The deadly nickname of the geography cone

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It also boasts spacious guest opinions, an owner who insists everything has great potential, and a question room that needs some serious renovation, although the corridors are highly appropriate as they are full of dead ends Let's meet the brave buyers who've agreed to take on this mental fixer upper returning to the show from the brain scoop, Emily Grasley He it's me. That's me. Thanks for having me. I'm so excited to be back Let's do it. We're so excited to have you back. How is everything going with with the brain scoop? for it's been a while. We should talk about what the brain scoop is I have a YouTube channel that's the behind the scenes reesearch and science of Natural History Museums, but also I've been branching out to other science facilities, national parks, that kind of thing Science nurderery interterviews, shenanigans, and more. What is the best thing you have seen for that recently My favorite fish fact, My favorite fact in the world has to do with fish. So There are around sixty eight thousand species of vertebrate animals in the world whichich is only five percent of all animal life because there's like three hundred thousand species of beetles. Anyway, half of all vertebrates are fish There's like thirty four thousand species of fish Bost of all, fish live in fresh water So that's like fifteen to eighteen thousand species But as you know, the planet is ninety seven percent saltwater So it's only less than one percent of all available freshwater environments in the world how is half of all fish species That is a good fish fact. I appreciate your fish fact. It's been on my mind So that's what I'm been thinking about. I also unfortunately now have to just throw out a question from later. So just that one away Sorry Good luck with the other questions on the show today. Also joining us rom the depths of Wikipedia, welcome back, Annie Rada. I've emerged. I'm here. I'm so happy to be back. I'm gonna to ask the same question that I always do, which is like Favite Wiipedia thing you've found recently Once again, it's like choosing your favorite child. They're all my favorites. but I don't have a particular item on this list that is my favorite to tell you, but just the whole list of circus disasters is incredible Wow. You seem like a guy that would know probably most of them, but can imagine there might even be some new ones for you. the greatest compliment and insult in the same sense. And I can't be mad I can't be mad because you're right, I probably do Well, joining the two of you today is a brand new player to lateral, Jen the archaeologist. Welcome to the show Hi, thanks for having me. This is your first time here, so you should absolutely plug the YouTube channel, plug everything you do. You are genen the archaeologist. What do you do I post on both TikTok and YouTube primarily on TikTok. I do short form content mainly because I am getting a PhD, so I don't really have time for long form content at the moment. But yeah, I post daily if you like archaeology or history Come check me out Good luck to all three of you on the show today. It's time to step inside and imagine the possibilities withQestion one Thank you to Dave Byrne for this question As a young boy, Leonard was told to keep his eyes closed during a religious ceremony How did this lead to the creation of an emoji One more time. As a young boy, Leonard was told to keep his eyes closed during a religious ceremony. How did this lead to the creation of an emoji I don't know I justust think of like I think of winking. I don't know what that has anything to do with a remote like hang. Yeah like peeking through fingers maybe or See, that feels too obvious for Leonard important. Yeah. Jen, it's not that, but that's starting to move along the right lines. The idea of Leonard being important? The idea of looking through your fingers Leonard doesn't matter. noobody cares about that guy. Oh, Leonard absolutely matters. Okay, I was just kind of joking Everyone matters, by the way Is it Hun or Nimi and is it this? Yes, it is. Yes, Jack. Do do you want to describe what that is for the audience at home So for Star Trek fans, it is the live long and prosper sign. Yes. that is So what is the What is the connection between that in emojis and Leonard Einboy? There is an emoji that is this. There is. there is a Vulcan handand salute emoji. It probably doesn't have that exact title. It probably have something very clinical to describe it. But yes the index and middle finger together and the ring and little finger together. is the Vulcan Salute. And you're right, the Leonard in this question is Leonard Nemooy Let's try and track a little bit more of the process here Where might he have found that gest And this is during a church service. It's during a religious ceremony. Oh because I was thinking like this is the church, this is the steeple but that's a completely different hand symbol All right And then praying is none of another emoji, or is it clapping? That's the question Um I don't know of any religious ceremonies that have this except for Star Trek ones. I mean like if he's holding his hands in front of his face for some reason if he that he would then be able to see through them. But I don't know what ceremony would involve holding your hands in front of your face. I'm not to ask for deep religious knowledge here But we're going gonna ask there's maybe one more connection. You have all said Church teechnically the right term. and Bo. I'm just gonna name terms mosque. Facility. O Time it better be a facility. Religious facility. I'm not Quite sure