You can buy all kinds of fancy meat thermometers, but many turkeys are packaged with a simple pop-up timer that tells you when the bird is done. Learn how they work (and why Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving in the first place) in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://home.howstuffworks.com/pop-up-timer.htm

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Episode: https://omny.fm/shows/brainstuff/how-do-pop-up-turkey-timers-work

Podcast: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/brainstuff-20922291/