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Aug 2018
38m 38s

Skin-Peeling Soup, Chlorinating the Ocea...

POPULAR SCIENCE
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The weirdest things we learned this week range from a soup that makes your skin peel off to secret drug-finding toilets in airports. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"? The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts and stories with us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/weirdest_thi ... Show More
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