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How WWII Created Godzilla & Mecha Robots

How WWII Created Godzilla & Mecha Robots

Season 1 Episode 6
9:33
Why is there a North and South Korea?

Why is there a North and South Korea?

Season 1 Episode 7
7:35
Is Poisoned Halloween Candy a Myth?

Is Poisoned Halloween Candy a Myth?

Season 1 Episode 8
6:38
Why Do We Get Grades in School?

Why Do We Get Grades in School?

Season 1 Episode 9
7:45
How Your Rubber Ducky Explains Colonialism

How Your Rubber Ducky Explains Colonialism

Season 1 Episode 10
6:49
Why Do Women Give Birth Lying Down?

Why Do Women Give Birth Lying Down?

Season 1 Episode 11
7:28
Where does the Nuclear Family Come From?

Where does the Nuclear Family Come From?

Season 1 Episode 12
7:46
Why Do We Eat Artificial Flavors?

Why Do We Eat Artificial Flavors?

Season 1 Episode 13
7:42
Why Are There So Few Women in Computer Science?

Why Are There So Few Women in Computer Science?

Season 1 Episode 14
6:16
Why Does Santa Wear Red?

Why Does Santa Wear Red?

Season 1 Episode 15
6:17
How Did Martin Luther King Jr. Get a Holiday?

How Did Martin Luther King Jr. Get a Holiday?

Season 1 Episode 16
9:40
Why Do Kids Have Their Own Bedrooms?

Why Do Kids Have Their Own Bedrooms?

Season 1 Episode 17
7:49
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Origin of Everything

How Columbus Invented Cannibals

Season 1 Episode 5

While evidence of people who eat other people existed long before Columbus, the idea of tribes of “savages” in the jungle who hunt other people for food was truly birthed with Columbus. He is even the first person to ever use the word “Cannibal” to describe such people. The problem is, no such people really existed in the Caribbean islands where Columbus landed.
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Season 2 Episode 12
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Season 2 Episode 11
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Season 2 Episode 10
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Season 2 Episode 9
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Season 2 Episode 8
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