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In this episode you discover:
- Why sea otters hold hands;
- Multiple surprising facts about otters and related mammals;
- How many muscles in a cat’s ear?;
- How many calories are used when you lick a stamp?; and…
- More strange and surprising facts.
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Sources for information in This Episode:
“12 Facts About Otters for Sea Otter Awareness Week”:
https://www.doi.gov/blog/12-facts-about-otters-sea-otter-awareness-week
“How Many Muscles Does a Cat Have? What You Need to Know!”
https://www.hepper.com/how-many-muscles-does-a-cat-have/
“How Many Calories Do You Consume While Licking a Stamp?”:
https://www.livestrong.com/article/330369-how-many-calories-do-you-consume-while-licking-a-stamp/
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https://www.weirdandsurprisingfacts.com/
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Host:
Stephen Carter; Email: CarterMethod@gmail.com.
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Technical Info:
Recorded and initial edits with Twisted Wave. Additional edits with Audacity. Final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro.
Microphone: ST
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continue reading
- Why sea otters hold hands;
- Multiple surprising facts about otters and related mammals;
- How many muscles in a cat’s ear?;
- How many calories are used when you lick a stamp?; and…
- More strange and surprising facts.
—
Sources for information in This Episode:
“12 Facts About Otters for Sea Otter Awareness Week”:
https://www.doi.gov/blog/12-facts-about-otters-sea-otter-awareness-week
“How Many Muscles Does a Cat Have? What You Need to Know!”
https://www.hepper.com/how-many-muscles-does-a-cat-have/
“How Many Calories Do You Consume While Licking a Stamp?”:
https://www.livestrong.com/article/330369-how-many-calories-do-you-consume-while-licking-a-stamp/
---
Listen to Previous Episodes:
https://www.weirdandsurprisingfacts.com/
---
Host:
Stephen Carter; Email: CarterMethod@gmail.com.
—
Technical Info:
Recorded and initial edits with Twisted Wave. Additional edits with Audacity. Final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro.
Microphone: ST
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Manage episode 321842973 series 1952977
Contenuto fornito da Stephen Carter. Tutti i contenuti dei podcast, inclusi episodi, grafica e descrizioni dei podcast, vengono caricati e forniti direttamente da Stephen Carter o dal partner della piattaforma podcast. Se ritieni che qualcuno stia utilizzando la tua opera protetta da copyright senza la tua autorizzazione, puoi seguire la procedura descritta qui https://it.player.fm/legal.
In this episode you discover:
- Why sea otters hold hands;
- Multiple surprising facts about otters and related mammals;
- How many muscles in a cat’s ear?;
- How many calories are used when you lick a stamp?; and…
- More strange and surprising facts.
—
Sources for information in This Episode:
“12 Facts About Otters for Sea Otter Awareness Week”:
https://www.doi.gov/blog/12-facts-about-otters-sea-otter-awareness-week
“How Many Muscles Does a Cat Have? What You Need to Know!”
https://www.hepper.com/how-many-muscles-does-a-cat-have/
“How Many Calories Do You Consume While Licking a Stamp?”:
https://www.livestrong.com/article/330369-how-many-calories-do-you-consume-while-licking-a-stamp/
---
Listen to Previous Episodes:
https://www.weirdandsurprisingfacts.com/
---
Host:
Stephen Carter; Email: CarterMethod@gmail.com.
—
Technical Info:
Recorded and initial edits with Twisted Wave. Additional edits with Audacity. Final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro.
Microphone: ST
…
continue reading
- Why sea otters hold hands;
- Multiple surprising facts about otters and related mammals;
- How many muscles in a cat’s ear?;
- How many calories are used when you lick a stamp?; and…
- More strange and surprising facts.
—
Sources for information in This Episode:
“12 Facts About Otters for Sea Otter Awareness Week”:
https://www.doi.gov/blog/12-facts-about-otters-sea-otter-awareness-week
“How Many Muscles Does a Cat Have? What You Need to Know!”
https://www.hepper.com/how-many-muscles-does-a-cat-have/
“How Many Calories Do You Consume While Licking a Stamp?”:
https://www.livestrong.com/article/330369-how-many-calories-do-you-consume-while-licking-a-stamp/
---
Listen to Previous Episodes:
https://www.weirdandsurprisingfacts.com/
---
Host:
Stephen Carter; Email: CarterMethod@gmail.com.
