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Ep42 - Matt Parker | The Greatest Maths Mistakes

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Mistaken Experiment on Elephant Drug Dosage

Scientists mistakenly gave cocaine to elephants, resulting in the death of one due to miscalculated dosage based on mass instead of organ radius. The speakers discuss the misconception and debate whether drug doses should scale with body mass or area.

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