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Word Origins Hiding In Plain Sight

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Sometimes the etymology of a word is right in front of us, and we don't even see it.
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Mysteries Of Vernacular: X-ray - Jessica Oreck And Rachael Teel

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/mysteries-of-vernacular-x-ray-jessica-oreck-and-rachael-teel The story of the word X-Ray is one of great thinkers. French philosopher Rene Descartes isolated the letters X, Y and Z to stand for unknowns, and cen
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Amazing Animal Groups

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Groups of animals have some really interesting names! Learn about them with Jessi and Squeaks! Additional Animation by Sarah Gullickson ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold y
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What Does Your Uvula Do?

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Ever wonder what that dangling thing in the back of your throat is good for? Hank Green explains in this episode of SciShow Quick Questions. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciSh
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Moving Illusions

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How The Elements Got Their Names

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There's a story inside every box SUBSCRIBE, it's FREE! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More below ↓ Ever wonder what all those names on the periodic table actually mean? There's a whole lot of fascinating history on Mendeleev's table. Some carry names
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Why is Someone Who is Lazy Called a Couch Potato?

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→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the wate
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Why Do We Call Parents Mom and Dad Instead of Their Names?

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This Is Not A Bug

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Its common to call creepy crawlies bugs, but because entomologists refer to a specific class of insects as bugs, its wrong to call other things bugs - right?LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: -
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The Similarity Trap

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Try Squarespace for free: http://squarespace.com/MinuteEarth And subscribe to MinuteEarth! http://goo.gl/EpIDGd As we try to figure out the evolutionary trees for languages and species, we sometimes get led astray by similar but unrelated words and traits

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