that's right ural home Churches ose but you've all been in the Christian tradition so far. Oh, was Leonard Nemooy Jewish? Yes. And when he was a child, his grandfather took him to an Orthodox synagogue. Okay. I'm not going to ask for the details and ceremony here because first, no one is going to know it. and second, traditionally worsihipppers close their eyes whileile there is a sacred hand gesture symbolizing a Hebrew letter representing the Almighty. Young Leonard disobeyed and looked And years later, while filming Star Trek, he felt that his character needed a uniquely Vulcan gesture, and he drew from that childhood memory and introduced the Vulcan salute, whichich, like you said, is now an emoji. So this is supposed to be a secret secret. The secret did get revealed at some point, yes Each of our guests brought a question along with them, we will start with Emily So this question was sent in by Robin Robin often learns music backwards. No one around her thinks this is particularly strange or noteworthy Why So Once again Robin often learns music backwards. No one around her thinks this is particularly strange or noteworthy Why Robin has a bunch of awesome hippie friends that don't mind if you live to the beat of your own drum I mean, that might be true, but I don't think that has anything to do with the answer to this question Is Robin a bird? Is Robin a Robin That is no, but that's really Fascinating conclusion. Robin is left handed So she has to learn the music wards on the strings of the guitar and no one else notices unless they're all so left handed That's someomewhat the ambidexturousness has something to do with the answer. Okay. because I assumed when you said it it was going to be like backwards temporarily. as opposed to physically They're they're related in a way So they're not playing the recording of her performance in reverse. They're not doing that. Okay. It's physically backwards M. drums I mean that part direction. Well, that's You're similar Okay, I'm hearing percussion. I'm hearing percussion. The triangle. She plays the triangle I mean, she might, but not in this instance. We don't know what else Robyin does with her time. The Xylophone or something like that? Yeah. Bingo. Oh. Exactly. Okay. Is there is there two people? So it's like one that's Is it one that's like so complicated that you need two people. So one person playing on one side of the cell phone and one person on the other? That I know that those exist. So that could be like a second answer to this, but you're I think you have hit it where there are people on opposite sides of the instrument But like, but why? If it's not to like combine into a single piece That has to completely mess up Ething about learning it. L having the high notes on the la If you're if you're learning it. Well, just switching over. it's like those those wards bikes where you'vedden where the handle bars suddenly go theong way. If you've got it locked in on one side Yeah It's going be really difficult to learn it the other way. But what if you don't have it locked in on one side? What if it's a spinning xylophone? switch every time? You were getting so close and then it' and then it kind of went out. Which axis, Annie? I can picture what you're talking about. It's like if you had somebody in the middle of it and it was like spinning and it had like the scale and then you could be like playing. Rob Swanson in or Ron Swanson in that scene in the office where people come in and he's in a circular desk. Anyway. Wait, Ron Swanson parks and wreck, but that is very I'm actually a. Okay, so what I was imagining was what's her name? Robyin is standing, She's standing by herself But the xylophone is kind of like on a it's like a lazy Susan xylophone. And so sometimes when it's backwards, she plays backwards. Sometimes when it's forwards, she plays forwards. Does this make sense? It's not something that I think should exist for any reason. But that's what I had in my head. I'm following you, but no, that's not the answer. Like I what you're saying. When you said spinning, my axis was that it's actually rotating kind of in front of her like it's on a giant wheel and kind of spinning around like on a steering wheel kind of axis Also, Also probably not. The instrument itself remains stationary. So it's basically reversed Like high notes are on the left, low notes are on the right. And it is a xyop phone to be clear. or something like that. Yes orr that kind of percussion instrument. R?. But why would she be standing on one side of it facing correct side Does she have like some sort of physical difference or disability That is involved Other than being left handed. Well no, maybe she's teaching it. Ohome Be because because we. I said high notes on the left and low notes on the right And then my brain filled in from her perspective? Yes. I was gonna say you could just flip the camera, but that doesn't work either. You have to be on the other side for that to make sense, don't you? Yeah. So te to teach a percussion instrument oftentimes rather than standing side by side, she as the teacher will stand opposite of the student. and so she has had to learn how to play backwards But It's just a standard thing that once you're at the level of percussion playing, it's like p for the course most of those musicians can learn it back way in front ways. Wow. That's amazing. Yeah Good G Robin. Rob Robin Come on the show. Yeah I'm Arch Manning.'madison Sinner, I'mva Yov. I'm Cor More. wantan to train like a Red Bowull athlete? Tell us your fitness goals this summer to enter the Red Bowull Athlete challenge. You'll get to try each of our workouts for a chance to win an