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Watch The Uncommon History of Very Common Things online — it may be available on legal streaming platforms such as YouTube, Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Disney+, and others.

Did you know that scissors were invented by Leonardo da Vinci? That high heels date back to Ancient Egypt? And what do chocolate bars have to do with the invention of the microwave oven? Each half-hour episode of examines the unknown, sometimes shocking, often irreverent, and always entertaining history of the everyday items that make up our lives.