Episodes (Page 52)
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Humpty Dumpty is analyzed as a nursery rhyme and character.
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Child labor is a serious global issue, despite progress in the USA.
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Landslides are geological events causing significant destruction and loss of life.
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Transcendentalism was a 19th-century philosophical movement.
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Calamity Jane was a legendary figure of the American Wild West.
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The Three Christs of Ypsilanti was an unethical psychology experiment.
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Police interrogations in the U.S. often rely on flawed scientific methods.
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Sarcasm is explored as a form of communication, often perceived negatively.
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Space hurricanes, also known as polar vortices, have been confirmed.
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Conservatorships are legal arrangements granting control over someone's life.
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Early Mars may have been similar to Earth, with a thicker atmosphere.
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Everyday superstitions have intriguing origins rooted in history and folklore.
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The RICO Act is a law primarily associated with prosecuting organized crime.
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The 'stranger danger' panic of the 1980s was largely unfounded hysteria.
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Ketchup's origins trace back over a thousand years to Southeast Asian fish sauce.
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Reverse osmosis filtration uses membranes to purify water.
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Hanged, drawn, and quartered was a brutal form of execution.
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The Radium Girls worked in the 1920s-30s, painting luminous watch dials.
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Historic districts protect areas of importance with local laws.
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Explores the 1970s movement to teach apes human language.