ultimate Red Bowl experience. They you have what it takes So good, so good. New summer arrivals are at Nordstrom Rack stores now. Get ready to save big with up to sixty percent off brands like Rag and Bone, Levi's, Adidas, and Free People. Join the Nordy Club to unlock exclusive discounts, shop new arrivals first, and more. Plus, buy online and pick up at your favorite rack store for free Great brands, great prices. That's why you rack Running a small business means I wear lots of hats. When I put on my hiring hat I can count on LinkedIn Hiring Pro to make it easy LinkedIn Hiring Pro helps manage my hiring workflow, puts my job post in front of a unique network of professionals, and matches me with the best candidates for my business I can also share my job with my network. No other job site lets me do that. No wonder most small businesses say they'd use LinkedIn Hiring Pro again. Hire write the first time. Post your job for free on LinkedIn today at linkedIn. com slash quality Thank you to Tame Prefect for this next question BFI Southbank in London is the only cinema in the UK that is allowed to show a certain kind of historic film Why I'll say that again. The BFI South Bank in London is the only cinema in the UK that is allowed to show a certain kind of historic film. Is it because they're the only one who has the technology Like the player Like if it's a really old it's like a just something ancient. but like way way way back. I'm talking about like, you know, when they actually had to cut the film together in the booth because it was still on film reels So is it on like a special O maybe is it What're not like talkies Yeah like remember wooden silent films they would have the organist guy. Or one, maybe. I don't know. I never went to one Also I was you know, I was just kind of joking about the Viajustice because I did those as a kid, so it's not that old. I'm sure there's a hipster cinema somewhere in New York that is still playing with a live organist They're probably right. I live in the greatest city in the world and I haven't even explored it. Some old film types are dangerous and flammable, and I know this because Oh, shoot. Paul Thomas Anderson, he just had that new movie. It was like It was a really long runtime. It was everyone loved it and it's called Shoot, I forot the name of it. There was that recent Paul Thomas Anderson movie where they had a few showings that used a really old historic movie technology and multiple cinemas had a problem where it caught on fire. We are rattling through the questions today, aren't we absolutely right, Annie? Okay. wow I it's bad, I don't remember the name of the this movie, because it just came out. it was a big one. Emily, you would spot on with historic technology I'm trying to identify this not this was not a genre of film, which was well I think where the question was hoping to mislead you. It was in fact about technology. and Annna, you got the technology. Cellulose nitrate film stock is extremely flammable and dangerous. It requires specialist licensing and equipment and training in the UK and the British Film Institute is the only place that has all the permits required. That's cool. I'm to go there. That's a cool Yeah, watching a film with the added threat of mortal peril would really heighten a cinematic experience for me Well, and now I'm so curious about why in the US, it seems like anyone who wants can just play it and cinemas are burning How is there no regulation there Different laws. There's a lot of stuff that the US takes a lot less seriously than the rest of the world. God, bless America. Cellulose nitrate is fifteen times more combustible than the equivalent weight of wood So as fuel goes, it is ideal So pack that if you're gonna, you know, be stranded somewhere. Just bring a bunch of cellulose film as fire starter. Yeah. Perfect. Next time I feel like my plane's gonna go down. Yeah. you're like where can I get some historic film? Like Yeah, I gotta source that AsSAP. I'm going camping instead of dry or l just old film That's actually a good question, Emily like sourcing historic film is more difficult than it might otherwise be Because it's all caught on fire or Because it's all caught on fire, Yes. There have been several cinema fires and warehouse fires over the years. A lot of historic film has gone up in flames how When I worked at a museum, we had a photo archive and I know that there was like really special handling. L they didn't even want to show you some of the film. It's like you would to look at it the wrong way and like ignite it for I don't know. Yeah, the BFI has a cold store And they have to bring the film up to room temperature over twenty four hours to avoid disrupting any of the stuff that's on there The margin of error that must have gone through for them to learn all of this special handling like Yes Jen, we will go to your question please Okay This question has been sent in by Z Vemosi In twenty twenty six, a common method of dating US archaeological sites for the future became five times more expensive How In twenty twenty six, a common method of dating US archaeological sites for the future became five times more expensive. How Like the only thing that or the first thing that comes to mind is like some of those isotope sample thingsings that you need to run processes in the lab sometimes those because of You know, corporate greed, they really increase the fees on Lab materials. But that's not a very L RAM is getting really expensive. Is it RAM related for computers Is it the same chemical that they use to make ram? I'm gonna sit out of this one because I think while I don't know it, I think I've worked it out. so