People have taken things to enhance their performance for ages - but the things they've taken, that's what's weird...

Rod tells Will the story!

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Bikes are awesome! But during the biggest bicycle craze of the 19th century, medical opinion on bikes went a little bit weird...

Will tells Rod the story!

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Art forging - and catching art forgers - is a booming business these days. And on both sides, science has a key role to play...

Rod tells Will the story!

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We love science here at the Wholesome Show, but what if you used science to make a workplace more efficient? Would you be a good person? Or is that dangerous?

Will tells Rod the story of Taylorism, or Scientific Management!

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The treatments we have available for various psychiatric issues aren't either vast... or precise.

Which is why electroconvulsive therapy is still a regular thing... Rod tells Will and special guest Shaam Al Abed the history!

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Symbolic communication is ours! Just for us humans! Or... maybe it's not...

Will tells Rod the story of Karl von Frisch and the bee waggle dance!

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So, simple question. If someone says their leg isn't really part of them, how should we help?

Rod explains apotemnophilia to Will!

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Doomsday devices suck. Just straight up not great. The Soviets built one at the Cold War, and now we've potentially got another one on our hands.

Will asks Rod if we can get the bitcoin doomsday device back in the tube!

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Would you stay in Hitler's sea side resort? You can if you want, but it's a weird building...

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Prions are freaking horrible. Don't eat them if you can utterly avoid it. @willozap explains to @rodl what happens if you do.

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