The History of the World in 100 Seconds based on Wikipedia

It's not your typical geography study guys, it's not boring and it's from Wikipedia.
Gareth Lloyd, a London-based software engineer together with his friend Tom martin created an awesome video about the history of the world. It’s not your usual history presentation guys. It’s Wikipedia based.
Turns out, no less than 424,171 Wikipedia articles have geographical co-ordinates and dates associated with them. Cross-reference them, you can create a tiny blip of light on the map. One for every history. See the video after the cut.
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