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This week is mad scientists, scary, rily wo and our resident every ghoul, sam scolds a, is a october. And if you don't know, the person who produces this podcast, sam scholtz, is a holloween fiend. Oh, and welcome to siotengins, the frightly comparative knowledge scream case. I'm your ghost hank gangrengreen!

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It’s October, so you know what that means: SciShow Tangents is about to get a little spooky! This year, we’re celebrating the Halloween season by talking about traditionally eerie subjects and writing bad collaborative poems! Welcome to “It Was A Dark & Stormy Tangents” month!

And to kick it off, we’re talking about the number one most scary of all types of weather: storms!

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Project Ice Storm - possible effects of stress on pregnancy

https://www.thoughtco.com/canadian-ice-storm-in-1998-508705

https://www.mcgill.ca/projetverglas/publications

https://www.mcgill.ca/projetverglas/icestorm

https://www.mcgill.ca/projetverglas/files/projetverglas/Laplante2007FunctionalPlay.pdf

https://www.child-encyclopedia.com/stress-and-pregnancy-prenatal-and-perinatal/according-experts/prenatalperinatal-stress-and-its

Blood/red rain mystery in Spain

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/882233