The bodily function so universal, there's a kids book all about how everybody does it! But... is that kids book a lie?! Find out the answer to that and way more in this very overdue episode of Tangents!

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[Trivia Question]

Penguin poop distance traveled

https://iposeogsekk.com/penguano.pdf

https://improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig...

[Fact Off]

AI listening to sounds of poop/diarrhea/fart

https://www.newscientist.com/article/...

https://www.inverse.com/innovation/fa...

Dagger made of frozen poop debunked (or, at the very least, not effective in lab conditions)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

https://nautil.us/the-problem-with-th...

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/...

[Ask the Science Couch]

Period poops (progesterone/estrogen & prostaglandins)

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health...

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3297513/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/wh...