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Naked Founding Fathers, Jalapeño Thumb, Counting Vampires

Naked Founding Fathers, Jalapeño Thumb, Counting Vampires

FromThe Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week


Naked Founding Fathers, Jalapeño Thumb, Counting Vampires

FromThe Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

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38 minutes
Released:
Feb 27, 2019
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The weirdest things we learned this week range from founding fathers of the USA who liked being nude to a condition called Jalapeño Thumb (aka "Hot Pepper Hands") and how to cure it. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?
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Released:
Feb 27, 2019
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At Popular Science, we report and write dozens of science and tech stories every week. And while a lot of the fun facts we stumble across make it into our articles, there are lots of other weird facts that we just keep around the office. So we figured, why not share those with you? Welcome to The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/popular-science/support