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No Such Thing As A Fish

530: No Such Thing As A Throbberthrob

May 9, 2024
Topics include donkey graffito, Zachary Quinto, Dvořák's tubas, baseball tubers, cosmic marvels, unconventional sporting tactics, industrial musicals, quirky ideas, musical mishaps, unconventional punishments, historical connection to Star Trek, 'Live Long and Prosper,' exploring the origins of 'throbber'
55:30

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  • Bacteriophages on Earth stacked would reach 200 million light years, infecting bacteria.
  • Air Force One took off more times than landed, with Nixon using it on his resignation.

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Bacteriophages on Earth

Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria and are tiny in size. If all bacteriophages on Earth were stacked on top of each other, they would reach a distance of 200 million light years, double the diameter of the Milky Way.

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