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Origin of Everything
When did the News Start?
Season 2
Episode 24
We all have news cycle fatigue. If it’s not struggling to find reliable sources online, then it’s figuring out how to sift through the myriad of competing (and sometimes conflicting) headlines that roll across our TV screens, cell phones and social media accounts. But when did the news become integral to our lives?
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6:17
Why does Santa not wear any other color?

6:16
Women were many of the very first computer programmers, so what changed?

7:42
Where do artificial flavors come from?

7:46
Why does America elevate the nuclear family above other family forms?

7:28
How did birthing lying down become the gold standard for bringing newborns into the world?

6:49
Industrialization driven demand for rubber drove intense competition between world powers.

7:45
Why do we get letter grades in school at all? And whatever happened to E?

6:38
Is this trick or treat dilemma an actual reality?

7:35
Though North Korea has been dominating the news cycle lately, an important question to ask

9:33
What does World War II have to die with Godzilla and fighting robots?

6:30
How did Christopher Columbus invent the idea of “Cannibals?”

7:13
What is the origin of this # mysterious symbol?