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Bird Milk, Space Lube, Hermit Crab Housing Crisis

Bird Milk, Space Lube, Hermit Crab Housing Crisis

FromThe Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week


Bird Milk, Space Lube, Hermit Crab Housing Crisis

FromThe Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

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Length:
55 minutes
Released:
Feb 28, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Liz Clayton Fuller rejoins the show to talk all things bird milk (yum!), and Amanda Reed spins the tale of the rocket scientist who invented a world renowned lubricant. Finally, Rachel explains the intricacies of the hermit crab housing market.
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Released:
Feb 28, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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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