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Dec 2022
33m 19s

SciShow Tangents Classics - Sleep

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About this episode

There are no two ways about it: winter is a great time to sleep. In fact, the Tangents crew all decided to sleep this entire week, which is what this episode is a rerun! See you next week/year!

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