Brain Junk
By Trace Kerr and Amy Barton
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Episodes: 318
Description
Brain Junk is an off-the-wall, totally unbelievable but true podcast where Amy Barton and Trace Kerr shake up science & history in the hunt for answers to questions you never knew you wanted to know. We bring you the inside scoop on things like: Can goldfish drive? How do whales not drown while eating? Who had the first prosthetic eye?
We cannonball off the question high dive every other Tuesday -- those of you in the front seats, bring your ponchos. We're out to flood your brain.
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310: Smell-o-flage
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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309: Middle of the Night Panic
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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308: I'm Stuck on Band-aids
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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307: 52 Cards
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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306: The Flip That Flopped
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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305: Deadly Animal Mimics
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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304: The Wrong Wipe
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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303: The Birds!
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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302: Potato Chip Taste Test
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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301: Pregnancy & Pee
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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300th Episode!!!!!
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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299: Master of Magic
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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298: Pomology: Fruits, yo!
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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297: Pedestrianism
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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296: Diving Bell Ships
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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295: Cat Allergies...achooo
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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294: Wave Washing
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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293: Sheep and Mummies
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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292: Magnets
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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291: Critter-palooza
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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290: Brach's Turkey Corn
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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289: Amy Double Header
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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288: Snail Mucus
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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287: Halloween!
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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286: Time Capsules!
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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285: Where's the Bog?
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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284: Don't Burp in Space
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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283: Stinky Dinosaur Chicken
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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282: Dirigible Cat
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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281: The Big Steal
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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280: Kick 'em in the Shorts
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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279: Pigeon Pilots
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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278: Wipe Your Face!
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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277: Oak Galls
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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276: Dad, Dad, AND Mom?
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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275: Plant Mafia
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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274: Earth's Pot Belly
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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273: Romanian Whirlpools
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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272: Neanderthal Grabby Hands
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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271: Trash Pirates
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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270: Oreology
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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269: Rat Fannies
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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268: Wrinkly Brains
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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267: Crazy Cat Wolves
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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266: Hot, Cold, or Wet?!?
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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265: Underwater Rebreathing
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May 30, 2023 |
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264: EpiPens in SPACE
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May 23, 2023 |
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263: Mouse Antlers
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May 16, 2023 |
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262: Dog Years
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May 09, 2023 |
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261: Low Background Steel
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May 02, 2023 |
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260: Silly Walking
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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259: Cranberry Myths
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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258: Quahog Wild
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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257: Pruney Fingers
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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256: Coulrophobia
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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255: Lost and Found Art
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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254: Revisiting Weird Animals
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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253: Redheads and Pain
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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252: Nightingale Floors
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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251: The Great Smog
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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250: Valentine's Day
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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249: Yooperlites
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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248: Paul Bunyan
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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247: Headstone Recipes
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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246: Australian Drift
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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245: Corsets For Everyone!
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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244: Stinky Critters
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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243: Frog Dads
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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242: Bat Chat!
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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241: Humboldt Squid
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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240: Extreme Lookalikes
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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239: Vampire Finches
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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238: Uranium Glass
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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237: Octopuses? Octopi? Octopedes?
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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236: Hangry
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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235: A Whole School of Fish Facts!
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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234: Brain Junk NSFW
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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233: Splines
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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232: Tailgate Candy Corn
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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231: Soccer Ball Hail
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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230: Flying Salamanders
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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229: Ponyhenge
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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228: Why Don't We Lay Eggs?
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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227: Whatever...Mom
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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226: Taste Test!
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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225 Bees vs. Mirrors
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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224: Cat Nights
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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223: Turnspit Dogs
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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222: Brain Junk After Dark
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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221: Harriet the Tortoise
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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220: Sneaky Brands
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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219: Wife Selling
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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218: Gladiatrices
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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217: Honesty Study?
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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216: Parachuting Beavers
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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215: James Madison & the 4 Letters
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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214: Sky Puppies
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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213: Unexpected Origin of Roller Skates
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May 31, 2022 |
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212: Peanut Butter Diamonds
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May 24, 2022 |
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211: Eating Underwater
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May 17, 2022 |
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210: Ancient Prosthetic Eye
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May 10, 2022 |
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209: Detachable Tails
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May 03, 2022 |
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208: Thunderclappers
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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207: Cockroach Personalities
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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206: The Smartest Fish?
