The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Eating The Rich, Menopausal Chimps, Darwin's Taxidermy Teacher

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Divya Anantharaman joins the show to talk about the history of taxidermy dating back to Charles Darwin! Plus, Rachel talks menopausal chimps, and Sara Kiley explains how one Dutch town once literally ate the rich.

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