I'm going to leave it to Im any Okay, I would focus on the for the future portion of the question So we really and I know that they talk about like how the difference between the proposed anthropocene and the hollis well, they don't really have They haven't decided exactly, but they're thinking about doing like nukes because that happened kind of recently. What? L I don't know, you know how like once like atom bombs have or once nuclear weapons are used or that it changes a bunch about the fossil record for like carbon dating or yeah, types type like that type of Yeah. that's what I was just kind of thinking. And if I'm totally off, tell me if I'm off. This is not I'm not well, I'm not the archeologist here That's that's probably why the archaeologists got this question. Yeah, probably. How Okaykay, what would make it more expensive if it's not like lab related technology They also have like defunded so much stuff in twenty twenty six. I know. I'm like it It be like you can't get into the national parks as well anymore Or like tariffs Ter. Oh yeah, I didn't even think about that likeike these are all really sad answers. I don't feel like this is really what they were looking for. I feel like it's more science Like process related. I'm pretty sure I've got this and I'm just amazed that the one Britain here is the person who's figured this one out. This is US archaeological sites, right? J Yes. spepecifically US archaeological sites. Only the American ones. Okay. I would think more along the lines of excavation and what an archaeologist might do during an excavation Is it because they defunded a bunch of scientific research Well, they did do that, but that's not We're traumatized. I think that like Annie and I can't come up with another reason. L anything should be possible Um Emily, I think we can do this. I think we can lock in, but maybe not actually. So when you are done with a site, what might you do Preserve it. I have no idea of. I'm just imagining like they put a flag and they say like, we just excavated this. We found it guys. H here we did. hereere we did. Don't touch it stay out. Check markark What would they do To publish, to publish about it? is it because it's more expensive to publish in scientific journals Again, like these are sad answers. I mean, they might be true, but I don't think it's what they're looking for. It's five times more expensive, but still very cheap. If I can pitch in with a clue, Jen a few years ago same price rise happened in Canada. What's something that became cool in Canada and then spread the US? Justin Bieber kind of. I mean It's more that something was discontinued This is how archaeologists are marking the site, right? Yeah. Is it chalk? Is it some kind of like Like in Japan, where you guys know about that special chalk that all these mathematicians like hoard because it was a special formula. It like smoother or something. Yeah. Yeah. but it's not buying it up Be like the parent company was retired Anyway, no, if it's not that, h It's not a Japanese chalk, what could it be Oh So what information would you want to pass on to future archaeologists about a unit you just excavated What you found there who you are When you were there, Mh hm When you were there Stick with that. Okay, so how did we say when we were there I would write a note and I would say, Hey, I was here on this day I'm like, are time capsules is thefy of time capsules in the ground? You're so because Is it because of like precious metals? It's are Climate change. Stick with time U Now we're just kind of kind of saying like cute like we're saying buzzwords that get people angry What's something that has a year written on it? A dollar bill? A penny M Penny A penny. A penny.y you mark it with pennies And what has happened to the penny? It's going away. they discontinued it and they didn't announce any solution for replacing the situation for. Yeah. So why would it be five times more expensive if pennies are discontinued 'Cause you do it with Nickels. Oh I wasn't thinking like that at all. Yeah either. I've never actually done this in an archaeology unit, but I have heard of this. So when back filling in a unit, typically we put something in the unit to mark that we have excavated there. And some archaeologists will put a coin and the cheapest is, of course, a penny, so that's one you can easily throw away into this unit But since the penny is gone, now people will use the next highest coin, which is a nickel. So technically five times more expensive I mean that I just didn't know that was a cool thing that archaeologists did. I feel like I I'm Now I'm part of the cool kid club I'm so excited. I'm going to be leaving pennies everywhere so that people know peopleople can know what year I was there. Yeah Coins are actually one of the most precise forms of absolute dating that we can do because we know that if we find a coin with a year on it, we know that that site can't date to before that time. That's pretty cool. Thank you to Chelsea Jay for this question Tim was away, a delivery company dumped seven pizzas over his backyard fence, making a racket as they did so Tim was very thankful for this Why I say that again. When Tim was away, a delivery company dumped seven pizzas over his backyard fence, making a racket as they did so Tim was very thankful for this I feel like I know the answer to this. All right. So I'm not gonna say anything. Annie and Jen, it's on you Was he getting robbed And like he wanted someone to like make noise like someone was there. So we called the delivery man So I was completely off. I just my only association, when people talk about that many pizzas I think my very