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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205: Vatican Women's Rifle Club
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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204: Baker Miller Pink
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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203: Unexpected Results
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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202: Honeypot Ants
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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201: Rabbit War
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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200th Episode!!!
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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199: Science of Gift Wrap
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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198: Mary McLeod Bethune
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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197: Singing Gorillas
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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196: Amy the Black Belt
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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198: Bag of Facts
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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194: Iris Sphincters
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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193: Navy Seals
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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192: Potholes
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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191: Brain Junk Winter Break
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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190: Beard Power
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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189: Disco Clams
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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188: Trash Parrots
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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187: Animal Buddy Cops
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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186: Sudden Genius
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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185: Crash at Crush
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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184: Dog Days of Summer
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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183: Telling the Bees
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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182: Squids In Space
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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181: Goo From the Sky
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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180: Dr. Mae Carol Jemison
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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179: Spontaneous Combustion
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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178: Manatee Farts (and a whole lot more)
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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177: Knocker Uppers
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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176: Math Pain
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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175: Angel's Glow
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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174: The Marathon that Almost Wasn't
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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173: Mushroom Lightning
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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172: Dancing Plague
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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171: Heavy Metal Snails
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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170: Penguin Guard Dogs
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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169: Naked Man Orchid
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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168: The 442nd Infantry
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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167: Wormnado!
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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166: Shenanigans
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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165: Silently Screaming Tomato
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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164: Bumblebee Tunnel
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May 25, 2021 |
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163: Return of Phobias!
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May 18, 2021 |
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162: Penguin Guano & Giggle Gas
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May 11, 2021 |
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161: Wild Hamsters
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May 04, 2021 |
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160: Fab Female Frog Lungs
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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159: Wanna Cuttle?
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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158: Spider Pulley
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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157: The Shady Game of Pinball
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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156: Smell This
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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155: Gallon of PB&J
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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154: Blast from the Past!
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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153: Roman Drive-Throughs
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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152: All the 2020 Outtakes
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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151: G. A. Morgan and the Traffic Light
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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150: The Amazing Shrew
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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149: History of Bandanas
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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148: Algae Farming Fish
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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147: Knitting Spies
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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146: Snail Knights
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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145: Can't Find the Beat
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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144: The Tree that Owned Itself
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Jan 05, 2021 |
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143: Hogmanay
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Dec 29, 2020 |
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142: Snack Taste Test
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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141: Box Beds
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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140: Beehive Fence
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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139: Mummy Passport
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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138: Turkey Candy Corn
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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137: Fred vs The Mississippi
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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136: Sneaky Potato
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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135: Moon Junk
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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134: Glowing Squirrels
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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133: Bosch's Butt Music
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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132: Grandma's Tomato
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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131: POW Poker Decks
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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130: Gross and Gory Extravaganza
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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129: Bombardier Beetles
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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128: Get Off My Lawn!
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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127: Emergency Clams
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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126: Marital Duels
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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125: Animal Odd Fellows Double Header!!
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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124: Selling Time
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Aug 18, 2020 |
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123: The Longest Name in the World. Maybe
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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122: Good George Dantzig!
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Aug 04, 2020 |
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121: Isle of Discussion
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Jul 28, 2020 |
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120: Play-Doh!
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Jul 21, 2020 |
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119: Pete and Repeat
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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118: Trundling
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Jul 07, 2020 |
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117: Space Bubbles
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Jun 30, 2020 |
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116: Heavy Metal Sharks
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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115: Snake Snorkel
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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114: Upside Down Jellyfish
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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113: Crazy Cat Lady
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Jun 02, 2020 |
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112: Lego Head Races
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May 26, 2020 |
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111: Pigeons & Four Letter Words
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May 19, 2020 |
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110: Bee-utiful Music
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May 12, 2020 |
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109: Watch Out For Land Sharks!
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May 05, 2020 |
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108: Blowing Her Feathers Right Off
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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107: What Dogs Dream
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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106: Civil War Candy
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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105: Prohibition Cow Shoes and Hollow Canes
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Apr 07, 2020 |
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104: Champion of Change
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Mar 31, 2020 |
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103.5: QUICKSAND!
