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Jun 2022
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The Quirks & Quarks listener question sh...

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About this episode
We end our season with our ever-popular, always fascinating listener question show. In this show we'll answer listener questions like: Why humans don't have a tail - even though we have a tailbone?
What would happen to your body if you were to die in space?
Why the immune system doesn't permanently get rid of herpes viruses?
Why the Earth hasn't cooled through 4 billion years of floating in frigid space?
Why we can't remember our early years of life?
Why mammal poop is brown while bird poop is white?
And much, much more.
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