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Upworthy Weekly podcast: Lack of cats, grandma’s Keanu crush, teacher mispronounces names

A teacher is mispronouncing students’ names and it’s for a great reason. What are the things that we say are “normal,” but should really be questioned? And a grandma has a super crush on Keanu Reeves, but don’t we all? Plus, why do we always talk about dogs and never about cats? Subscribe now on…

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A teacher is mispronouncing students’ names and it’s for a great reason. What are the things that we say are “normal,” but should really be questioned? And a grandma has a super crush on Keanu Reeves, but don’t we all?

Plus, why do we always talk about dogs and never about cats?

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