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Wed. 10/13 - Who's To Blame For Candy Corn?


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How candy corn went from a year round candy marketed at farmers to the love-to-hate it Halloween treat it is today. Plus, a new interactive image gallery that starkly shows what effects three degrees of global warming will have on coastal cities around the world. And, in ten years, one of the biggest comets ever recorded will be passing by Earth.

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  • Links:

    Why Is Candy Corn the Most Hated Halloween Candy? (Eater)
  • Episode Three - Satan's Earwax (Preserve Halloween Podcast) 
  • Where Our Love/Hate Relationship With Candy Corn Comes From (The Atlantic)
  • The Saccharine History of Candy Corn (National Geographic)
  • Why Brach's Turkey Dinner Candy Corn Might Taste Different This Year (Mashed)
  • All About Candy Corn (National Confectioners Association)
  • What To Know About Confectioner's Glaze (Taste for Life)
  • Why is there shellac in my chocolate mints? (McGill)
  • How Candy Corn is Made | Unwrapped (Food Network, YouTube)
  • See how climate change could drown landmarks around the world (The Verge)
  • What sea level rise will do to famous American sites, visualized (The Guardian)
  • Google AR Brings Endangered Swedish Animals Into Your Living Room (Gizmodo)
  • One of the largest comets ever seen is headed our way (National Geographic)
  • Largest comet ever observed will come close to Earth in 2031 (A/V Club)
  • The Biggest Comet Ever Discovered, Bernardinelli-Bernstein, Is Headed Our Way (The Daily Beast)
  • Here's how to watch live coverage of NASA's next asteroid mission (Space.com)
  • More about the Lucy Mission from the 09/22 episode (Kottke Ride Home)
  • Kottke.Org
  • Jackson Bird on Twitter
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