Ostensiblings

Some links and sources from this episode:

* Washington Post: Why Americans still avoid MSG, even though its 'health effects' have been debunked (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/03/20/why-americans-still-avoid-msg-even-though-its-health-effects-have-been-debunked)

* Columbia Undergraduate Research Journal: A Racist Little Hat: The MSG Debate and American Culture (https://curj.columbia.edu/article/a-racist-little-hat-the-msg-debate-and-american-culture/)

* Umami Information Center: What is Umami (https://www.umamiinfo.com/what/whatisumami/)

* Journal of Environmental Health: Monosodium Glutamate and the Chinese Restaurant Syndrome: A Review of Food Additive Safety (https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-17087836/monosodium-glutamate-and-the-chinese-restaurant-syndrome)

* Washington Post: The Scoop on MSG (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/wellness/1990/03/13/the-scoop-on-msg/7fe183a1-2ae7-41ed-b2ad-1a28b03300fd)

Links from this episode:

* Wikipedia: Entropy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy)

* Wikipedia: Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Léonard_Sadi_Carnot)

* Wikipedia: Rudolf Clausius (Rudolf Clausius)

* Stan Sandler: Chemical, Biochemical, and Engineering Thermodynamics (https://www.amazon.com/Chemical-Biochemical-Engineering-Thermodynamics-Stanley/dp/0471661740)

* Stan Sandler: An Introduction to Applied Statistical Thermodynamics (https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Applied-Statistical-Thermodynamics/dp/0470913479)

Sources from this episode:

* Be wary of these two: they might try to sell you something. But we're only using them for myths, which is exactly what this type of nonsense site is good for.

* Crystalinks: Native American myths of creation (http://www.crystalinks.com/nativeamcreation.html)

* Mesosyn: Hindu creation myth (http://mesosyn.com/myth2h-4.html)

* Strange Science: Benoît de Maillet (https://www.strangescience.net/demaillet.htm)

* Encyclopedia Britannica: What Darwin Got Right (and Wrong) About Evolution (https://www.britannica.com/list/what-darwin-got-right-and-wrong-about-evolution)

* The Guardian: Why everything you've been told about evolution is wrong (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/mar/19/evolution-darwin-natural-selection-genes-wrong)

* The New Yorker: The Fantasy of the Deathbed Conversion (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-fantasy-of-the-deathbed-conversion)

Sources for this episode:

* Quora (yes, it's not a reliable source): How did people "use the toilets" before there were toilets? (https://www.quora.com/How-did-people-use-the-toilets-before-there-were-toilets-Were-there-any-codes-of-conduct-Special-places-Were-there-many-health-issues-related-to-hygiene)

* Historic UK: The Throne of Sir John Harrington (https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/The-Throne-of-Sir-John-Harrington/)

* Wikipedia: Thomas Crapper (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Crapper)

Sources from this episode:

* Wikipedia: Glass (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass)

* Science: Cathedral Glass Myth Shattered (http://www.sciencemag.org/news/1998/05/cathedral-glass-myth-shattered)

* Journal of the American Ceramic Society: Viscous flow of medieval cathedral glass (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jace.15092)

I was not provided the sources. You'll have to take us at our word until I'm given them!

Sources for this episode:

* Wikipedia: Kurt Schneider (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Schneider)

* Schizophrenia.com: Symptoms of Schizophrenia and Schizophrenia Diagnosis (http://schizophrenia.com/diag.php#)

Sources from the episode:

* Wikipedia: Absinthe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe)

* Wikipedia: Thujone (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thujone)

* Wikipedia: Ouzo effect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouzo_effect)

* Jad Adams: Hideous Absinthe: A History of the Devil in a Bottle (https://books.google.com/books/about/Hideous_Absinthe.html?id=b7FwE6EpNPoC)

Some links from the episode:

* Time: 5 Myths and Truths about Rasputin (http://time.com/4606775/5-myths-rasputin/)

* KnowledgeNuts: Rasputin Didn't Die Like The Legends Say (https://knowledgenuts.com/2014/03/06/rasputin-didnt-die-like-the-legends-say/)

* Douglas Smith: Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs (https://books.google.com/books?id=RhXyCwAAQBAJ)

* Slightly Less: Ra Ra Rasputin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhPvJOnHotE)

Sources and links from this episode:

* World Martial Arts Center: Meanings of the Belts and Sashes (http://www.wmacenter.com/index.cfm?page=17)

* Wikipedia: Black belt (martial arts) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_belt_(martial_arts))