Brain Junk

We've plucked a bunch of random facts from the junk drawer! Tree rings, platypusary, and death by salt are just a few of the super cool facts curated for your ears!Care to share a little Brain junk with your friends? Check out our new merch! https://brain-junk-merch.printify.me/productsShow Notes:Funny thing, Trace used articles from C&EN news but some of those articles aren't available to the "general public". We've got links to other sources covering the information!Platypusary: Blend of platypus +‎ nursery, coined by Australian naturalist Henry Burrell (1873–1945), the first person who succeeded in constructing a functioning platypusary.Blue HoneyChrysippus may have died from laughing at his own joke: WikipediaAssassins' teapot: YouTubeOld old water and one crazy scientistLike how old? over a million years YIKESToxic foods Medical News Today and just how much salt is too muchStradivarius in C&EN newsOsmoregulation and bull sharks: You might've swum in a lake with one!More bull sharks!Flipping over