Time Balls, Bug Culture, Traffic Mimes
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
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Show Notes
Balint Kacsoh of SciAnts_Streams joins the show today to talk about how flies have their own sort of culture. Plus, Jess hops behind the mic to discuss mimes mocking traffic offenders, and Rachel divulges the story of London's legendary timekeepers.
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