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This week in the Lounge, Dan and Amber talk about Ludwig the 2nd of Bavaria, The Beverage Hydration Index, The Cascadia Subduction Zone, a Funeral Expenses scam, Fact Checkin’ Time, and some feel good news.

Ludwig II of Bavaria

The Beverage Hydration Index

Imaging the Cascadia Subduction Zone

‘It’s a scam’: Poster-holders aren’t really raising money for a child’s funeral

Tennessee city's ban on public homosexuality was lifted

Kenyan official says male lions who had sex 'must have seen gay men behaving badly'

Was 'Terminator 2' Villain Created as a Commentary on Policing?

This is the president of Argentina - the guy right-wingers love

Vladimir Putin Stole Super Bowl Ring from Robert Kraft?

Twitter Boosted Musk's Tweets After Biden Got More Engagement: Report

Revolutionary Treatment for Disc Degeneration

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This week in the lounge, Kyle and Amber join Dan to talk about the Battle of the Eclipse, Blues Singer Gladys Bentley, A new Supra molecular Metallic Foam, and A new biohydrogen process. They move the conversation to The San Francisco Fed report and the Forer effect before playing Fact Checkin’ Time and finishing with some feel good news.

Gladys Bentley

The Battle of the Eclipse

Supramolecular Metallic Foam

Hybrid Biohydrogen game-changer

Inflation & Profiteering

How The Forer Effect unraveled Astrology

Woman sues Florida sheriff alleging she was twice forced out of her home naked

PolitiFact | A Mexican lawmaker spoke nearly naked

NYU professor says anti-Israel students need to have more sex

Sex Workers Once Used 'Brothel Candles' to Time Sex with Clients?

North Korean trash balloons are dumping ‘filth’ on South Korea

Pic Shows Time Dave Matthews Band's Bus Dumped 800 Pounds of Poop on Tourist Boat?

Nanoparticle Therapy and Diabetic Wounds

Band of Traders - Together We Trade

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This week in the Lounge, Ron and Amber join Dan to talk about the Establishing of Amnesty International, Microplastics in Testicles, A new habitable planet, and crows that can count out loud. They move on to talking about a twist on a classic invoicing scam before a game of fact checkin’ time and some feel good news about overcoming biases.

Amnesty International Origins

The Forgotten Prisoners

Microplastics detected in human testicles, troubling researchers

Gliese 12 b the search for a new earth

Crows can count out loud, startling study reveals

2 Ghanaian-Americans arrested over US$7m global fraud scheme

Most images show highway in China, not Texas

The Traffic in Tokyo VS Houston

New version of old cockroach X-ray hoax circulates in Nigeria and Kenya

AI from Google says Cockroaches climb up pee holes

Average Net Worth of 30-Year-Old American Is -$1,043?

For the First Time, the U.S. is Spending More on Debt Interest than Defense

Algorithms help people see and correct their biases, study shows

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This week in the Lounge, Amber, Ron, and Jaimelyn join Dan to talk about the Execution of Anne Boleyn, The Bear vs. Man thought experiment, Dyson Spheres, and breaking the light speed barrier. They move on to talking about a new toll road scam that’s hitting americans before a game of fact checkin’ time and some feel good news.

Anne Boleyn

Alien Energy-Collecting Megastructures May Have Been Detected Around Stars

Breaking Light Speed: The Quantum Tunneling Enigma

Toll road payment scam hits

CDC: Black children drown at higher rates, St. Louis experts work toward change

Study didn’t show ‘hairdressers have a higher cancer risk because of chemicals at work’

Did TSA find a record number of guns at airports last year?

Florida woman’s ammunition arrest in Turks and Caicos is 5th of US tourist in recent weeks

Idaho Legislature passes bills to limit gender expression, ban compelled pronoun use

Palestinian Flag Banned at Eurovision Song Contest?

Herd of Bison Reintroduced in Europe Are Climate Heroes–Helping Store CO2 Equal to 43,000 Cars

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This week in the Lounge, Amber and Ron join Dan to talk about the smallpox vaccine development, The diet of black holes, and robot bugs. The professor stops by to talk with Dan about how billionaires dodge taxes before a game of fact checkin’ time and some feel good news.

It’s Time to Tax the Billionaires

Richest Americans Now Pay Less Tax Than Working Class in Historical First

Using Stocks as Collateral Loans: Securities-Based Lines of Credit

Is This Phallic-Looking Starfish for Real?

Catholic priest stuns worshippers by telling them Christ had an erection when he died on the cross

Khloe Kardashian took '3 DNA tests' as 'son looks just like her brother Rob'

Kentucky Legislator Did NOT Promote Incest Law Amendment To Exempt 'Sex With First Cousin'

Can you eat cicadas? Try these cicada recipes with Broods XIX, XIII

No evidence FDA approved insects in Tyson products

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This week in the Lounge, Dan is joined by Ron and Amber as they discuss the Astor Place Riot of 1849, Science news involving an Orangutan Medicine Man, Astronaut Treadmills on the Moon, and A Glitch In Gravity. In Snake Oil news they talk about some actual oil for once, before playing Fact Checkin’ Time and ending with a feel good story about beating pollution.

