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For The Last Time... (ep. 73)
Episode 73

For The Last Time... (ep. 73)

stubborn historical and scientific myths

Your Brain on Facts

June 25, 201929m 0s

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Show Notes

Einstein didn't flunk math, people in Columbus's time didn't think the earth was flat, and lemmings don't fling themselves off cliffs.

Why is it the false facts spread so quickly and dig in so deep?

02:10 Everything you think you know about pirates

08:00 Ellis Island name changes

13:05 Sharks don't get cancer

20:50 Alpha wolves 

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Music by Kevin MacLeod

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