Kings, queens, even the Pope — the wrappings of royalty hardly compare to the ornate dress of the matador. Antonio Lopez Fuentes has been handcrafting matador dresses for 55 years, cloaking those who make a living facing down 1,300-pound beasts. It takes months of preparation and mounds of material, but as Antonio says, if you're facing a charging bull, you ought to be well-dressed.
There's only one beverage more popular in the world than tea — water. From its origins in China to the wars fought over its trade, tea has a long and sometimes bloody history. TED looks at tea's Chinese origin story to the nearly infinite ways to prepare the restorative drink.