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MSG

Some links and sources from this episode: Washington Post: Why Americans still avoid MSG, even though its 'health effects' have been debunked Columbia...
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Entropy

Links from this episode: Wikipedia: Entropy Wikipedia: Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot Wikipedia: Rudolf Clausius Stan Sandler: Chemical, Biochemical, and...
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Darwin

Sources from this episode: Be wary of these two: they might try to sell you something. But we're only using them for myths, which is exactly what this...
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Thomas Crapper

Sources for this episode: Quora (yes, it's not a reliable source): How did people "use the toilets" before there were toilets? Historic UK: The Throne...
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Glass

Sources from this episode: Wikipedia: Glass Science: Cathedral Glass Myth Shattered Journal of the American Ceramic Society: Viscous flow of medieval ...
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Jurassic Park

I was not provided the sources. You'll have to take us at our word until I'm given them!
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Schizophrenia

Sources for this episode: Wikipedia: Kurt Schneider Schizophrenia.com: Symptoms of Schizophrenia and Schizophrenia Diagnosis
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Absinthe

Sources from the episode: Wikipedia: Absinthe Wikipedia: Thujone Wikipedia: Ouzo effect Jad Adams: Hideous Absinthe: A History of the Devil in a Bottl...
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Rasputin

Some links from the episode: Time: 5 Myths and Truths about Rasputin KnowledgeNuts: Rasputin Didn't Die Like The Legends Say Douglas Smith: Rasputin: ...
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Karate

Sources and links from this episode: World Martial Arts Center: Meanings of the Belts and Sashes Wikipedia: Black belt (martial arts)
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