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Want some fast, fun, and fresh facts to fascinate your friends and family? Don’t miss the “Did You Know” series where we pack short videos chock-full of info for your learning pleasure.

Syllabus

  • Did You Know… The Secret to Reading Hieroglyphs?
  • Did You Know… Johnny Appleseed Helped a New Species Evolve?
  • Did You Know… Versailles’s Fountains Warn Against Rebellion?
  • Did You Know… How Many Bones Are in the Human Body?
  • Did You Know… A Bad Drummer Helped the Beatles Find Their Beat?
  • Did You Know… Muhammad’s Wife Aisha Profoundly Shaped Islam?
  • Did You Know… Slinkys Can Defy Gravity?
  • Did You Know… Jane Austen Had a Seventh Novel?
  • Did You Know… A Black Boxer KO'd White Supremacy?
  • Did You Know… Adam Smith Believed in Public Education?
  • Did You Know… Our Brains Are Incapable of Multitasking?
  • Did You Know… In Bushongo Mythology, the World Was Vomited into Existence?
  • Did You Know… Chopin “Stole Time” to Make His Piano Sing?
  • Did You Know… Medieval Lords Got Audited Too
  • Did You Know… You’re Eating More Insects Than You Think
  • Did You Know… How Iceland Got All Its Ice?
  • Did You Know… Southeast Asian Pirates Rivaled the Vikings?
  • Did You Know… What Happened to the Survivors of Pompeii?
  • Did You Know… About Frederick Douglass’s Connection to Baseball?
  • Did You Know… That Winnie-the-Pooh Is Banned in Some Places?
  • Did You Know… That What Your Parents Ate Can Have Lifelong Effects on Your Health?
  • Did You Know… What’s Written inside the Pyramids?
  • Did You Know… The Difference between the Buddha and Other Great Religious Leaders?

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