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Oct 2018
30m 23s

A Brief History of Facts (Prove It: Part...

American Public Media
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We’d be nothing without facts. They ground us in reality, help us make new discoveries and allowed us to build the modern world. In this episode we explain how we developed two of our most powerful fact finding tools: science and journalism! Plus, we’ll fact-check some conventional wisdom about ladybug spots and explain how surgeons operate on fish in our Mo ... Show More
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