No Such Thing As An Emotional Support Wig
Summary
The hosts discuss the BepiColombo mission to Mercury, highlighting its hand-knitted thermal blanket and complex gravitational slingshot trajectory. They explore the etymology of "boffin," celebrate female scientists like Dorothy Hodgkin and Margaret Thatcher, and note the scarcity of body parts named after women. The episode concludes with Ethiopian folklore about Queen Farah, theories on male pattern baldness, and Gollum’s profane MTV award acceptance speech.
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