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Brain Fluff

by Ashley Barahona

Walking trees, woodpeckers, and coffee

In this weeks episode I will tell you about walking trees, bleeding trees, some fun facts about woodpeckers, and lastly some interesting info about coffee like the fact it comes from a fruit. Sources: https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/millions-bees-escape-truck-overturn-whatcom-county-washington/ https://www.natureandculture.org/directory/walking-palm-trees/ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-persistent-rumor-suggests-this-tree-can-walk-around-but-is-it-true https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracaena_cinnabari https://aduna.com/blogs/learn/the-baobab-tree https://www.krugerpark.co.za/africa_baobab.html https://www.oneearth.org/species-of-the-week-african-baobab-tree/ https://thebaobabway.com/baobab-myths-and-stories/ https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/gila-woodpecker https://pbhomegarden.com/blogs/community/7-things-woodpeckers https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodpecker https://www.science.org/content/article/contrary-popular-belief-woodpeckers-don-t-protect-their-brains-when-headbanging-trees https://www.birdsandblooms.com/birding/bird-species/medium-sized-land-birds/woodpecker-facts/ https://www.aboutcoffee.org/origins/what-is-coffee/#:~:text=An%20even%20more%20accurate%20question,are%20used%20to%20brew%20coffee. https://www.aboutcoffee.org/origins/history-of-coffee/

Monkey-nappers, eternal fires and electric pompoms

This week I bring to you, monkeys kidnapping monkey children as a hobby. Natural flames that have been lit for centuries and some of the most unique symbiotic animal relationships. Sources: Treehugger.com Reddit.com Greenly.earth Abc27.com Explorersweb.com Nps.gov India.mongabay.com Rtaiwanr.com Wikipedia.org Amusingplanet.com Newscientist.com Pbs.org Youtube.com Sciencetimes.com Nhm.ac.uk Sevenseasmedia.org Marinesanctuary.org Npr.org

Chicken lawsuit, sugar pills and the great prison break

Sources: bigthink.com wikipedia.org aeronomie.be lco.global Mentalfloss.com Apnews.com msn.com healthline.com imperialcrs.com knowablemagazine.org ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Davidson.weizmann.ac.il deseret.com bop.gov Bbc.com

Our moon is rusting, millionaire cat and a poisoned bum

Sources: welovecatsandkittens.com Smithsonianmag.com Care.com wikipedia.org pbs.org catcare.org Nationalgeographic.com science.org rd.com scientificamerican.com nasa.gov scienceline.org News.uchicago.edu nhm.ac.uk thefactsite.com facts.com newsweek.com discovery.com australiangeographic.com

Marshmallows, snickers, and... elephants?

Today we are talking about the history of marshmallows, how the creators of the "snickers" chocolate were afraid of it being confused with "knickers" (the undergarments) and how an elephant trampled the same woman TWICE!

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Introducing my first ever podcast! Where you can come listen to the random topics that I thought about in the last 2 weeks and the fun facts that I stumbled upon, or googled for funsies ;)