This week the boys investigate ocean madness (spooky) and the reason some songs stay in your head forever and ever and ever. By the way, don't drink salt water. We talk a lot about drinking salt water in this and so now I'm telling you to super not drink it. Tastes terrible btw, no appeal at all. I thought maybe it would deliver some extra kick, but no sir it does not. If you want water with kick just drink vodka or something. 

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Sources:

Ocean Madness: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OceanMadness

Can Humans Drink Seawater: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/drinksw.html#:~:text=Human%20kidneys%20can%20only%20make,even%20as%20you%20become%20thirstier.

Is it true that drinking salt water makes you hallucinate?: https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/558674

Sea sickness: a history of madness at sea: https://www.nautilusint.org/en/news-insight/telegraph/sea-sickness-a-history-of-madness-at-sea/

Dehydration: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dehydration/symptoms-causes/syc-20354086

Living Conditions in the 19th Century U.S. Navy: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/l/living-conditions-in-the-19th-century-us-navy.html#

Fata Morgana: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fata_Morgana_(mirage)

Calenture: http://encyclopedia.uia.org/en/problem/134303

Dehydration and Delirium—Not a Simple Relationship: https://academic.oup.com/biomedgerontology/article/59/8/M811/709321

What If You Drink Saltwater?: https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/what-if/what-if-you-drink-saltwater1.htm

Earworm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earworm

Why Is That Song Stuck in My Head?! (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq53AjCCfuE

Probing Question: What makes a song catchy?: https://news.psu.edu/story/141354/2006/06/05/research/probing-question-what-makes-song-catchy

Zeigarnik Effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeigarnik_effect

WHAT IS MUSICALITY?: https://elevateartsuk.co.uk/what-is-musicality/#:~:text=Musical%20receptivity%20is%20the%20ability,%2C%20phrasing%2C%20and%20even%20mood.&text=To%20help%20you%20understand%20rhythm,key%20basic%20musicality%20points%20below.

Writing Good Songs – The Predictability Factor: https://www.secretsofsongwriting.com/2009/03/21/writing-good-songs-the-predictability-factor/

The Surprising Thing About Musical Surprise: https://academic.oup.com/analysis/article/78/2/225/4708306

Evolution & The Science of Popular Music (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP0MnC4FAbY

Repetition (music): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repetition_(music)

THESE Are the Catchiest Songs Of All Time, According To Science: https://www.radiox.co.uk/news/quirky/catchiest-songs-of-all-time-according-to-science/

LISTEN UP - NEW RESEARCH SHOWS CHEWING GUM COULD REMOVE THAT STUCK RECORD IN YOUR HEAD: http://www.reading.ac.uk/news-archive/press-releases/pr631000.html