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A Message from Mango

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Are Narwhals Real? (Yes, and We'll Tell You About Them)

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Why Do We Call 911 in an Emergency?

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Introducing: The Builders with Walter Isaacson

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Are You Eating Sushi All Wrong? ft. Trevor Corson

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Are We Living Through a Rudeness Epidemic? ft. Danny Wallace

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Do Healing Crystals Really Work?

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Why Is the Michelin Man White, If Tires Are Black?

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What’s the Best Way to Remember Things?

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How Can You Overcome Writer's Block?

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9 Places You Can't Go

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What Did the Big Bang Sound Like?

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9 Talented Cheetahs You Should Know!

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Who Really Invented the Moonwalk? (And Other Dance Secrets!)

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What Are the Must-See Sights if You Travel to Denmark?

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9 Deliciously Cheesy Facts About Nachos

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Is Monopoly Socialist?

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Will We Ever Live Without Sleep? Featuring Simone Giertz!

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Are Gummy Bears Good For Your Muscles?

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How Did a Family Feud Launch Aldi Supermarkets?

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Why Are We So Obsessed with Time Capsules?

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Why Do Kids Play Recorders in School?

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How Have Rats Outsmarted Us for So Long?

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Are Cow Burps Hurting the Environment?

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9 Weird Championships You Can Win!

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What's the Science of Invisibility?

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Can Spicy Foods Make You Live Longer?

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Why Do Rich People Love Lobster, Squash, and Monograms?

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How Did a Surfer Create SpongeBob SquarePants?

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Who Built the First Swimming Pool?

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How Did Dolly Parton Become Such a Legend?

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What Does Stress Really Do to Our Bodies?

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Did Shirley Temple Drink Shirley Temples?

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Who Invented the Hawaiian Shirt? And More Hawaii Secrets!

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What Are Blue Zones?

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Did Lafayette Save America? with Nathan Hale!

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We Got Milk… But Why?

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Why Are We Obsessed with World Records?

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The Strangest Summer Festivals You NEED to Visit!

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Do Dad Jokes Help Kids’ Brains?

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Where Did the Alphabet Come From? with Danny Bate!

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Secrets of the FIFA World Cup

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Let's Travel to Indonesia!

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Skyline Drive: Homecoming

45

What's in Antarctica? (An ATM, for One Thing!)

46

What’s the Plural of Platypus? Plus More Platypus Facts!

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Skyline Drive: Chalta Hai

48

What's a Sousaphone, and Why Is It So Funny?

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Were Real Ninjas Sneaky?

50

Skyline Drive: George and the Experience Treadmill

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What Causes Tony Danza Syndrome?

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Secrets of the Post Office! with Nancy Pope

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Skyline Drive: A Little More Asian Than I Thought

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Are Potatoes Dangerous?

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How to Tell When Someone Is Lying

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Skyline Drive: BTS Grandpas

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What’s the Story Behind the Dogs Playing Poker Painting?

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What's the Best Way to Sit? (And Other Important Questions About Work)

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Skyline Drive: Trickle-Down Astrology

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9 Side Hustles of the Rich & Famous

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What’s a Salamander’s Superpower? with Emily Graslie

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Skyline Drive: The Truth According to Jean

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7 Blunders of the Ancient World

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9 Stompy Facts About Godzilla

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Skyline Drive: It’s Supposed to Be Fun

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Is Itching Contagious? (And Does Scratching Really Help?)

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Do You Have to Pay These Strange Taxes?

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Are Pay Phones Making a Comeback?

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Why Are Whales So Big? with Nick Pyenson!

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9 Facts About Buttons That Aren't Nuclear

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9 Kilt-Tilting Facts About Scotland

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How Did the Avocado Conquer the World?

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Is The Legend of Zelda the Perfect Video Game?

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9 Last Words Worth Remembering

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9 Helpful Facts About Assistive Technology

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How Did Settlers Create New Orleans from Swampland?

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What’s the Best Passport to Carry? (And Why Do We Carry Passports?)

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Is Recycling Worth the Hassle?

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9 Nutty Facts About Hard-Shelled Fruit

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How Clean Should We Be?

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What’s the Best Way to Break a Bad Habit?

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What Are the Only 10 Foods You'd Need to Survive?

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9 Awesome Facts about Opossums

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Why Are Humans So Obsessed With Chocolate?

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Is There Such a Thing as “Authentic” Food?

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How Did the Winter Olympics Change Sports?

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Does Listening to Music Make You Healthier? with Daisy Fancourt

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9 Absurd Inventions You (Probably) Won't See on Shark Tank

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9 Map-Slapping Border Disputes

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What Does Plastic Surgery Have to Do With the Civil War?

91

How Close Are We to Teleporting?

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9 Things Hiding on Your Money

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9 Classic Works That Belong to Everyone Now

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How Do People Game the Lottery?

95

Why Did the Inventor of Shopping Malls Hate Malls?

96

9 High-Flying Facts About Skywriting!

97

Cake in Space, a Musical Mushroom, and a Very Lonely Snail

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9 Very Important Facts About Bears

99

Is Flavor Really All In Your Brain?

100

How Much Did Jane Austen Earn From Her Books (And Why Wasn’t It More)?