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This quarantine has been a real bear for everyone, but we’re working our way through it together. We here at the Orbiting HQ truly hope you and yours are doing fine and everything is going alright. If not, all we can really provide is a few laughs and maybe a distraction or two while we all descend into madness. At least we can go there together!

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Factoid of the Week:
Bananas may be considered a mood enhancer because it contains the amino acid, tryptophan and Vitamin B6 that helps the body produce serotonin.

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California skate park filled with sand to enforce social distancing backfires as dirt bikers show up
Doctor warns that bacteria from FARTS could be spreading coronavirus
Woman’s fake breasts saved her life when silicone implant stopped a bullet headed for her heart

Words of Wisdom:
Any ape can reach for a banana, but only humans can reach for the stars.    -Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

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Tyrannosaurus rex looked the most ferocious of all the dinosaurs, but in terms of overall cunning, determination and its array of vicious weapons it was Utahraptor that was probably the fiercest of all. Utahraptor measured about 7 metres and weighed in at just under a TON.

Among other things, raptors are distinguished by the large, curving, single claws on each of their hind feet, which they used to slash at and disembowel their prey. Befitting its large size, Utahraptor possessed especially dangerous-looking nine-inch-long claws.

Befitting their kinship with the first prehistoric birds, most, if not all, raptors of the late Cretaceous period, like Deinonychus and Velociraptor, were covered with feathers, at least during certain stages of their life cycles. Although no direct evidence has been adduced for Utahraptor possessing feathers, they were almost certainly present, if only in hatchlings or juveniles—and the odds are that full-grown adults were plushly feathered as well, making them look a bit like giant turkeys

Seriously, look this beast up… it is terrifying.

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Factoid of the Week:
In 1842, the English naturalist Sir Richard Owen coined the term Dinosauria, derived from the Greek deinos, meaning “fearfully great,” and sauros, meaning “lizard.”

Man accidentally ejects himself from fighter jet during surprise flight
Police department reminds residents to wear pants while checking mailbox
Florida judge: Get out of bed, get dressed for Zoom hearings
93-year-old woman gets hefty Coors Light delivery after viral plea for more beer

Words of Wisdom:
We all have a dinosaur deep within us just trying to get out. -Colin Mochrie

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Oh man! What a big week this was. We got a new baby in the family! That’s right. Smash finally had her kid and he’s awesome. We talked about that quite a bit on the show, but don’t you worry! We also did some news and it was fantastic. This was a great episode. You’re going to dig it!

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Factoid of the Week:
Newborns spend half their sleep time in REM, accompanied by jerking eyeballs, twitching bodies and a characteristic saw-toothed pattern on brain scans. For comparison, adults spend just one quarter of their sleeping time in REM and the rest in the dreamless non-REM phase, marked by slowly varying brain waves. If babies dream during REM, then they would dream for the equivalent of a full eight-hour workday.

Robots replace Japanese students at graduation amid coronavirus
Maryland winery employs delivery dog for curbside pick-ups
‘Smart toilet’ recognizes users’ backsides, analyzes poop
Scientists create mutant enzyme that recycles plastic bottles in hours

Words of Wisdom:
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“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”- Eleanor Roosevelt

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Though we associate pollen with the color yellow, pollen can come in many vibrant colors, including red, purple, white, and brown. Since insect pollinators, such as bees, can’t see red, plants produce yellow (or sometimes blue) pollen to attract them.

This is why most plants have yellow pollen, but there are some exceptions. For instance, birds and butterflies are attracted to red colors, so some plants produce red pollen to attract these organisms.

In order for pollination to occur, the pollen grain must germinate in the female portion (carpel) of the same plant or another plant of the same species. In flowering plants, the stigma portion of the carpel collects the pollen.

The vegetative cells in the pollen grain create a pollen tube to tunnel down from the stigma, through the long style of the carpel, to the ovary. Division of the generative cell produces two sperm cells, which travel down the pollen tube into the ovule. This journey usually takes up to two days, but some sperm cells can take months to reach the ovary.

Your nose is being violated.

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Factoid of the Week:
Microscopic pollen grains that carry a certain type of protein are typically the cause of allergic reactions. Immune system cells, called B cells, produce antibodies in reaction to the pollen. This overproduction of antibodies leads to the activation of other white blood cells such as basophils and mast cells. These cells produce histamine, which dilates blood vessels and results in allergy symptoms including a stuffy nose and swelling around the eyes.

Police dump black dye in a blue lagoon to discourage Instagram selfies
Ann Ashford’s virtual town hall delayed by person posting porn during video chat
Medical fetish site donates entire stock of scrubs after being contacted by “desperate” health officials
A man allegedly teaching his dog to drive was arrested after leading troopers on a high speed chase

Words of Wisdom:
Like pollen on a honeybee, flattery clings to the things you tell yourself. – Willis Goth Regier

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Rotting vegetation and erupting volcanoes release some chemicals that can cause acid rain, but most acid rain is a product of human activities. The biggest sources are coal-burning power plants, factories, and automobiles.

When humans burn fossil fuels, sulfur dioxide (SO₂) and nitrogen oxides (NO_x) are released into the atmosphere. Those air pollutants react with water, oxygen, and other substances to form airborne sulfuric and nitric acid. Winds may spread these acidic compounds through the atmosphere and over hundreds of miles. When acid rain reaches Earth, it flows across the surface in runoff water, enters water systems, and sinks into the soil.

