Episode

439: No Such Thing As A Finger Fish

2022-08-12 · 4 places on the map · episode transcript

1. Trier UniversityOne-offGermany

   Every cup of mint tea you drink contains the essence of 100 insects. This is part of a study which was done by Trier University in Germany, a guy called Henrik Krehenwinkel. He's an ecological geneticist.

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2. Meteorite IslandOne-offCanada

   In 1894, an explorer found a meteorite on the sensibly named Meteorite Island. He decided to take it home because it was the biggest ever.

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3. American Museum of Natural HistoryRecurringUnited States

   He was at the American Museum of Natural History, and he came across some bones in the ethnographic department, which was his father's skeleton, which Peary had simply sold to the museum as a kind of display piece.

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4. Disco IslandOne-offGreenland

   The most common theory is probably that it was named after a guy called Marmaduke. He was an English explorer and whaler, and it was originally called Ducky's Island, then Ducco's Island, then Dicco's Island, then…

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