Can You Wake Up Fluent in a Foreign Language?
🛏️😳Is it possible to wake up one morning and be fluent in a language you didn’t know? Stranger things have happened! Stick around while we investigate these wild stories of instant fluency.
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⏱ TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 – Intro
0:23 – “I sounded like I was from Transylvania.”
1:13 – Aussie Wakes up Chinese
2:07 – The Kid from Georgia
2:44 – French Matthew McConaughey
3:51 – Brand New Chinese Accent
7:03 – Is It All Lies?
8:23 – The Science
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🎬 Video Clips:
Waking Up As A French-Speaking Matthew McConaughey After A Coma | Bizarre ER
Karen Butler.mp4
Woman speaks with four different accents after mystery brain injury | SWNS
Aussie Wakes Up From Coma Speaking Mandarin | SBS The Feed
Stop 4: Melbourne's Swanston Street《Ben Tours Melbourne》第四站: 墨尔本的斯旺斯顿街 《小明玩转墨尔本》
Teen Wakes Up From Coma Fluent in Spanish
Matthew McConaughey reveals origin of "Alright Alright Alright"
Explainer: Why these women woke up with a foreign accent | 60 Minutes Australia
Funny Disabilities | Tom Segura Stand Up Comedy | "Disgraceful" on Netflix
The women who woke up with foreign accents | 60 Minutes Australia
Waking Up With A Southern Accent. Andy Forrester – Full Special
Man wakes up in hospital speaking fluent Chinese – World's Weirdest Events: Episode 8 – BBC Two
