If you grew up in the 80s and early 90s, you were certain that someday you'd fall into a pit of quicksand. It was everywhere. In cartoons, in tv shows, in our favorite movies. Turns out, quicksand isn't quite as ubiquitous as we thought.
<img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/7281/8735833706_69c472f53f_b.jpg" alt="Danger Quicksand, Lake, Ambaston, Derbyshire | Danger! Quick… | Flickr" width="245" height="321" /> 
Show Notes:<img class="alignleft" style="letter-spacing:0.05em;" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Quicksand_in_Courthouse_Wash_%289737357112%29.jpg/800px-Quicksand_in_Courthouse_Wash_%289737357112%29.jpg" alt="File:Quicksand in Courthouse Wash (9737357112).jpg" width="331" height="226" />
<a href="https://www.nature.com/news/2005/050926/full/news050926-9.html">Nature.com-Quicksand</a>
<a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160323-can-quicksand-really-suck-you-to-your-death">BBC-Dry Quicksand</a>
 
 
 
 
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If you grew up in the 80s and early 90s, you were certain that someday you'd fall into a pit of quicksand. It was everywhere. In cartoons, in tv shows, in our favorite movies. Turns out, quicksand isn't quite as ubiquitous as we thought. Show Notes: Nature.com-Quicksand BBC-Dry Quicksand Creative Commons License

If you grew up in the 80s and early 90s, you were certain that someday you'd fall into a pit of quicksand. It was everywhere. In cartoons, in tv shows, in our favorite movies. Turns out, quicksand isn't quite as ubiquitous as we thought.
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<a href="https://www.nature.com/news/2005/050926/full/news050926-9.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nature.com-Quicksand</a>
<a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160323-can-quicksand-really-suck-you-to-your-death" rel="noopener noreferrer">BBC-Dry Quicksand</a>
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103.5: QUICKSAND!

Brain Junk is an off-the-wall, totally unbelievable but true podcast where Amy Barton and Trace Kerr shake up science & history in the hunt for answers to questions you never knew you wanted to know. We bring you the inside scoop on things like: Can goldfish drive? How do whales not drown while eating? Who had the first prosthetic eye? 
We cannonball off the question high dive every other Tuesday -- those of you in the front seats, bring your ponchos. We're out to flood your brain.

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Brain Junk is an off-the-wall, totally unbelievable but true podcast where Amy Barton and Trace Kerr shake up science & history in the hunt for answers to questions you never knew you wanted to know. We bring you the inside scoop on things like: Can goldfish drive? How do whales not drown while eating? Who had the first prosthetic eye? We cannonball off the question high dive every other Tuesday -- those of you in the front seats, bring your ponchos. We're out to flood your brain.

Brain Junk is an off-the-wall, totally unbelievable but true podcast where Amy Barton and Trace Kerr shake up science &amp; history in the hunt for answers to questions you never knew you wanted to know. We bring you the inside scoop on things like: Can goldfish drive? How do whales not drown while eating? Who had the first prosthetic eye? 
We cannonball off the question high dive every other Tuesday -- those of you in the front seats, bring your ponchos. We're out to flood your brain.

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