Can kids hear Grover dropping an F-bomb in that viral audio illusion?

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At the end of December, Redditor u/schrodert was watching Sesame Street with his daughter, when he thought he heard beloved monster Grover drop an F-bomb.

“Yes, yes that’s a fucking excellent idea!” he seemed to say.

The clip went viral, like the whole Laurel/Yanny debate, even Jimmy Kimmel heard it. But the late show host wanted to know if it was just adults who could hear it. So, he sent his crew to ask a bunch of kids if they could catch a naughty word in the clip.

Some of these kids don’t hear it at all, or hear “sounds like an excellent idea,” but a handful hear the forbidden word — and their reactions are frankly adorable. Read more…

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