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Nov 2021
58m 32s

Mary Roach talks Moose Crash Test Dummie...

POPULAR SCIENCE
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Mary Roach—author of incredible books like Gulp, Bonk, Spook, and most recently, Fuzz—joins the show this week! The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts and stories with us in our Facebook group or tweet at us! Click here to learn more about all of our stories!  Click here to follow our sibling podca ... Show More
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