We've plucked a bunch of random facts from the junk drawer! Tree rings, platypusary, and death by salt are just a few of the super cool facts curated for your ears! Care to share a little Brain junk with your friends? Check out our new merch! https://brain-junk-merch.printify.me/products Show Notes: Funny thing, Trace used articles from C&EN news but some of those articles aren't available to the "general public". We've got links to other sources covering the information! Platypusary: Blend of platypus +‎ nursery, coined by Australian naturalist Henry Burrell (1873–1945), the first person who succeeded in constructing a functioning platypusary. Blue Honey Chrysippus may have died from laughing at his own joke: Wikipedia Assassins' teapot: YouTube Old old water and one crazy scientist Like how old? over a million years YIKES Toxic foods Medical News Today and just how much salt is too much Stradivarius in C&EN news Osmoregulation and bull sharks: You might've swum in a lake with one! More bull sharks! Flipping over penguins, NOT

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