—
Technical Info:
Recorded and initial edits with Twisted Wave. Additional edits with Audacity. Final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro.
Microphone: ST
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Simile a Weird and Surprising Facts
Hosted by Laura Cathcart Robbins, a writer and a recovery thriver and survivor, Laura found herself in an all too familiar position. In September 2018, she was the only black woman in the room at Brave Magic, a famed writer’s retreat. After it was over, she wrote about her “only one” experience in The Huffington Post and comments started flooding into her DM. These comments were from people from all races, ethnicities, creeds, and nationalities who had felt “othered”. Laura beautifully inter ...
…
continue reading
Imperfect Paradise is an award-winning weekly narrative podcast showcasing California stories with universal significance, hosted by Antonia Cereijido. Each deeply reported story is driven by characters who illuminate aspects of American identity and underscore California's reputation as a home for dreamers and schemers, its heartbreaking inequality, its varied and diverse communities, its unique combination of dense cities and wild places. New episodes premiere Wednesdays, with broadcasts o ...
…
continue reading
As She Rises brings together local poets and activists from throughout North America to depict the effects of climate change on their home and their people. Each episode carries the listener to a new place through a collection of voices, local recordings and soundscapes. Stories span from the Louisiana Bayou, to the tundras of Alaska to the drying bed of the Colorado River. Centering the voices of native women and women of color, As She Rises personalizes the elusive magnitude of climate cha ...
…
continue reading
Join two of the stars from Real Housewives of Potomac, Gizelle Bryant and Robyn Dixon, as they team up for their new podcast Reasonably Shady. The show features conversations about being fearless women as they recount stories from their exciting lives. Topics include dating, relationships, marriage, entrepreneurs, motherhood, style, glam, current events and more! Join Gizelle and Robyn for Reasonably Shady!
…
continue reading
The programme that explains the present by exploring the past.
…
continue reading
The world has never been more connected. Yet never more divided. We yell at each other from inside our echo chambers. But change doesn’t happen inside an echo chamber. It’s time to get out, to stretch our legs, to step on some land mines. It's time to have an uncomfortable conversation with Josh Szeps. A DM Podcast
…
continue reading
We are a Filipino-Chinese couple living in the heart of Manila. We have been together for 20 years and decided to make this podcast to share our life experiences. Our podcast has no format and may discuss random things like relationships, recommended food in Binondo or about our philosophy in life. If you like our podcast, don’t forget to click the subscribe/follow button and give us a 5 star rating ^.^ Please visit our FB page @kwentuhansessionsph and ig page @kwentuhansessions. You can als ...
…
continue reading
Personally connecting the dots. All of them. Benjamen Walker’s Theory of Everything is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX. Learn more at radiotopia.fm.
…
continue reading
The Kitchen Sisters Present… Stories from the b-side of history. Lost recordings, hidden worlds, people possessed by a sound, a vision, a mission. Deeply layered stories, lush with interviews, field recordings and music. From powerhouse NPR producers The Kitchen Sisters (The Keepers, Hidden Kitchens, The Hidden World of Girls, The Sonic Memorial Project, Lost & Found Sound, and Fugitive Waves). "The Kitchen Sisters have done some of best radio stories ever broadcast" —Ira Glass. The Kitchen ...
…
continue reading
Do your eyes glaze over when looking at a long list of annual health insurance enrollment options – or maybe while you’re trying to calculate how much you owe the IRS? You might be wondering the same thing we are: Where’s the guidebook for all of this grown-up stuff? Whether opening a bank account, refinancing student loans, or purchasing car insurance (...um, can we just roll the dice without it?), we’re just as confused as you are. Enter: “Grown-Up Stuff: How to Adult” a podcast dedicated ...
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continue reading
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