This week we learn about skydiving beavers, WW2 bat bombs, and Cynthia the Gaba Girl. A listener email informs us of the communion wafer monopoly.

Episode Tabs:

Why 76 Beavers Were Forced to Skydive into the Idaho Wilderness in 1948

https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/running-ponies/why-76-beavers-were-forced-to-skydive-into-the-idaho-wilderness-in-1948/

Cynthia the Mannequin: A Curious Star Is Born

https://time.com/3877720/life-with-cynthia-the-world-famous-mannequin/

Listener Tabs:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muki_(mythology)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocker_(folklore)

https://www.vice.com/en/article/vvaeyb/the-surprisingly-cutthroat-business-of-communion-crackers

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