308 - Animals: Elephant Bookies

Great intro source:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/533731.pdf

"Don't touch a baby bird"
http://www.birdsandblooms.com/birding/birding-basics/can-birds-smell-taste/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-birds-abandon-young-at-human-touch/
https://hawkwatch.org/images/stories/Learn/IF-you-Find-a-Baby-Bird.jpg

"Toads give you warts"
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/533731.pdf
http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/features/viruses-cause-skin-warts#3
http://ispub.com/IJPHARM/5/2/9352

"Bats are blind"
http://www.bats.org.uk/pages/all_about_bats.html
http://www.popsci.com/blog-network/eek-squad/blind-bat-isnt-blind-all

Goldfish Memory vs. Elephant Memory
http://mentalfloss.com/article/52381/it-true-elephants-never-forget
http://blog.ed.ted.com/2015/08/11/12-amazing-facts-about-elephants/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldfish_Memory
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-02-19/goldfish-three-second-memory-myth-busted/1046710

Bridget's sources for correcting our sleep episode. 

Justin's Go Fund Me / Little Shop of Horrors project. 

Check out Jacks of Trades here for comic and graphic novel analysis!

307 - Aphrodisiacs: Cosmo Edition

Introductory Material
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3731873/

Chili Peppers
http://susanamayer.com/

Asparagus/Avocados
http://www.pbs.org/food/the-history-kitchen/10-edible-aphrodisiacs/
https://www.eatsomethingsexy.com/aphrodisiac-foods/avocado/

Bananas
Yeah...there's really nothing. Except Cosmo. 

Chocolate
http://www.pbs.org/food/the-history-kitchen/10-edible-aphrodisiacs/
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/18/health/18real.html

Oysters
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8875519
Natural Aphrodisiacs: Myth or Reality by Ravis K. Puri, Ph.D. Page 311

Red Wine
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18164568

Salmon/Walnuts
https://www.healthambition.com/omega-3-fish-oil-benefits/

Vanilla
Natural Aphrodisiacs: Myth or Reality by Ravis K. Puri, Ph.D.

Watermelon:
http://www.womenfitness.net/watermelon_saffron.html

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306 - Survival: Cactus if you can

You Should Drink from cactus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonora
http://www.theactivetimes.com/how-survive-finding-water-desert
https://arizonadailyindependent.com/2013/06/05/cactus-water-will-make-you-sick/

Drinking Urine
http://survivalcache.com/water-purification/https://www.boundless.com/physiology/textbooks/boundless-anatomy-and-physiology-textbook/urinary-system-25/urine-241/chemical-composition-of-urine-1177-2149/

Moss only grows on north side
http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=629
http://www.naturalnavigator.com/the-library/the-truth-about-moss

Tourniquet
http://www.realfirstaid.co.uk/tourniquets/
http://www.jvascsurg.org/article/S0741-5214(11)02470-0/abstract
http://www.jvascsurg.org/article/S0741-5214(11)02470-0/abstract

Bear Survival
http://www.wikihow.com/Survive-a-Bear-Attack
http://fwp.mt.gov/mtoutdoors/downloads/BearAttack.pdf
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear

"Suck out the Poison"
http://www.webmd.com/women/news/20020802/dont-suck-snakebite
https://youtu.be/4CQKLiwQCIs
https://www.timsreptiles.co.za/venom/types-of-snake-venom-and-their-effects-on-humans

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305 - Sleep: Eight Legged Dreams

General/Introduction
https://www.sleepassociation.org/patients-general-public/what-is-sleep/
www.howsleepworks.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_hag

Melatonin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melatonin#Sleep_disorders
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23691095
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/melatonin-dosage-and-risks_us_56deff8ce4b03a40567a1e1e
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AwrXgCPCD75YNiIA1K1PmolQ;_ylu=X3oDMTEyZ210NGNrBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwM1BHZ0aWQDQjI1NTlfMQRzZWMDc3I-?qid=20141106194659AActxEO

