Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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We're exploring the origins of common sayings relating to numbers in this episode.

🥉 Why is the third time a charm?
⛅️ What's so great about "seventh heaven"?
🙃 Why do we say "at sixes and sevens"?

Rob and Jess explore these numerical idioms – and many more – in this magnificently mathematical edition of Words Unravelled.

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