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Why do we mind our Ps and Qs? | PRINTING TERMS
In this printing special of Words Unravelled, Jess proves herself a font of knowledge on names for typefaces and Rob makes a big impression with the history of the printing press. 🆎 What’s the difference between a font and a … Continue reading
Europe’s Undeciphered Prehistoric Tablets – Enigmatic Artefacts
Get Airalo today, and use my code stefanm3 for $3 USD OFF your data plan: https://try.airalo.com/StefanMilo Brotlaibidole/ Tavolette Enigmatiche were bronze age tablets in use across central Europe but what were they for? Huge thanks to Holger Kieurg for facilitating … Continue reading
Radiolab | Growth
The mysterious, awe-inspiring and sometimes uncontrollable forces that make things get big. It’s easy to take growth for granted, for it to seem expected, inevitable even. Every person starts out as a baby and grows up. Plants grow from seeds … Continue reading
Why Your Grandma Is an Evolutionary Mystery (feat. @MamaDoctorJones)
Special offer ONLY HERE 👉 https://www.cyberghostvpn.com/BeSmart ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ This is one of the weirdest mysteries of human evolution: Why do we have grandmas? From menopause to our slow maturation and super-long lifespans, humans are quite … Continue reading
Answering Your Questions About The Suffragettes
Order “Mavericks”: https://watkinspublishinglinks.com/ma… ISBN: 9781786788986 Published by @Watkinspublishing1893 @watkinsbooks ——- Music used under a CC-BY licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b… : Mozart Flute Quartet No.1, Movement 2 performed by Toshiki Iga Aquarium performed by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution … Continue reading
Einstein Didn’t Want His Brain Studied
[…] This video is about Einstein’s brain and how it was questionably taken and studied. Selected sources: Kevin Hull documentary: • Einstein’s Brain part 6 BBC article: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-323… Steven Levy article: https://www.newspapers.com/article/th… Diamond Paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3979509/ Witelson Paper: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/la… Gauss brain … Continue reading
Where do swear words come from?
[…] It’s here: the much-requested swearing episode of Words Unravelled. Join Rob and Jess as they explore the origins of all manner of profanity. #️⃣ Where did the F word come from? 📍 Which place names originally contained swear words? … Continue reading
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