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549:Paul Kendler
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431:Title
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198:Monty Python
190:
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1503:Jay Foreman
249:First aired
158:Jay Foreman
154:edutainment
98:of episodes
53:Jay Foreman
1855:Categories
1840:2024-04-06
1611:2024-04-08
1545:References
1488:Nominated
1438:2024-08-31
1408:2024-06-23
1378:2024-04-24
1348:2023-12-06
1318:2023-09-29
1288:2023-08-28
1258:2023-07-10
1185:2021-09-13
1155:2020-11-15
1125:2021-06-28
1095:2021-05-31
1065:2021-04-26
1035:2021-04-12
1005:2021-03-15
975:2021-02-15
945:2021-01-11
915:2020-12-14
885:2020-11-15
812:2019-09-02
782:2019-08-07
752:2019-06-20
722:2019-05-14
692:2019-04-15
668:(millions)
619:2016-08-07
589:2016-08-04
559:2016-07-08
529:2016-06-10
499:2016-05-25
469:2016-05-04
392:2023-07-10
363:2021-09-13
353:2020-11-16
324:2019-09-02
314:2019-04-15
285:2016-08-07
275:2016-05-04
252:Last aired
221:Veritasium
128:2016-05-04
124:4 May 2016
87:of seasons
60:Written by
49:Created by
1704:0140-0460
1650:0261-3077
1509:Footnotes
1464:Category
1428:Jade Nagi
1398:Jade Nagi
1368:Jade Nagi
1338:Jade Nagi
1308:Jade Nagi
1278:Jade Nagi
1248:Jade Nagi
1175:Jade Nagi
1145:Jade Nagi
1115:Jade Nagi
1085:Jade Nagi
1055:Jade Nagi
1025:Jade Nagi
995:Jade Nagi
965:Jade Nagi
935:Jade Nagi
905:Jade Nagi
875:Jade Nagi
166:geography
44:Geography
1808:cite web
1497:See also
1198:Season 4
825:Season 3
632:Season 2
409:Season 1
238:Episodes
227:Episodes
1798:6 April
1768:6 April
1716:6 April
1660:6 April
1467:Result
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398:Ongoing
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202:deadpan
182:teacher
176:Premise
170:YouTube
149:Map Men
138:present
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134:present
132: –
126: (
121:Release
115:YouTube
111:Network
79:English
23:Map Men
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1461:Award
1217:series
844:series
651:series
428:series
235:Season
162:comedy
1477:2021
1458:Year
213:geeky
152:is a
41:Genre
1814:link
1800:2024
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1718:2024
1700:ISSN
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1646:ISSN
1471:Ref.
369:3.69
330:3.86
291:3.67
164:and
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1384:1.7
1354:1.9
1324:2.1
1264:2.6
1213:No.
1206:No.
1191:4.9
1161:2.4
1131:3.4
1101:3.1
1071:2.8
1041:4.1
1011:2.8
981:3.6
951:3.5
921:5.4
891:2.1
840:No.
833:No.
818:4.7
788:3.7
758:4.2
728:3.3
698:3.8
647:No.
640:No.
625:2.6
595:3.2
565:4.6
505:2.7
424:No.
417:No.
401:TBD
96:No.
85:No.
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