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Tue. 01/17 - Fake Marrying Kids To Each Other, For Adult's Amusement

Tue. 01/17 - Fake Marrying Kids To Each Other, For Adult's Amusement

FromCool Stuff Ride Home


Tue. 01/17 - Fake Marrying Kids To Each Other, For Adult's Amusement

FromCool Stuff Ride Home

ratings:
Length:
19 minutes
Released:
Jan 17, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

It looks like the ozone layer is on track to be restored in just a couple of decades. Plus, an opportunity to get paid for donating your stool samples. (Yes, really) And an examination of the nineteenth and twentieth century phenomenon of Tom Thumb Weddings, AKA elaborate fake weddings for small children. Sponsors:ZocDoc, zocdoc.com/coolstuffLinks:Ozone layer may be restored in decades, UN report says (BBC)The ozone layer is on track to recover in the coming decades, the United Nations says (NPR)Earth’s ozone layer is on the mend (The Verge)UN says ozone layer slowly healing, hole to mend by 2066 (Phys.org)National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) (CDC)Looking To Make Some Extra Cash? You Could Earn Up to $1500 per Month for Donating Your Poop (Mental Floss)GoodNature™ Program (Seres Therapeutics)  The Way We Were (Reddit) At Tom Thumb Weddings, Children Get Faux-Married to Each Other (Atlas Obscura)A General, a Queen, and the President (Boundary Stones)Jackson Bird on TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Released:
Jan 17, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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