Channel: Be Smart

Category: Education

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Description: PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: to.pbs.org/DonateOKAY ↓ More info and sources below ↓ We’re on PATREON! Join the community ►► patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► bit.ly/iotbs_sub Why does everyone use a 7 day week, and where did it come from? Where do the names of the days come from? And who can we blame for Mondays? Here’s the true story of one of the oldest human customs still in use today. It gets a little weird. References: sites.google.com/view/references-why-are-there-7-day/home Special thanks to our Brain Trust Patrons: AlecZero Amy Sowada Baerbel Winkler Benjamin Teinby Denzel Holmes Diego Lombeida Dustin Eric Meer George Gladding Jay Stephens Karen Haskell Marcus Tuepker Oliver and Arden Bradshaw Peter Ehrnstrom Robert Young Salih Arslan Vincbis Zenimal Join us on Patreon! patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart Twitter twitter.com/DrJoeHanson twitter.com/okaytobesmart Instagram instagram.com/DrJoeHanson instagram.com/okaytobesmart Merch store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smart Facebook facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartpbs