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So, you think you know your history. Maybe you've got a dusty family tree or you've sent your spit to a lab to find out which continent your great-grandparents called home. That's just the recent stuff. If we go back a bit further, things start getting weird. Like, really weird. These are 25 wild facts about our ancestors.
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Music: Yonder Hill and Dale - Aaron Kenny
0:00 - Intro
0:24 - Some People Might Actually Remember Other Human Species
1:03 - We All Have the Same Great-Great-Great...Grandmother
1:37 - And We All Have the Same "Adam" Too
2:04 - Cats Actually Domesticated Themselves
2:33 - A Song That Bridged an Ocean
3:10 - The Last Wild Cow Died in the 1600s
3:37 - Evolution Is Messier Than You Think
4:05 - Why Your Pet Circles the Rug
4:31 - All Apples Come From One Place
5:05 - Africa Has the Whole Story
5:33 - The Mystery of the Melungeons
6:06 - You're More Mushroom Than Banana
6:30 - The Upside of Ancient Plagues
6:57 - You're Part Virus
7:26 - Why We Call Them "Bears"
7:59 - The Portable Homeland
8:28 - The Irish-Jamaican Connection
8:55 - The Mayflower's Massive Legacy
9:27 - The Plague's Brutal Health Upgrade
9:57 - The "Stoned Ape" Idea
10:30 - The Time Machine in the Swamp
10:57 - When German Was America's Second Language
11:24 - Milk Is a Modern Superpower
12:12 - Genetic Scars of the Conquest
12:44 - Blue Eyes Are a Glitch
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So, you think you know your history. Maybe you've got a dusty family tree or you've sent your spit to a lab to find out which continent your great-grandparents called home. That's just the recent stuff. If we go back a bit further, things start getting weird. Like, really weird. These are 25 wild facts about our ancestors.
Grab your copy of What The Facts now, available on Amazon! Click the link to explore over 500 fun and fascinating facts! 👉👉amazon.com/WHAT-FACTS-ARE-TALKING-ABOUT-ebook/dp/B0DFNR2KHT
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Music: Yonder Hill and Dale - Aaron Kenny
0:00 - Intro
0:24 - Some People Might Actually Remember Other Human Species
1:03 - We All Have the Same Great-Great-Great...Grandmother
1:37 - And We All Have the Same "Adam" Too
2:04 - Cats Actually Domesticated Themselves
2:33 - A Song That Bridged an Ocean
3:10 - The Last Wild Cow Died in the 1600s
3:37 - Evolution Is Messier Than You Think
4:05 - Why Your Pet Circles the Rug
4:31 - All Apples Come From One Place
5:05 - Africa Has the Whole Story
5:33 - The Mystery of the Melungeons
6:06 - You're More Mushroom Than Banana
6:30 - The Upside of Ancient Plagues
6:57 - You're Part Virus
7:26 - Why We Call Them "Bears"
7:59 - The Portable Homeland
8:28 - The Irish-Jamaican Connection
8:55 - The Mayflower's Massive Legacy
9:27 - The Plague's Brutal Health Upgrade
9:57 - The "Stoned Ape" Idea
10:30 - The Time Machine in the Swamp
10:57 - When German Was America's Second Language
11:24 - Milk Is a Modern Superpower
12:12 - Genetic Scars of the Conquest
12:44 - Blue Eyes Are a Glitch
🍿 WATCH OUR OTHER VIDEOS:
► 25 Shocking Secrets Revealed in DNA Tests: youtu.be/1LSO3M52Wp4?si=HRCmJullghk9-b_n
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