Camden and Margaret discuss if asteroids really look like cratered potatoes (2:52) and whether you have to lose consciousness to have a concussion (11:49).

Camden's Misconception: Asteroids look like little potatoes with craters

Citations:

• "What If? 2" by Randall Munroe
• NASA Space Place - Asteroids
• Scientific American
• CalTech Cool Cosmos

Margaret's Misconception: As long as you're conscious, it's not a concussion

Citations:

• Concussion Recognition Tool from the Concussion in Sport Group
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
• CDC - TBI Data 2024
• Mayo Clinic - Concussions
• "Concussion" by Nitin Agarwal, Rut Thakkar, Khoi Than for the American Association of Neurological Surgeons

What We're Consuming:

• Camden: "The Thursday Murder Club" by Richard Osman
• Margaret: "The Dog's Best Friend Game" board game

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Camden and Margaret discuss if household dust is mostly just your dead skin floating around (2:45) and whether our ears keep getting bigger our entire lives (16:05).

Camden's Misconception: Dust is mostly dead skin

Citations:

• "What If? 2" by Randall Munroe
• "Is Dust Mostly Dead Skin?" by Veritasium
• "Making an epidermis" by Maranke Koster, University of Colorado Denver

Margaret's Misconception: Our ears keep getting bigger our entire lives

Citations:

• Cleveland Clinic - Cartilage
• "Do Your Nose and Ears Really Grow with Age?" by Justin Chupungco
• "Why do old men have big ears?" by James Heathcote
• "Ear size as a predictor of chronological age" by R Tan, V Osman, G Tan
• "Human ears grow throughout the entire lifetime" by Niemitz, Nibbrig, and Zacher
• Today I Found Out
• "Truth or Myth: Our Nose and our Ears Never Stop Growing" by Michael Hinck

What We're Consuming:

• Camden: "Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir
• Margaret: Books

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Margaret and Camden discuss whether the spots on a ladybug determine its age (08:54) and if the red liquid that comes out of your steak is actually blood (22:02).