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Why Do We Eat Popcorn at The Movies?

Why Do We Eat Popcorn at The Movies?

Season 1 Episode 42
6:46
Why Do People Have Pets?

Why Do People Have Pets?

Season 1 Episode 43
8:00
The Origin of Gender

The Origin of Gender

Season 1 Episode 44
8:39
Why Is There a Minimum Wage?

Why Is There a Minimum Wage?

Season 1 Episode 45
9:10
Can Tattoos Be Taboo?

Can Tattoos Be Taboo?

Season 2 Episode 1
8:05
How Did Makeup Ads Go From Style to Science?

How Did Makeup Ads Go From Style to Science?

Season 2 Episode 2
9:16
Why Do So Many Religions Have Headwear?

Why Do So Many Religions Have Headwear?

Season 2 Episode 3
10:49
How Did Edison Invent Christmas Lights?

How Did Edison Invent Christmas Lights?

Season 2 Episode 4
8:37
Why Does the Government Need to Know My Race?

Why Does the Government Need to Know My Race?

Season 2 Episode 5
9:42
Why Do We Drink Milk in School?

Why Do We Drink Milk in School?

Season 2 Episode 6
8:24
What is Cultural Appropriation?

What is Cultural Appropriation?

Season 2 Episode 7
9:38
Modern Warfare and Alien Invasions

Modern Warfare and Alien Invasions

Season 2 Episode 8
10:07
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Origin of Everything

Why Was Crossdressing Illegal?

Season 1 Episode 41

Clothing is ultimately just fabric designed to cover our bodies. So why was it illegal for women to wear men’s clothing and for men to wear women’s clothing? And why is it still illegal in some parts of the world?
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What is Cultural Appropriation?
9:38
Season 2 Episode 7
What is Cultural Appropriation?
What is culture? Can it even be appropriated?
Why Do We Drink Milk in School?
8:24
Season 2 Episode 6
Why Do We Drink Milk in School?
Why Do We Drink Milk in School?
Why Does the Government Need to Know My Race?
9:42
Season 2 Episode 5
Why Does the Government Need to Know My Race?
Why does the government care about race?
How Did Edison Invent Christmas Lights?
8:37
Season 2 Episode 4
How Did Edison Invent Christmas Lights?
How Did Edison Invent Christmas Lights?
Why Do So Many Religions Have Headwear?
10:49
Season 2 Episode 3
Why Do So Many Religions Have Headwear?
Hijabs, yarmulkes, habits, and dastars — why do so many religions have rules about hair?
How Did Makeup Ads Go From Style to Science?
9:16
Season 2 Episode 2
How Did Makeup Ads Go From Style to Science?
When did makeup ads become less about beauty and more about science?
Can Tattoos Be Taboo?
8:05
Season 2 Episode 1
Can Tattoos Be Taboo?
When did tattoos shift from counterculture to mainstream?
Why Is There a Minimum Wage?
9:10
Season 1 Episode 45
Why Is There a Minimum Wage?
Why does the Minimum Wage exist at all?
The Origin of Gender
8:39
Season 1 Episode 44
The Origin of Gender
Why do we think there are only two genders? And how are sex and gender different?
Why Do People Have Pets?
8:00
Season 1 Episode 43
Why Do People Have Pets?
Why did humans start domesticating animals as pets and not livestock?
Why Do We Eat Popcorn at The Movies?
6:46
Season 1 Episode 42
Why Do We Eat Popcorn at The Movies?
What do the Great Depression and farm subsidies have to do with eating popcorn at movies?
Six Historically True Facts about Money
11:11
Season 1 Episode 40
Six Historically True Facts about Money
How did money come to be such a driving force of modern life?
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