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How to get motivated even when you don’t feel like it
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January 2, 2024
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The history of poker: Bluffing, betting, and busting - James McManus
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January 4, 2024
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The complicated sex lives of pandas - Lucy Cooke
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January 9, 2024
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Why is rice so popular? - Carolyn Beans
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January 11, 2024
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How much would it cost to buy the ocean? - Astrid J. Hsu
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January 16, 2024
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History vs. Egypt’s "most powerful" pharaoh - Jessica Tomkins
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January 18, 2024
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How to know if you're being selfish (and whether or not that's bad) - Mark Hopwood
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January 23, 2024
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Would you raise the baby that ate your siblings? - Francesca Barbero
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January 25, 2024
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The real reason dodo birds went extinct - Leon Claessens
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January 30, 2024
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How does alcohol cause blackouts? - Shannon Odell
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February 1, 2024
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Why does this flower smell like a dead body? - Daniel Nickrent
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February 6, 2024
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Is Chandigarh a perfectly planned city? - Vikramāditya Prakāsh
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February 8, 2024
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The Fijian myth of the greedy god - Raiana McKinney and Esther Wozniak
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February 13, 2024
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Why can't you put metal in a microwave? - Aaron Slepkov
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February 15, 2024
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How the famous Three Sisters survived - Rebecca Webster
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February 20, 2024
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The warrior who defeated the mighty Mughals - Stephanie Honchell Smith
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February 22, 2024
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Can you solve the wizard tournament riddle? - Alex Rosenthal
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February 27, 2024
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These 70 writers are actually all the same person - Ilan Stavans
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February 29, 2024
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How humanity got hooked on coffee - Jonathan Morris
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March 5, 2024
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When is anger justified? A philosophical inquiry - Delaney Thull
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March 7, 2024
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One of the world’s oldest condiments - Dan Kwartler
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March 12, 2024
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Why was the Rosetta Stone so important? - Franziska Naether
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March 14, 2024
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What causes addiction, and why is it so hard to treat? - Judy Grisel
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March 19, 2024
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The underground cities of the Byzantine Empire - Veronica Kalas
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March 21, 2024
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The Greek myth of Demeter's revenge - Iseult Gillespie
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March 26, 2024
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What Earth in 2050 could look like - Shannon Odell
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March 28, 2024
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What is earwax — and should you get rid of it? - Henry C. Ou
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April 2, 2024
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This person isn't actually screaming - Noah Charney
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April 4, 2024
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The true story behind the legend of the 47 Rōnin - Adam Clulow
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April 9, 2024
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How to prevent political corruption - Stephanie Honchell Smith
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April 11, 2024
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The Nazis recruited to win the Cold War - Brian Crim
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April 16, 2024
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Picture a perfect society. What does it look like? - Joseph Lacey
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April 18, 2024
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Does math have a major flaw? - Jacqueline Doan and Alex Kazachek
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April 23, 2024
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The rise and fall of the Maya Empire’s most powerful city - Geoffrey E. Braswell
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April 25, 2024
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How do gas masks actually work? - George Zaidan
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April 30, 2024
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How to increase your happiness
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May 2, 2024
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If you're an adult mayfly you'll probably die before the end of this video - Luke M. Jacobus
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May 7, 2024
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How could so many people support Hitler? - Joseph Lacey
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May 9, 2024
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Scientists are obsessed with this lake - Nicola Storelli and Daniele Zanzi
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May 14, 2024
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What happened when these 6 dictators took over - Stephanie Honchell Smith
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May 16, 2024
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Would you use a machine that predicts your future? - Thomas Hofweber
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May 21, 2024
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Why don't "tough" and "dough" rhyme? - Arika Okrent
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May 23, 2024
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The tech that seems to break the laws of physics - Anna Rothschild
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May 28, 2024
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How did ancient civilizations make ice cream? - Vivian Jiang
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May 30, 2024
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Can you transplant a head to another body? - Max G. Levy
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June 4, 2024
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Rumi: One of the world's most famous writers - Stephanie Honchell Smith
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June 6, 2024
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These animals can hear everything - Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard
