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How the Toilet Changed History

How the Toilet Changed History

Season 5 Episode 5
5:43
How the Meter Became The Meter

How the Meter Became The Meter

Season 5 Episode 6
6:02
What is Luck?

What is Luck?

Season 5 Episode 8
5:10
How Much Plastic is in the Ocean?

How Much Plastic is in the Ocean?

Season 5 Episode 10
4:43
Why I ❤ PBS

Why I ❤ PBS

Season 5 Episode 11
2:32
Where Did Humans Come From?

Where Did Humans Come From?

Season 5 Episode 13
6:18
Why Are We The Only Humans Left?

Why Are We The Only Humans Left?

Season 5 Episode 14
6:09
Why Does Hair Grow The Way It Does?

Why Does Hair Grow The Way It Does?

Season 5 Episode 15
4:18
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It's Okay to Be Smart

The Superb Owl!

Season 5 Episode 3

As we get ready to watch that big football game that my lawyers tell me I’m not allowed to say the name of, let’s celebrate a champion of the bird world: Stealthy and silent owls! Learn how owls fly so silently, how they see in the dark, and how owls’ incredible hearing makes them such superb aerial hunters.

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I Can't Believe We're Making Another COVID Video
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Another Covid Video.
How the Zebra Really Got Its Stripes?
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Learn how different animals get their stripes.
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