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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103.5: QUICKSAND!
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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103: Mysterious Duck Feet
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Mar 17, 2020 |
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102: If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It
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Mar 10, 2020 |
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101: Jimmy Legs
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Mar 03, 2020 |
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FACTPALOOZA! Its Our 100th Episode!!!!!
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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FACTPALOOZA! Its Our 100th Episode!!!!!
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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99: Drunk on Pizza
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Feb 18, 2020 |
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98: Tenterhooks
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Feb 11, 2020 |
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97: The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
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Feb 04, 2020 |
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96: Donuts
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Jan 28, 2020 |
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95: Rat Operated Vehicle
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Jan 21, 2020 |
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94: Hand Stitched Computers
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Jan 14, 2020 |
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93: Farting Herring
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Jan 07, 2020 |
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92: Behind the Curtain
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Dec 31, 2019 |
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91: Winter Traditions
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Dec 24, 2019 |
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90: Full Moon Killers
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Dec 17, 2019 |
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89: Jiu Jitsu Suffragettes
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Dec 10, 2019 |
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89: Jiu Jitsu Suffragettes
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Dec 10, 2019 |
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88: Get Smart! Dogs vs Cats
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Dec 03, 2019 |
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87: Licorice or Liquorice?
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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86: A Fungus Among Us
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Nov 19, 2019 |
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86: A Fungus Among Us
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Nov 19, 2019 |
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85: Two-Penny Hangover
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Nov 12, 2019 |
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84: FDC Willard, Physicist
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Nov 05, 2019 |
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83: Two Truths and a Lie (Animal Facts Edition)
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Oct 29, 2019 |
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82: Talking Eggs
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Oct 22, 2019 |
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81: Victorian Pineapple Rental
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Oct 15, 2019 |
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80: Weather, Whether You Like it or Not
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Oct 08, 2019 |
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79: Point Roberts
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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78: Rock and Roll Mosquitoes
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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77: Maud Stevens Wagner
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Sep 17, 2019 |
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76: Weird World of Pets
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Sep 10, 2019 |
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75: Worm Charming
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Sep 03, 2019 |
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74: Giant Sea Spiders
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Aug 27, 2019 |
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73: Bridget “Biddy” Mason
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Aug 20, 2019 |
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72: Brain Junk Road Trip
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Aug 13, 2019 |
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71: Ants on Stilts
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Aug 06, 2019 |
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70: Galloping Crocodiles
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Jul 30, 2019 |
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69: Brain Science
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Jul 23, 2019 |
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68: Seasonal Depression
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Jul 16, 2019 |
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67: King Henry VIII
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Jul 09, 2019 |
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66: Gynandromorphy
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Jul 02, 2019 |
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65: Kidney Stone Roller Coaster
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Jun 25, 2019 |
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64: Wedding Traditions
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Jun 18, 2019 |
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63: Ancient Round Worms
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Jun 11, 2019 |
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62: Troxler Effect
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Jun 04, 2019 |
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61: Science Ferrets
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May 28, 2019 |
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60: You Swallowed What?
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May 21, 2019 |
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59: Flatworms
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May 14, 2019 |
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58: Cuteness Aggression
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May 07, 2019 |
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57: Stagecoach Mary
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Apr 30, 2019 |
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56: Not Your Mom’s Mythology
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Apr 23, 2019 |
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55: Super Recognizers
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Apr 16, 2019 |
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54: Exploding Ants
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Apr 09, 2019 |
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53: Barbed Wire Phones
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Apr 02, 2019 |
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52: Long Lives of Lobsters
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Mar 26, 2019 |
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51: Jump out of an airplane with only a backpack?!?!
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Mar 19, 2019 |
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50: Medical Insurance Codes
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Mar 12, 2019 |
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49: Saturn’s Rings
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Mar 05, 2019 |
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48: Animals vs. Brain Junk
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Feb 26, 2019 |
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47: Chlorine Trifluoride
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Feb 19, 2019 |
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46: That Comes in a Can?
