This 10 minute movie takes you through the establishment of business intelligence: its early beginnings, the invention of data warehouses, the establishment of the first data management companies in the 1970s. Light-hearted and sprinkled with the occasional amusing anecdote, this video does a good job of keeping your attention from start to finish.

America might be one of the youngest geopolitical nations around, but we’ve still got some interesting history to discover. Thanks to a partnership between Foursquare and the History Channel, some Foursquare users will learn a lot more about the history of their checkin locations over the next couple of months.

According to the History Channel’s brand new Foursquare page, the initiative was concocted to promote America, The Story of Us, “an epic 12-hour television event that tells the extraordinary story of how America was invented. It is an intensive look at the people, places and things that have shaped our nation, and the tough and thrilling adventure that is America’s 400-year history.”