Whenever you hear a bleep in TV or movies, do your ears instantly perk up or am I the only nerd that feels that way?

It's like, oh man, I know there's going to be some good shit under there.

I get excited about a bleep, even if it isn't covering a swear word. I just said I know there's

going to be some good content under there but the bleep given otherwise boring

sentence and electrifying jolt. Just the idea of a curse word is powerful. So today we're going to explore the strange

power of profanity, the evolution of everyone's favorite swear word and why

swearing is actually good for you. Yes, you heard me right, swearing is not only fun, it has its health benefits.

Now dust off your F-bomb's know-it-alls.

I'm about to land all of us in detention.

Hi, my name is Bella, and you might know me as Jay is from Tik-Toc or YouTube.

But you're about to know me from this podcast.

Know-It-All.

In each episode, I'm going to help you become a know-it-all about something new.

Here we go.

So how did I get on this swearing kick? Well, we'd have to go interview baby Bella for that information.

If I remember correctly, I started swearing around the time I stopped wearing diapers, but now as an adult I eagerly accept any and all opportunities to swear for my job, so I jumped at the chance to do this episode.

I didn't just binge the new Netflix series, The History of

Swear Words. I devoured all six episodes in one sitting like a bag of

candy. First of all, it's hosted by Nicholas Cage and Nick Cage in a

smoking jacket talking about swear words is always a win in my book.

And second of all, I like a good deep dive on the history of pretty much anything,

up to and including shit. If you need evidence see last year's entire

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