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Oct 2022
45m 21s

Relaxation Rewind! Science Primers, by T...

SHARON HANDY
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In this remastered episode, let's relax and sleep with this intro to science basics from one of the 19th century's greatest science champions. Also, we learn why water is a liquid!

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