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Factoid of the Week:
Acid rain describes any form of precipitation that contains high levels of nitric and sulfuric acids. It can also occur in the form of snow, fog, and tiny bits of dry material that settle to Earth. Normal rain is slightly acidic, with a pH of 5.6, while acid rain generally has a pH between 4.2 and 4.4.

Missouri woman gives birth in Walmart toilet paper aisle, report says
Coronavirus hits Mexican cartels and leads to shortages of meth and fentanyl as chemicals can’t be sourced from China
NH man told to turn down music grabs sword, chases man

Words of Wisdom:
First deal with your own tears; tomorrow do something about acid rain.-Betty Jane Wylie

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The Yellow Jacket is a North American predatory insect that builds a large nest to house the colony. These bee-sized, social wasps are black with yellow markings on the front of the head and yellow banding around the abdomen.

Yellow Jackets are common visitors to picnics and parks in the summer as they are attracted to meat, fruit and sweet drinks.  Yellow jackets are carnivorous, primarily feeding on other insects like flies and bees. They also feed on picnic fare, fruits, carrion, and the nectar of flowers. Yellow jackets as assholes.

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Factoid of the Week:
The queen yellow jacket lays all of the eggs in a colony. She fertilizes each egg as it is being laid using stored sperm from the spermatheca, occasionally skipping an egg. These unfertilized eggs, having only half as many genes as the queen or the workers, develop into male drones.

Chad ‘repaying $100m debt to Angola with cattle’
New Mexico Man Says He Unknowingly Stole TVs While Drunk
Lost out in the toilet paper stampede? An amusement arcade is giving customers the chance to win it
Police jail woman who paid bail with marijuana-scented cash

Words of Wisdom:
Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp’s nest. -Pope Paul VI

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Tea is made from the leaves of Camellia sinensis, a small tree native to Asia. (Confusingly, this is not the plant used to make tea tree oil.) The difference between green tea, black tea, white tea, yellow tea, and oolong tea comes from how the leaves are processed. After the leaves are picked, they begin to oxidize—the same chemical reaction that makes your apple, avocado, or banana peel go brown. White tea is the least oxidized tea, followed by green tea and Oolong tea. Black tea undergoes the most oxidization. 

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Factoid of the Week:
In Tibet, butter tea is a common drink. It is made from black tea, yak butter, and salt.

A malfunction caused red wine to flow from faucets in an Italian town
Florida student learns that pepper spray is not body spray
A man grossly misjudged how to speak to girls and got expertly handled by a Girl Scout
Putting potatoes up your butt won’t cure hemorrhoids, doctors warn
Man burns down entire building trying to kill snake

Words of Wisdom:
A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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FIVE HUNDRED FREAKING EPISODES of Stephen and I rambling into a microphone! Thank you guys for making this the most fun we have all week! <3 Enjoy some egg facts… because non sequiturs are fun.

1. Chickens don’t produce one egg at a time. Instead, producing hens normally have several eggs in various stages of development.
2. Eggshell colors have nothing to do with flavor or nutritional value of the egg. Brown, white and even blue and green eggshells are simply indicative of the breed of hen.
3. The hen’s diet determines the color of the yolk. Some producers feed natural supplements like marigold petals so that their hens lay eggs with brighter yolks. – Cheating bastages!
4. There are several reasons why we eat chicken eggs instead of duck or turkey eggs. Chickens lay more eggs, they need less nesting space and they don’t have the strong mothering instincts of turkeys and ducks, which makes egg collection easier.
5. White eggs are more popular among commercial producers because chickens that lay white eggs tend to be smaller than their brown egg-laying cousins, therefore needing less food to produce the same number of eggs.
6. Most of today’s egg-laying hens are White Leghorns (white eggs) or Rhode Island Reds and Barred Plymouth Rocks (brown eggs).
7. Not all chickens create eggs equally. Some breeds lay eggs almost every day. Other breeds lay eggs every other day or once to twice per week.

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Factoid of the Week:
It takes a hen between 24 and 26 hours to develop an egg. Once she lays an egg, the development of a new egg normally starts within 30 minutes.

Words of Wisdom:
An egg is a chemical process, but it is not a mere chemical process. It is one that is going places—even when, in our world of chance and contingency, it ends up in an omelet and not in a chicken. Though it surely be a chemical process, we cannot understand it adequately without knowing the kind of chicken it has the power to become. – Sir John Randall (1906-1984) British biophysicist.

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The Road to 500 continues with Episode 400! We had a great time on this one and I hope you guys dig it. It was a glorious time during the show and we were entering a new era of our podcasting careers at the time.

You’re gonna dig it!

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Hey folks! Here’s the deal. We’re all dead here. Dead with a capital “EAD” if you know what I mean.

Since we’re all dead, we’ve had to pivot to a new plan. We can’t do Episode 500 and give it the attention it deserves when our heads are full of crud. So we’ve invented a new idea.

ROAD TO 500!!

That’s right. It’s a different idea, but a good one nonetheless. We’re re-releasing a couple episode between now and 500. This week, you get the joyful Episode 300! Next week, you’ll get 400, and the week after we’ll be back live with 500. We think it’s going to be great, and you’ll have a good time walking down memory lane with us.

Have fun!
– The Dorks

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