"Never Wake a Sleep Walker"
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/13/health/the-claim-never-wake-a-sleepwalker.html
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/waking-a-sleepwalker-may-kill-them/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpIKX8VIaT

"Old People Need Less Sleep"
https://www.agingcare.com/articles/sleep-and-aging-133153.htm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/20/elderly-sleep-less-neurons_n_5692504.html
http://www.livescience.com/8075-older-adults-sleep.html

"People Consume Spiders in their Sleep"
http://www.burkemuseum.org/blog/myth-you-swallow-spiders-your-sleep
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-people-swallow-8-spiders-a-year-while-they-sleep1/
http://mentalfloss.com/article/50951/how-many-spiders-do-you-really-swallow-your-sleep

Russian Sleep Experiment
http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/The_Russian_Sleep_Experiment

This week's musical guest/track: "Sait" - Morgan Greenwood
nsavides podcast: http://podcast.nsavides.com/
Special guest voiceover: Kristaps of The Eastern Border

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304 - Legal Myths: We're not Lawyers

Citizen's Arrest
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen's_arrest
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen's_arrest_in_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cox_v._Louisiana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breach_of_the_peace
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Citizen's-Arrest

Undercover Cops
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/11/prostitution-a-users-manu_1_n_91022.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrapment

Miranda Right
http://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/facts-and-case-summary-miranda-v-arizona
http://kids.laws.com/fifth-amendment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_warning

Husband and Wife cannot be tried for the same crime/testify against each other
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spousal_privilege

The "One Phone Call"
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OnePhoneCall
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/05/really-entitled-phonecall-arrested/

The Power of a Quality Alibi
http://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/resources/criminal-defense/criminal-defense-case/alibi-defense.htm
http://criminal.lawyers.com/criminal-law-basics/criminal-defenses-alibi.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alibi

303 - Food: Of Course, My Horse(meat)!

Lactose Intolerant People Can’t Eat Cheese
https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/lactose-intolerance-diet-the-best-cheeses-to-eat-if-youre-lactose-intolerant
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactose_intolerance#History
http://www.eatwisconsincheese.com/cheeses/how-cheese-is-made

Taco Bell uses dog food grade meat
http://images.gawker.com/18g5em3mcetgzjpg/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg
http://www.snopes.com/food/prepare/badmeat.asp
http://gawker.com/5987836/taco-bells-beef-had-horse-meat-in-it-too
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/feb/09/aldi-100-percent-horsemeat-beef-products
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beef_carcass_classification
http://meat.tamu.edu/ansc-307-honors/meat-inspection/ 

Chocolate and greasy foods cause acne
http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/features/chocolate-and-acne
http://www.sciencealert.com.au/diet-causes-pimples-5.html

Coke can clean a car battery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WnhUw7bRhw
http://familylifegoals.com/10-industrial-uses-for-coke-which-prove-its-not-fit-for-human-consumption/
http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/acid.asp
http://www.kidsdentistdrwinn.com/clientuploads/PDFs/Acidity%20Sheet%20Sheet1.pdf

Fortune Cookies Are Chinese
http://www.snopes.com/food/origins/fortune.asp
http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2010/07/origins-of-a-fortune-cookie.html
http://www.fancyfortunecookies.com/Articles.asp?ID=148

Raw or uncooked onions can make you ill
http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2003/11/20/bus_393557.shtml#.WIftUbGZNsM
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs328/en/
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5247a5.htm


 

302 - Rome ft. Daniele Bolelli

Were All Gladiators Slaves?
http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-roman-gladiators
http://www.bbc.com/news/education-29723384 
http://www.ancient.eu/gladiator/  
  
Thumbs up/down
http://wordinfo.info/unit/3735/ip:1/il:K
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodus
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/10/give-thumbs-gesture-get-start/
Seen being done by Emperor Commodus in Gladiator (2002)

Nero and the fiddle
http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/did-nero-really-fiddle-while-rome-burned

Rome Fell in a day
http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/g#a375
http://www.ancient.eu/article/835/