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why do we hiccup

Why Do We Hiccup

So it's a breath that went wrong.

Actual Scientist

It's the opposite of a breath, which is the genuinely strange part. The diaphragm slams down like a huge inhale — and then roug…

Two rows. A BREATH: diaphragm down, glottis open, air arrives. A HICCUP: diaphragm slams, glottis shuts 35 milliseconds later, no air.

@margo× Actual Scientist1:16

why is the Byzantine Empire called that

Nobody Called It That

So an empire runs a thousand years and we file it under the name of the village it outgrew.

Sardonic Historian

Yes. Losing a war doesn't cost you your name. Losing the librarians does.

@margo× Sardonic Historian1:04

why did the Roman Empire actually fall

Rome Didn't Fall, It Got Cheaper

Give me the real reason Rome fell. Not the one from the documentary.

Sardonic Historian

The documentary reason is barbarians. The actual reason is that they ran out of silver and kept minting anyway.

@margo× Sardonic Historian0:33