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How do doctors put you to sleep for surgery? How do medicines and poison work on our body? What are the anaesthetic medications doing to your brain to keep your unconscious and paralysed? What do you mean we don't know???
Today we continue on from our special 50th episode by talking about ANOTHER topic that you'd be surprised to know that we don't know fully about - the mechanism of general anaesthesia!
Phospholipid bilayer diagram
Lipid bilayer expansion hypothesis diagram
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Why do we sleep? How do bicycles stay upright? Why does gravity exist? Wait...what do you mean you don't know???
For our 50th episode, we have a special topic - concepts that we don't fully understand yet! And why it's okay to say "I don't know".
Thank you for being a patron of Explain This for so long! We're looking forward to continuing to explain complex concepts in simpler ways for people of all ages. <3
Caster wheels
Hammer and feather drop on the Moon
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Opening music: "Groundwork" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

Why do people sometimes say things that they don't mean? What is the difference between irony and a coincidence? What is wrong with Alanis Morissette's hit song "Ironic"?
Let's take a deep dive into irony - one of the most misunderstood concepts in English!
Rene Magritte - The Treachery of Images
Alanis Morissette - Ironic
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Opening music: "Groundwork" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

How does Youflixbook know to recommend the perfect content for me, so I can continue doomscrolling and binging? What makes ChatGPT such a powerful, scary new piece of tech? Will AI kill us all?
We're back with a fresh new topic! Come learn all about algorithms, neural networks and large language models, so you can stay informed in all the interesting party and water cooler discussions!
ChatGPT
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Opening music: "Groundwork" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

How did Romans use calendars for political purposes? When do we have leap years? Where do the names of the months come from?
Let's learn about the weirdly fascinating history of the Gregorian calendar, and what can go wrong when calendars aren't made accurately!
Knuckle method for figuring out if a month has 30 or 31 days
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How can I use a mirror to make a death ray? What is the colour of a mirror? Why do mirrors flip left and right, but not top and bottom?
Let's step in through the looking-glass to learn about the simple yet amazing invention that is the mirror! 
Diagram showing light's angle of incidence and angle of reflection - MinutePhysics
Enantiomers - John Wiley and Sons Inc
Hand with Reflecting Sphere by MC Escher
How a telescope works
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How can I level up my gaming with mental shortcuts? Why do smart people make stupid mistakes and believe outrageous things? What the hell ARE vibes?
Come learn about our amazing yet very imperfect brains, and how to know when to think fast and when to think slow.
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Opening music: "Groundwork" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

What ARE electrolytes? Why do we need them, and do sports drinks give us enough of it? How do nerve cells conduct electricity? What do plants crave?
Come get roasted as Jin calls you a meatbag full of salty water! And learn about how cells can waterbend.
Sodium/Potassium pump in action - Crash Course
Idiocracy - Electrolytes, it's what plants crave scene
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What does science have to say about the possibility of aliens existing? Why haven't we come across any aliens yet? What if we're truly alone? How significant are we in the grand scheme of things?
All of these existential questions and more in today's episode about the strange paradox of how aliens SHOULD exist!
Yearly Theme (Episode 4 - New Year's Resolution)
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Why is everything getting pricier? Why did German bread cost billions of marks in the 1920's? What do interest rates have to do with inflation? How has COVID-19 affected the economy?
It's time to learn some Economics 101 to understand all of the news posts about inflation and interest rates, and why everything seems to get more expensive each year!
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Opening music: "Groundwork" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0