Radioactive Bananas, Self-Decapitating Sea Slugs, Maine's Jumping Frenchmen

Theoretical physicist Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein joins the show! The weirdest things we learned this week range from non-trinary particles to kleptoplasty. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?

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