The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Eating Bog Butter, Disappearing Eels, Urinal Splashback Science

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This week, Rachel gets into delicious, delectable butter made in a bog, Ryan F. Mandelbaum explains that we know almost nothing about eels, and Purbita describes the details of pee splashback at the urinal.

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