We get A LOT of questions from our listeners! So this week we decided to put the competition on hold, open up the old Tangents Mailbag, and answer a few of them!
Get ready to learn some of our deepest secrets, like what Ceri thinks about yogurt and Stefan's milk conundrum! There are other, less dairy related things in this episode, too. Once again, thank you all for your support and for all of the amazing questions you ask us every week. We couldn't do it without you!
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If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:
Artificial sugars
http://www.madehow.com/Volume-3/Aspartame.html
https://www.stevia.com/2016/10/03/how-is-stevia-leaf-extract-made/
https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/edible-innovations/artificial-sweetener8.htm
http://www.yalescientific.org/2010/09/mythbusters-does-sugar-really-make-children-hyper/
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/391812
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7963081/
Photic sneezing
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-does-bright-light-cau/
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF03012675
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1042271/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-41551-0
Milk and bones
Whale hearing
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0118582
https://dosits.org/animals/sound-reception/marine-mammals-hear/hearing-in-cetaceans/
https://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/how-to-see-what-whales-hear/
https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/marine-mammals/keeping-ear-out-whale-evolution
http://repository.ias.ac.in/4651/1/321.pdf
Duck swimming
https://www.audubon.org/news/webbed-feet-are-evolutionary-hit
https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article/110/3/543/2415604
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/veterinary-science-and-veterinary-medicine/uropygial-gland
https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/feathers-article/
Multivitamins
[Butt One More Thing]
Anal pouches
https://books.google.com/books?id=IETMd3-lSlkC&pg=PA99&lpg=PA99
https://www.wired.com/2015/01/creature-feature-10-fun-facts-fossa/