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Those little silica gel packets are actually not toxic and don't work the way you think they do! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

50 years of secret nuclear testing at Semipalatinsk (“the Polygon”) is still making people in Kazakhstan ill. The nuclear fallout Russia never wanted anyone to know about was worse than Chernobyl. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

Marinetti's #futurist manifesto was published more than 100 years ago. While it's an interesting read be warned: it's a lil' heavy on fascism & museum-hating. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

 #HappyValentinesDay! So, who came up with that horticulturally-inaccurate "Roses are red, violets are blue. . ." ditty anyway?  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

During every Winter Olympics we ask the same question: What the hell is CURLING? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

Trapped in a black hole? If you're at the edge of the Cauchy horizon, maybe you could hitch a ride on a space elephant. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

In the wild west a "gentleman bandit" named Charles Boles was known for being polite, robbing stagecoaches on foot instead of horseback, never shooting a gun, rockin' a dapper aesthetic & the poems he left behind. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

Whatever the reason for ya sneezin' (which may or may not sound like "AH-CHOO") there are also many ways to respond when someone sneezes: "bless you," "Gesundheit," or "SORRY" (in case it's not ragweed, but rather, a sign of your impending death). --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

In the context of America's opioid epidemic, you've probably been hearing a lot about Narcan. But the "miracle drug" isn't new. It's actually been around since the 1960s. So how does it work? And can anyone use it to save a life? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

Thanks for spending another year keepin' it weird with LMGT. Let's take a look into the weirdness that awaits us in 2022. You asked, we answered. Grab some LMGT swag! 💙🆕👁‍🗨 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

Well, it's been another shitty year so it's probably fine that we didn't end up making Undecember, the 13th month of the year, a thing. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

In 1977, the so-called "WOW! Signal" was heard by the Big Ear radio telescope at Ohio State University...and everyone thought it was aliens. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

"Word fossils" are words that we don't really use anymore, except as part of an idiom or expression: "What in 𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣?!" "Good 𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚!" & "Moral 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚." But how do words become "fossilized" & how long does it take? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

 Y'know how your weather app gives you the temperature outside but then warns you that it'll *feel like* a much colder temp, thus upping your risk of FROSTBITE? We're debunking the ol' New England adage, "Don't fuck with the wind chill, fam." --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

Thanksgiving used to mean "ragamuffin parades" but now it's just all about that giant, expensive, inflatable Snoopy.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

An eclipse is pretty cool unless you don't like being in the dark.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

"Master keys" are actually part of a much larger hierarchal system of keying. Master keys can be "Grand" or "Great Grand" (like grandpas) depending on how many lower key systems they can unlock. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

Research has shown that more daylight means MORE TIME FOR CRIME. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

Do you know the difference between horror & terror? Did you know there IS a difference between horror and terror?💀👻🎃 Also, if you're a horror fan, check out Maya's Stephen King podcast! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

Being from Maine, we’re always prone to Stephen King Wikipedia wormholes. So that’s why we’re talking about killer clowns. Also, hi, we have a newsletter now. Sign up to get each week's new episode straight to your inbox!  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support