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  • Do Exorcisms Actually Work?

    The movie version is always the same. A priest, an old book, a dark room, furniture that will not stay put, and a clear verdict inside two hours.

    The real cases are far less tidy. So when an exorcism appears to work, what has actually been proven?

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    15 min
  • Are Sharks Actually Older Than Trees? (Espresso)

    Somebody will eventually tell you that sharks are older than trees. It sounds like a fact invented at 2am to win an argument.

    So is it true? We find out..

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    7 min
  • Does 11:11 Actually Do Anything?

    You reach for your phone and the screen says 11:11. Later a receipt totals $11.11. Then it appears again the next night, right as you're thinking about something you badly want to happen.

    So why that particular minute, and does anything actually happen when you stop and make the wish?

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    14 min
  • Is Bigfoot Actually Real? (Refresher)

    A blurry strip of film shot in 1967 turned local folklore into a national obsession. People have been hauling plaster casts, hair samples and shaky footage out of the woods ever since.

    So what does all that evidence actually add up to, and what would it take to settle it? We answer: Does Bigfoot Exist?

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    11 min
  • What Actually Happened at Dyatlov Pass?

    February 1959. Nine experienced hikers cut their way out of their own tent in the middle of the night and walked into the snow without their boots. None of them came back alive.

    So what was inside that tent that made leaving seem like the safer option? We tackle one of the most notorious mysteries in history.

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    14 min
  • Did Megalodon Actually Exist?

    Teeth the size of a grown man's hand keep turning up in cliffs and riverbeds around the world. Hollywood took those and built a monster still cruising somewhere in the dark.

    So what did those teeth really belong to, how big was it, and is anything like it still out there?

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    13 min
  • Does Lightning Really Never Strike Twice in the Same Place? (Refresher)

    Everyone has heard it. Lightning never strikes twice in the same place, usually said to reassure someone that the worst has already happened and will not come back around.

    So where did that idea come from, and does the sky actually work that way?

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    9 min
  • Are Microplastics Actually Harmful?

    You finish a normal meal, drink a glass of water, and somewhere in there you may have swallowed tiny pieces of plastic. They are turning up in blood, lungs, placentas, and brain tissue.

    So are we quietly poisoning ourselves, or have the headlines outrun the evidence?

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    14 min
  • How Much Does a Cloud Actually Weigh? (Espresso)

    A cloud looks like nothing at all. It drifts, it changes shape, it disappears. So the question sounds like a joke right up until you remember that clouds are made of actual water, and actual water has actual mass.

    We get into what a cloud is really made of, how you go about weighing something you can fly straight through, and the arithmetic that turns a fluffy white shape into a hard number.

    There's a real number at the end of this. It just doesn't look like there should be.

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    7 min
  • Why Do We Actually Cry?

    Something happens, and salt water starts leaking out of two holes in your head. It's so normal nobody stops to question it, and from a survival standpoint it makes almost no sense at all.

    So why do we do it? The answer may have less to do with you than with everyone watching.

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    13 min

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