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Thu. 08/11 - Bog Butter Blogs & Predator's Food Vlog

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The science and history of bog butter–––still edible butter buried in Irish bogs thousands of years ago. Plus, the first-ever feature film dubbed entirely in the Comanche language, and more cool takeaways from the latest Predator installment. A Lyme disease vaccine has just entered its final stage of clinical trials. And a new weird Coke flavor just dropped.

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    • Links:

    I Can't Believe It's Butter That Was Buried in a Bog! (Atlas Obscura)
  • How do bogs keep things fresh? (Slate, 2006)
  • Tollund Man (Wikipedia)
  • Underwater storage techniques used by early North American hunters preserve meat for at least six months (University of Michigan, 1995)
  • Mon. 08/01 - Early Europeans Drank Milk Despite Lactose Intolerance; Ancient Humans, They're Just Like Us! (Cool Stuff Ride Home)
  • Prey Is Officially the Predator Franchise's Most Critically Acclaimed Film (CBR)
  • Prey Star Amber Midthunder on Indigenous Representation in the Predator Movie (The Hollywood Reporter)
  • The Historic Power of Prey Is in Your Ears (Vulture)
  • Does an animal die in Prey? (DoesTheDogDie.com) 
  • Prey's Predator used to be an Anthony Bourdain-inspired food vlogger (Gizmodo)
  • Former Basketball Player Finds His Niche in Hollywood (NY Times)
  • A Lyme disease vaccine is in its final clinical trial (NPR)
  • Coke's latest bizarre flavor is here (CNN)
  • Jackson Bird on Twitter

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