Poop

The bodily function so universal, there's a kids book all about how everybody does it! But... is that kids book a lie?! Find out the answer to that and way more in this very overdue episode of Tangents!

SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces! 

Head to www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter!

And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy your very own, genuine SciShow Tangents sticker!

A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Garth Riley, Mike A, and Tom Mosner for helping to make the show possible!

Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! 

While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen

[Trivia Question]

Penguin poop distance traveled

https://iposeogsekk.com/penguano.pdf

https://improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig2005

[Fact Off]

AI listening to sounds of poop/diarrhea/fart

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2350082-ai-listens-to-toilet-sounds-to-guess-whether-people-have-diarrhoea/

https://www.inverse.com/innovation/fart-monitoring-ai

Dagger made of frozen poop debunked (or, at the very least, not effective in lab conditions)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X19305371

https://nautil.us/the-problem-with-the-frozen-poop-knife-study-237572/

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-friday-edition-1.5282456/why-scientists-tried-and-failed-to-make-a-knife-out-of-frozen-poop-1.5282458

[Ask the Science Couch]

Period poops (progesterone/estrogen & prostaglandins)

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/24411-prostaglandins

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3297513/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3823955

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/why-do-you-poop-more-on-your-period/