Lund University
About Lund University
Lund University is a public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania. The university was officially founded in 1666 on the location of the old studium generale next to Lund Cathedral.
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Scientists at Lund University took some dung beetles to a planetarium and showed them the Milky Way and saw which way they went. Then they covered up the Milky Way and saw they went in different wild directions. When the planetarium turned into Madame Tussauds, presumably they were completely lost.
from No Such Thing As Dung Beetles In Madame Tussauds, 2025-06-26 at 00:10:34 · read transcript
Other times Lund University came up
Here we go. Can I get to the email? This is from Eric. He says the discovery that humans have 46 chromosomes was made at Lund University. Before that for over three decades we thought humans had 48 chromosomes and I guess no one bothered to double check. They add in brackets it's a bit more complicated than no one bothered to double check. But that sounds funnier.
Little Fish: Chromosomes are coming home, 2026-07-12 · listen
Richard Ost, O-S-T-E, which is almost an anagram of oats. He's a Swedish scientist. As well as inventing it, he is a professor at Lund University, where we will be going very soon to be doing our live show. Is he still trading?
No Such Thing As Uncle Egg, 2026-05-21 · listen
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