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Is Swearing Good for Your Brain?
Season 2
Episode 1
Does swearing get a bad rap? There's evidence that the shouting obscenities has an evolutionary purpose... and may be good for your psyche!
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6:35
How did English become the most widely spoken language in the world?
6:41
R is an incredibly weird letter; it's a wonder that we use one symbol to represent them.
8:01
What makes a word slang, and why does it sound so weird when companies use it?
12:13
We take a deeper look as to why sign language was banned for decades.
8:57
Besides being annoying, what if the grammar police are actually... wrong?
7:46
It shouldn't matter what a food is called as long as it tastes good, right? Well...
9:41
Current studies with children show show new insight into bilingualism.
7:00
English has more words than most other languages, but there are still gaps.
5:56
Pronouns may be little, but they say a lot, and they're always changing!