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June 11, 2024
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Can you solve the basketball robot riddle? - Dan Katz
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June 13, 2024
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What really happened to Oedipus? - Stephen Esposito
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June 18, 2024
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The secret behind how Chinese characters work - Gina Marie Elia
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June 20, 2024
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How do doctors determine what stage of cancer you have? - Hyunsoo Joshua No and Trudy Wu
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June 25, 2024
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How close are we to powering the world with nuclear fusion? - George Zaidan
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June 27, 2024
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What happens in your body during a miscarriage? - Nassim Assefi and Emily M. Godfrey
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July 2, 2024
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Why fish are better at breathing than you are - Dan Kwartler
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July 9, 2024
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The Greek myth of the serpent’s curse - Iseult Gillespie
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July 11, 2024
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The weirdest (and coolest) tongues in the animal kingdom - Cella Wright
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July 16, 2024
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Why are scientists shooting mushrooms into space? - Shannon Odell
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July 18, 2024
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Why does hitting your funny bone feel so horrible? - Cella Wright
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July 23, 2024
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What the oil industry doesn’t want you to know - Stephanie Honchell Smith
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July 25, 2024
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Can you prevent Alzheimer's disease? - Krishna Sudhir
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July 30, 2024
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Why did people wear powdered wigs? - Stephanie Honchell Smith
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August 1, 2024
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The most dangerous elements on the periodic table - Shannon Odell
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August 6, 2024
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What are warts — and how do you get rid of them? - Cella Wright
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August 8, 2024
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Why is it so dangerous to step on a rusty nail? - Louise Thwaites
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August 13, 2024
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How do bulletproof vests work? - Max G. Levy
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August 15, 2024
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Is this the most valuable thing in the ocean? - David Biello
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August 20, 2024
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The tragedy of the one guy who was right about the Trojan Horse - Noah Charney
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August 22, 2024
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The tale of the boy who tricked a tyrant - Paschal Kyiiripuo Kyoore
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August 27, 2024
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The surprising effects of outer space on the human body - Tejal Gala
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August 29, 2024
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The surprising reason zebras have stripes - Cella Wright
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September 3, 2024
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What does appendix pain feel like? - David R. Flum
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September 5, 2024
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How do animals regrow their limbs? And why can't humans do it? - Jessica Whited
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September 10, 2024
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The deadliest thing in your kitchen - George Zaidan
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September 12, 2024
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What’s the best way to treat the common cold?
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September 17, 2024
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Why is the Milky Way flat? - Scott Hershberger
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September 19, 2024
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What is hysteria, and why were so many women diagnosed with it? - Mark S. Micale
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September 24, 2024
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Why did it take so long to find giant squids? - Anna Rothschild
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September 26, 2024
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How far can you travel without leaving your home? - Fabio Pacucci and Lindsay DeMarchi
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October 1, 2024
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Are there any places on Earth with no bugs? - Charles Wallace
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October 3, 2024
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Greek mythology’s greatest warrior - Iseult Gillespie
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October 8, 2024
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This mushroom will kill you before you know what’s happening - Michael Beug
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October 10, 2024
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The real tale of the Monkey King in Heaven - Ji Hao
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October 15, 2024
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What are those colors you see when you rub your eyes? - Paul CJ Taylor
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October 17, 2024
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The dungeon master's riddle - Alex Rosenthal
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October 22, 2024
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3 reasons why medications are so expensive in the US - Kiah Williams
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October 24, 2024
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How does extreme heat affect your body? - Carolyn Beans
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October 29, 2024
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The curse of the monkey's paw - Iseult Gillespie
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October 31, 2024
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The real reason polio is so dangerous
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November 5, 2024
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How do kidney transplants work? - Alexander H. Toledo
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November 7, 2024
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Ugly History: The Armenian Genocide - Ümit Kurt
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November 12, 2024
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The ethical dilemma of privacy - Michael Vazquez and Sarah Stroud
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November 14, 2024
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Can you solve the trickster god riddle? - Alex Rosenthal
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November 19, 2024
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What staying up all night does to your brain - Anna Rothschild
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