.

A ball bounces off a button.

The narrator says, NUMBER FOUR:
THE VERY FIRST PRINTING PRESS.

A blue number 4 appears.

The narrator says, PRINTING FIRST APPEARED IN CHINA
AROUND 1,500 YEARS AGO.

Text over a section of the Great Wall of China reads, 500.

The narrator continues, WAXING LYRICAL ABOUT
IMPERIAL SEALS,
IT'S INVENTORS
IMITATED THE PROCESS BY
CARVING AN IMAGE TO BE PRINTED
ONTO A WOODEN PLATE.

A wooden plate has a carving of a fence around a tree.

The narrator says, IN THE 10TH CENTURY,
THE CHINESE CREATED
SINGLE MOVEABLE CHARACTERS,
EACH WAS CARVED IN CLAY,
AND THEN ASSEMBLED ON
A PRINTING PLATE.
BUT THESE CHARACTERS NEVER USED
IT ON A LARGE SCALE.

Metal letters are shown.

The narrator says, NUMBER THREE:

A ball bounces onto a button.

The narrator says, THE BEGINNING OF MASS PRINTING.

A blue number 3 appears.

The narrator continues, GERMANY, 500 YEARS LATER.
JOHANNES GUTENBERG INVENTED
MOVABLE METAL CHARACTERS
WHICH COULD BE FIXED
ONTO A PRINTING PLATE.
HE ALSO DEVELOPED
A NEW TYPE OF INK
AND THE PRINTING PRESS ITSELF,
WHICH SPEEDED UP MORE AND MORE
COMPLEX PRINTING JOBS.

A printing press is shown.

With a German accent, the narrator says, AND THE BEST PART?
NO PAPER JAMS.

A black and white image of Johannes Gutenberg is shown.

In their regular voice, the narrator says, IN 1455, THE BIBLE BECAME
THE FIRST PRINTED BOOK EVER.

Text reads, 1455.

The narrator continues, FROM THE EARLY 1500S,
JUST A FEW DECADES LATER,
GUTENBERG'S PRINTING TECHNIQUE
WAS SO SUCCESSFUL,
THAT BETWEEN
10-20 MILLION BOOKS WERE
PRINTED IN EUROPE EVER YEAR.

A ball slides down a ramp.

The narrator says, NUMBER TWO:

The ball bounces off a button.

The narrator continues, THE BIRTH OF PROTESTANTISM.

A blue number 2 appears.

The narrator says, IN THE MIDDLE AGES,
POWER WAS HELD BY
THE CHURCH AND THE KING.
THE PRINTING PRESS
CHANGED ALL THAT.
IN 1518, THE GERMAN MONK,
MARTIN LUTHER,
REUTILIZED THE CHURCH BY
PUBLISHING HIS THEORY.

An image of Martin Luther is shown with his name.

The narrator says, HE PRINTED 95 COPIES
THAT HE WOULD NAIL
TO THE DOORS OF AS MANY
CHURCHES AS HE COULD FIND.

Text reads, 95.

The narrator says, THE DOCUMENT WAS
A GREAT SUCCESS,
AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER COPIES
WERE SOON PASSED AROUND.
LUTHER THEN TRANSLATED
THE BIBLE INTO GERMAN,
PREVIOUSLY ONLY
AVAILABLE IN LATIN.
BELIEVERS WERE ABLE TO READ THE
BIBLE IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE,
AND MAKE THEIR
INTERPRETATION OF IT.

A page of a bible is shown.

The narrator says, THIS IS HOW
PROTESTANTISM WAS BORN.
WORD.

An animated person wearing a suit and tie stands behind podium with a cross on it.

The narrator says, NUMBER ONE:
THE INVENTION OF NEWS PAPERS.

A blue number 1 appears.

The narrator continues, THE PRINTING PRESS
CONTINUED ITS NOBLE WORK.
IN 1631, "LA GAZETTE DE FRANCE"
APPEARED WITH
THE LATEST SCOOPS.

Text reads, 1631. A document reads, Gazette De France.

With an accent, the narrator says, READ ALL ABOUT IT!
THE KING FALLS ON HIS BUTT.
IT'S A RIGHT ROYAL RUMPUS.

In their regular voice, the narrator says, BY HAVING ACCESS TO INFORMATION,
ORDINARY PEOPLE COULD
THINK FOR THEMSELVES
RATHER THAN HAVING IT HANDED
DOWN TO THEM FROM UP HIGH.

A gold crown appears.

The narrator says, THIS IS HOW THE PRINTING PRESS
INDIRECTLY LED
TO MANY REVOLUTIONS IN EUROPE.

A black and white drawing of people using a printing press appears.

The narrator says, WANNA SPREAD AN IDEA?
THINK INK.

An animated light bulb has a brain inside it.

[Upbeat music plays]

End Credits.

Narration, Ian O’Connor.

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