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Feb 12, 2019 |
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45: Sneeze Voting
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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44: Animal Brains
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Jan 29, 2019 |
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43: Puppetry
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Jan 21, 2019 |
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42: International Ice Patrol
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Jan 15, 2019 |
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41: Brain Storm Double Header: Frogs and Skinks!
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Jan 07, 2019 |
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40: A Royal Brain Junk
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Dec 31, 2018 |
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39: Sick Ants
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Dec 29, 2018 |
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38: Holiday Penguins
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Dec 25, 2018 |
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37: Violet Jessup
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Dec 22, 2018 |
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36: Cougar Screams
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Dec 18, 2018 |
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35: Dr. Robert Liston
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Dec 14, 2018 |
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34: Wombat Poop
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Dec 11, 2018 |
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33: Annoying People
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Dec 08, 2018 |
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32 Nostalgia Trip (Seat belts? Cigarette vending machines? Bring it on!)
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Dec 03, 2018 |
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31: Badass Women (Pirates, opera singers & scientists...oh my!)
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Nov 26, 2018 |
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31: Badass Women (Pirates, opera singers & scientists…oh my!)
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Nov 26, 2018 |
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30: Stuff We’d Like to Try (This would go great with Thanksgiving leftovers)
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Nov 19, 2018 |
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29: Social Conventions (Face the rear of the elevator while riding. You'll freak people out.)
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Nov 12, 2018 |
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28: MORE Outtakes! (And Amy only said the sh*t word once!)
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Nov 05, 2018 |
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27: Halloween (Boo!)
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Oct 29, 2018 |
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26: Superstitions (Shoes off the table and stop whistling inside!)
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Oct 22, 2018 |
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25: Is That a Law?!?! (Consensual cannibalism is legal in Idaho. Emergencies only)
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Oct 15, 2018 |
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24: The Pumpkin Spice Effect (It’s everywhere, get it OFF ME. And yes, I’d like mine with whip cream)
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Oct 08, 2018 |
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23: Your Brain. (It’s a damn mess in there)
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Oct 01, 2018 |
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22: Awesome Hobbies (Ever tried bungee jumping with a hot iron?)
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Sep 24, 2018 |
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21: The Grab Bag (Brain Junk celebrates turning 21 with a ton of bad jokes and weird facts)
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Sep 17, 2018 |
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20: Slang and Sarcasm (Totes ROLF! Are we too old to say that? Probably.)
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Sep 10, 2018 |
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19: Floriography (Don’t send him that flower, Harriet! He’ll think you like him)
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Sep 03, 2018 |
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18: Discontinued Olympic Games (Ski ballet can be manly. Don’t judge)
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Aug 27, 2018 |
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17: Factory Tours (Aplets, cheddar cheese and Jelly Belly’s oh my!)
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Aug 20, 2018 |
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16: Phobias (Listen closely, you can hear Trace screaming ’cause there might be a spider)
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Aug 13, 2018 |
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15: Festivals (aka. cheese rolling and baby jumping)
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Aug 06, 2018 |
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14: Awards You Can Win?
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Jul 30, 2018 |
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13: The Blooper Reel
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Jul 30, 2018 |
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12: Snake Oil
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Jul 23, 2018 |
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11: Summer Camp (Don't forget your bug spray)
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Jul 16, 2018 |
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10: Animals 2 (Because, of course we did)
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Jul 09, 2018 |
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9: Crazy Food (Where we eat cherry pickles)
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Jul 02, 2018 |
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8: Everything About the Mysterious World of Sound
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Jun 25, 2018 |
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7: Unusual Sports (Mayan FIRE Hockey!!!!)
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Jun 18, 2018 |
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6: Everything About The Bookshelf
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Jun 11, 2018 |
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5: Beauty Aids: Then and Now
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Jun 04, 2018 |
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4: Insults
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May 29, 2018 |
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3: Birthdays (Turning 30?, Watch out for people throwing cinnamon)
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May 29, 2018 |
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2: Stuff That Sounds False but is Actually True
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May 29, 2018 |
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1: Everything About Animals
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May 29, 2018 |
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Brain Junk Promo!
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May 23, 2018 |
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Amy gets us into a Hairy Situation
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Mar 12, 2018 |