Astor Place Riot

Sumatran Orangutan Self-Treats Wound with Medicinal Plant, Study Reveals

A cosmic glitch in gravity

Astronauts could run round ‘Wall of Death’ to keep fit on moon, say scientists

An Oil Price-Fixing Conspiracy Caused 27% of All Inflation Increases in 2021

World's most tattooed woman dubbed 'Dragon Girl' is getting her eyeballs inked AGAIN

Kristen Bell Has 214 Tattoos

Mix of urine, chlorine in pools forms dangerous chemicals

Cleaning fans ditching bleach for 'only thing that works' to banish urine smells

The Simpsons' Groundskeeper Willie Started A War Between Two Scottish Cities

Fact Check: SpongeBob SquarePants Was NOT Based On Boy's Abusive Childhood In 1940s

Researchers find way to convert methane emissions from landfill into sustainable jet fuel

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This week in the lounge, Dan is joined by Amber and the Professor as they talk about the Kent State Protest killings, Marijuana and DNA changes, The Irish Paths of the Dead, and the continuing case for Planet 9. They discuss the potential accounting fraud at Tesla, play “Fact Checkin’ Time” and end the show with some feel good news.

Kent State shootings

Cannabis Use Linked to Epigenetic Changes

Lasers reveal prehistoric Irish monuments that may have been 'pathways for the dead'

'Planet Nine' Hypothesis Gets New Boost

Facebook Cofounder Says Tesla Has Committed "Consumer Fraud on a Massive Scale,"

Masquerade costume party takes on Longmont while pint-sized faeries and elves take over

PolitiFact | Fact-checking claim that a Utah Middle school allows students to be ‘terrorized’ by ‘furries’

Sony Recalled Camcorders That Could See Through Clothing?

99 Sheer Dresses: Celebrities In See-Through Dresses

Eating excess salt increases the risk of high blood pressure, contrary to wellness coach’s claims

Police arrest suspect using pepper to steal bikes from riders

"Do-Gooder" recognized for work uplifting foster children

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This week in the Lounge, Dan is joined by Amber and Ron as they talk about the Federal Government seizing control of a national retail chain, the oldest city in the south pacific, a self healing plastic, and a new moisture farming water-well alternative. After a game of fact checking time, the episode concludes with some feel good news about a new healthcare treatment for broken bones.

FDR seizes control of Montgomery Ward

Smith–Connally Act

Oldest City Found on a Pacific Island Was Constructed in 300 AD in Tonga

Scientists develop self-healing material that could transform the plastic industry

Researchers make breakthrough to help solve major water scarcity issue

Reba McEntire Faces 'Serious Charges' and Asked for Prayers Regarding Fox News Lawsuit

No evidence that Biden’s uncle was eaten by cannibals

Woman arrested after allegedly wheeling deceased uncle into bank to secure loan

‘Sexual shame’: China holds online professional circumcision contest to correct misconceptions

Playgirl Ran a 'Sleep with Donald Trump' Contest in 1990

You Can Actually Order Your Very Own Invisibility Shield Right Now

Did an 'Invisible Sculpture' Sell for $18K?

New Way to Heal Broken Bones Faster May Also Make Them 3x Stronger

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This week in the lounge, Dan is joined by Ron was they take the time machine to the April 1993 Waco Siege, discuss science news involving Mammoth ressurections and Europa moon missions, explore the snake oil of plastic recycling, and of course play fact checkin’ time and talk some feel good news.

Waco siege

Scientists plotting to bring dead animals back to life

NASA unveils probe bound for Jupiter's possibly life-sustaining moon

Critics call out plastics industry over "fraud of plastic recycling"

The Last Beach Cleanup

"Plastics Makes It Possible" ad, 1997

This is why a man in his 50s built a mini mouse village in his back garden

Did 12-Year-Old Jimi Hendrix Make Crayon Drawing of Elvis Presley After Seeing Him Perform?

Sketch in N.Y. apartment turns out to be rare Revolutionary War drawing

'Epstein Island' sold to Disney?

3 people rescued after a week stranded on remote Pacific island

Moon not visible when light side faces away from Earth

A NASA spacecraft spotted something weird orbiting the moon. It was just a lunar neighbor.

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In the lounge today we hop in the time machine and revisit the sentencing of the Ronsenberg spies before talking about brainwaves after death. There’s a new form of hotel fee scammin’, some fun fact checking time, and a wrap up with a feel good story involving reforestation.

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

Brainwaves after death? Scientists reveal surprising activity in the dying brain

Scientists Accidentally Made a Mouse Grow Legs in Place of Genitals

New Frontier In Scam Hotel Fees

This Marriott Tacks On An Undisclosed 4% Extra Fee For The Lightbulbs

False claim study shows EVs pollute 1,850 times more

Exclusive: Tesla scraps low-cost car plans amid fierce Chinese EV competition

Bird flu has been detected at the largest chicken egg manufacturer in the U.S.

False claim US grocery stores are selling lab-grown meat

World's oldest man at 111 years old says his trick is 'just luck' plus regular fish and chips

Fact-check: Eggs, fruits, oats are not unhealthy breakfast

Destructive Gold Miners Clock Overtime to Restore Thousands of Acres of Amazon Rainforest

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