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
https://youtu.be/Kc7rE1XSwCc?si=fE_0G-WKWsZNLmZk&t=131

Karen Butler.mp4
https://youtu.be/mn0gXME8GeE?si=3CiG_FmQt7-HdX_Z&t=76

Woman speaks with four different accents after mystery brain injury | SWNS
https://youtu.be/bdOMKVzQQg0?si=OY5IpGumiDsK4QWO&t=72

Aussie Wakes Up From Coma Speaking Mandarin | SBS The Feed
https://youtu.be/EIUrtuFS9zk?si=sQQ1cjjYZK02xiek&t=53

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》
https://youtu.be/ISEi4eJB4UQ?si=6PdAeUk5cWN3hB_x&t=10

https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/39ZqGPfJ

Teen Wakes Up From Coma Fluent in Spanish
https://youtu.be/z9UKH5JF51M?si=6Rta3NNJMFqOwZ7C&t=33

Matthew McConaughey reveals origin of "Alright Alright Alright"
https://youtu.be/LuI03mgTmwo?si=EgBWgor9h2y-rl6_

Explainer: Why these women woke up with a foreign accent | 60 Minutes Australia
https://youtu.be/ZCYGI0LvQws?si=kAhKkSx-ntF6ZQxk&t=24

Funny Disabilities | Tom Segura Stand Up Comedy | "Disgraceful" on Netflix
https://youtu.be/WHCNxsFuO8Y?si=aiTOYM_vy-O6mIIJ&t=117

The women who woke up with foreign accents | 60 Minutes Australia
https://youtu.be/uLxhSu3UuU4?si=OkUArVJF1v5JcR8C&t=48

Waking Up With A Southern Accent. Andy Forrester - Full Special
https://youtu.be/uDbhCO5sJHs?si=dPjVXf3xExbsIppR&t=43

Man wakes up in hospital speaking fluent Chinese - World's Weirdest Events: Episode 8 - BBC Two
https://youtu.be/CA67Dk6SmuU?si=hec9v26jeUL88XZV&t=146

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