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- Astronomy,
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- Aug 26, 2020
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- 00:10:36
Learn about how mapmakers catch copycats with paper towns and trap streets; why people on their deathbed can probably hear their loved ones pay their last respects; and that time some woodpeckers shut down NASA’s plan to launch the space shuttle Discovery.
Paper Towns and Trap Streets Are How Mapmakers Catch Copycats by Reuben Westmaas
- Goblu and Beatosu, Ohio. (2017). Weird Universe. http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/goblu_and_beatosu_ohio
- Jacobs, F. (2014, February 12). Agloe: How a Completely Made Up New York Town Became Real. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/643-agloe-the-paper-town-stronger-than-fiction
- NESTER’S MAP & GUIDE CORP | 796 F.Supp. 729 (1992) | upp72911403 | Leagle.com. (1992, June 30). Leagle. https://www.leagle.com/decision/19921525796fsupp72911403
Dying loved ones can probably hear you give your last respects by Grant Currin
- UBC research shows hearing persists at end of life. (2020). EurekAlert! urs070720.php">https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/uobc-urs070720.php
- Blundon, E. G., Gallagher, R. E., & Ward, L. M. (2020). Electrophysiological evidence of preserved hearing at the end of life. Scientific Reports, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67234-9
That Time Some Woodpeckers Shut Down A NASA Space Shuttle Launch by Joanie Faletto
- Lovesick Woodpeckers Poke Hole in a Shuttle’s Schedule. (1995, June 2). The New York Times. woodpeckers-poke-hole-in-a-shuttle-s-schedule.html">https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/03/us/lovesick-woodpeckers-poke-hole-in-a-shuttle-s-schedule.html
- NASA - STS-70. (2010). Nasa.gov. 70.html">https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-70.html
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Learn about how mapmakers catch copycats with paper towns and trap streets; why people on their deathbed can probably hear their loved ones pay their last respects; and that time some woodpeckers shut down NASA’s plan to launch the space shuttle Discovery.
Paper Towns and Trap Streets Are How Mapmakers Catch Copycats by Reuben Westmaas
- Goblu and Beatosu, Ohio. (2017). Weird Universe. http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/goblu_and_beatosu_ohio
- Jacobs, F. (2014, February 12). Agloe: How a Completely Made Up New York Town Became Real. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/643-agloe-the-paper-town-stronger-than-fiction
- NESTER’S MAP & GUIDE CORP | 796 F.Supp. 729 (1992) | upp72911403 | Leagle.com. (1992, June 30). Leagle. https://www.leagle.com/decision/19921525796fsupp72911403
Dying loved ones can probably hear you give your last respects by Grant Currin
- UBC research shows hearing persists at end of life. (2020). EurekAlert! urs070720.php">https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/uobc-urs070720.php
- Blundon, E. G., Gallagher, R. E., & Ward, L. M. (2020). Electrophysiological evidence of preserved hearing at the end of life. Scientific Reports, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67234-9
That Time Some Woodpeckers Shut Down A NASA Space Shuttle Launch by Joanie Faletto
- Lovesick Woodpeckers Poke Hole in a Shuttle’s Schedule. (1995, June 2). The New York Times. woodpeckers-poke-hole-in-a-shuttle-s-schedule.html">https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/03/us/lovesick-woodpeckers-poke-hole-in-a-shuttle-s-schedule.html
- NASA - STS-70. (2010). Nasa.gov. 70.html">https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-70.html
Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY
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