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One in Four Animals Is a Beetle... And Here's Why
Season 1 Episode 56
Daniel spots a beetle outside and asks why he seems to see them everywhere.
The answer is more remarkable than he expected.
There are around four hundr…
1 month, 1 week ago
A Deck of Cards. More Arrangements Than Atoms in a Galaxy
Season 1 Episode 55
Mom asks Daniel how many ways a deck of cards could be arranged before they start playing.
He says millions.
The answer is about eight followed by sixt…
1 month, 1 week ago
A Diamond is Forever. And That Was the Plan
Season 1 Episode 54
Daniel wants to know why diamonds are so expensive.
The answer has less to do with geology than most people think.
Diamonds are not as rare as their pr…
1 month, 1 week ago
A Merchant's Mistake Changed How the World Makes Tea
Season 1 Episode 53
Mom asks Daniel how the tea bag was invented.
He says some British person, very carefully, with a lot of thought about the perfect cup of tea.
He is wr…
1 month, 1 week ago
Why Do Japanese Kids Clean Their Own Schools?
Season 1 Episode 52
Mom asks Daniel what he would think if students cleaned their own school every day. Classrooms, hallways, toilets -- all of it.
He says that sounds li…
1 month, 1 week ago
How Can Birds Change Their Songs in Cities?
Season 1 Episode 51
Mom asks Daniel if he thinks city birds sound different from birds in the countryside.
He says a bird is a bird. They all make the same sounds.
He is w…
1 month, 1 week ago
Why Did the Eiffel Tower Almost Never Exist?
Season 1 Episode 50
Daniel looks at a photo of Paris and says he cannot imagine the city without the Eiffel Tower.
Mom tells him it almost wasn't there.
When Gustave Eiffe…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Antarctica Means Opposite the Bear. There Are No Bears There
Season 1 Episode 49
Daniel wants to know why there are no polar bears in Antarctica.
The answer starts with what the word Antarctica actually means.
Opposite the bear.
The …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Before Alarm Clocks, Someone Shot Peas at Your Window
Season 1 Episode 48
Mom asks Daniel how people woke up for work before alarm clocks existed.
He guesses roosters. The sun. Someone banging on the door.
That last one. Lite…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Could All the Internet Weigh Less Than a Strawberry?
Season 1 Episode 47
Mom asks Daniel a riddle. If you could put all the information on the internet on a scale -- every photo, video, message, and website -- how much wou…
1 month, 2 weeks ago