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What’s Actually on the Other Side of a Mirror?

Join Joe Hanson as he explores curiosity and illuminates the science behind… well, everything.

What’s Actually on the Other Side of a Mirror?

Season 10 Episode 1 | 10m 16s | CC

How many times do you look in a mirror every day? Have you ever stopped to wonder how they actually work? Mirrors do strange things to our world, seemingly flipping everything so that what was right is left and what was left is right. But what if I told you that mirrors don’t actually flip the world left to right?

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