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Jul 2020
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248: Nature's Solar Panels

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How do you greet multiple friends in different time zones? What are some other card games that scratch the same itch as Uno? Could I swim in the water table like a lake? Can I photosynthesize like a plant? If other animals didn't already fly, would we still have invented planes? When bugs land on us, is it because they think we're majestic? Hank Green and Jo ... Show More
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