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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Wendy Zukerman talks werewolf tomatoes, overdosing on placebos, and snapping necks
Jun 5, 2019
42:23
Wendy Zukerman from Gimlet's Science Vs. joins Weirdest Thing this week. The weirdest things we learned range from a man falling unconscious after taking too many placebo pills, to why the tomato's latin name means "wolf peach." Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?
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