IFLScience - Break It Down

Flying Hippos, Talking Animals, And Palaeolithic Underpants


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This week on Break It Down, why dinosaurs had to die so that we could have wine, the world’s oldest narrative art, the flying skills of hippos, evidence for pants in the Palaeolithic, turning meteorites into space LEGO, and a bunch of animals talking like humans that really shouldn’t be talking like humans.

So sit back, relax, and let's Break It Down...

Links:

Dinosaurs VS wine: https://www.iflscience.com/we-might-owe-wine-to-the-asteroid-that-killed-the-dinosaurs-66-million-years-ago-74893

Oldest narrative art: https://www.iflscience.com/oldest-narrative-rock-art-discovered-with-mind-blowing-age-of-51200-years-74927

Flying hippos: https://www.iflscience.com/hippos-cant-swim-but-it-turns-out-they-can-fly-74937

Palaeolithic underpants: https://www.iflscience.com/paleolithic-humans-may-have-invented-underwear-40000-years-ago-74949

Space LEGO: https://www.iflscience.com/meteorite-billions-of-years-old-turned-into-lego-bricks-for-moon-habitat-test-74939

Talking animals: https://www.iflscience.com/from-orcas-to-ducks-the-surprising-animals-that-can-mimic-human-speech-74930

Ripper the duck: https://www.iflscience.com/you-bloody-fool-shouts-first-confirmed-talking-duck-60850

Nuclear blasts: https://youtu.be/XsSpI9cVNbg?si=aC_qGn0SBJSR26lT

Climate change and health: https://www.iflscience.com/podcasts

Big Bang on TV: https://www.iflscience.com/you-may-have-watched-the-big-bang-on-tv-74950

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