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  How Does Product Placement Work?

  • 9 hours ago
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  It takes 5 BrainStuff hosts to reveal how placing product ads in media works. Learn which one has the most integrity and which one would sell their grandmother for the right price!
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  Why Do We Get Brain Freeze?

  • 4 days ago
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  We all know what an ice cream headache feels like. Lauren's here to explain why they happen. It involves temperature (duh), nerves and lots of blood.
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  Why Do Some Noises Drive You Crazy?

  • 1 week ago
  • 10,843 views

  Do you want to strangle people for chewing gum? Does the crinkle of plastic fill you with inarticulate, homicidal fury? If so, you may suffer from the little-understood condition called 'misophonia...
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  How Does Sleepwalking Work?

  • 1 week ago
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  Have you ever walked in your sleep? Somnambulism isn't as rare as you might think. Join Cristen as she explores the facts and fiction about sleepwalking, from its many possible causes to whether yo...
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  How Do Gun Silencers Work?

  • 2 weeks ago
  • 20,014 views

  Josh explains the design process behind gun silencers and how they suppress lethal weapons.
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  How Do Memes Work?

  • 2 weeks ago
  • 8,361 views

  We hear the term "memes" get tossed around all over the internet. But what are they actually? Jonathan explains their importance to human evolution.
  
  Whether the topic is popcorn or particle physic...