elegant mother just brought us nine pizzas. D you know like the planet? the planet Okay. So that's not that has nothing to do with it I just I was just in my head I was like, I'm just get the ball rolling Jen had a ball that was actually seems like it was rolling toward the goal already If you think you're being robbed and you could call someone and not the police, I guess, for whatever reason. if you don't trust the police, you might call the pizza man. You are right that the delivery company was the pizza delivery Okay Yeah, I was imagining that he had a ring camera or something I don't have one of those. but I imagine that you can see when you're getting robbed Now he wasn't getting robbed But he wanted to make a bunch of noise Yes, ye that he didn't have an alarm clock And he needed to wake up whereere they like animals Like if a dog or an animal was getting into his house or something U I keep thinking vaguely along those lines, Jen. Yes. Okay there He wants the bear to get out of his house and eat the pizzas that are being thrown over the fence into a backyard I know. I know I feel like I know what this is. That I want to say, but I'm not gonna to say it. That's okay. I think you got this one early, Emily. Like a raccoon or Seven pizzas. What might Bear in mind Tims away Just a bunch of raccoons, seven raccoons One pizza for each day of the week? Yes This was over seven days. This was one pizza per day for seven days and Can you make a racket as you throw it over the back fence? He forgot to feed his dog or something like that. Jen, you are very close Okay Very, very close. He forgot to feed his I mean, name an animal. Name an animal that you can throw an entire box pizza at and it'll probably be okay. A raccoon go Pgg Pig, Yes. Stopped on. was I was going to say raccoon. My thought was but the fence would be the dumpster and the pizzas were from the delivery man and it was the garbage man who delivered seven pizzas into the dumpster. That was what I was gonna to say No, in this case, this was someone online explaining that they were suddenly called away and couldn't find a pet sitter for their pot bellied pig Okay My very elegant man just served us Nine pizzas Close enough. Yeah,. The owner placed one order per day for seven days using doorash addding the instruction, and I'm going to quote this directly Please yeat it over the backyard fence and make some noise U he texts back and forth with the drivers and by the time that Tim returned, the pizzas and their boxes We're gone And the pig had gained a little white Okay What kind of pizza did the pig li do not know But I want I want what I. You'd hope not Ham Yes, Yes, you would hope not Ham. Thats that's fair Your package says deelliver but delivered where exactly The hallway, the lobby, your neighbor's apartment? Instead of playing detective with your deliveries, get a mailbox at the UPS store. We'll sign for your packages. teext you when they arrive. And keep your deliveries low key. Under loocking key, get three months free mailbox services with a new annual agreement at the UPS store For full details and to get your coupon Visit the UPSstore d. com slash offer Hey, I just Venmoed you for rent. Nice. Now I can instantly spend it whether I'm checking out online with Venmo or using a Venmo debit card. Say more. More exactly? Because the more you do with Veno, the more you get, likeike earning up to five percent cash back with Venmo stash on a bundle of brands. So, order more pizza? The math demands it. Get the Venmo debit card Fimmo stash bundle terms and exclusions apply. See terms of Vemmo. me slash dash terms. Vmo check out notot available with all merchants. VemMo master card issued by the Bancor Bank NA Annie, let's go to your question please This question has been sent in by Andrew. When novelist Emily Staint John Mandel got divorced in twenty twenty two, She found that she couldn't properly move on with her life without the help of Slate Why 'ber teat When novelist Emily Stt John Mandel got divorced in twenty twenty two She found that she couldn't properly move on with her life without the help of Slate Why? I can't belie even have to sit down to the second one. Sorry Ive saw the news outicld Do it have to do with slate as like a building material. I have a slate roof on my house and it is a pain in the butt But I could let that go Yeah if my husband croaked, I probably wouldn't need to take the roof with me This is a different type of slate I was gonna ask if it was the difference between like slate the physical rock or slate like isn't there like a news outlet called Slate? or something like that There's that Okay, is it that? This is the news outlet Okay was her husband an owner and she needed to leave with the intellectual property? No.. What is it with me and like the most bureaucratic answers to this questions? Did she write a news article about the divorce or something Did she write his obituary It's not dead, just write is obituary anyway Oh, did she need a did she write an for an advice column? Does she write a question for the person who answers When you wride in and you're like, dear, Whatever, I my daughter, my adult daughter won't talk to me anymore I see that article pop up all the time on my Facebook Did he like slander her and then she needed Slate to clear her name or something There was no slander So it has to do with the news article. D she Does she know a journalist at Sate that she started dating and moved on because she found new love In media As a writer to writer Yeah. so maybe she wrote an article. K talking about why any of this would be required for her to truly move on with her life Sometimes people just need to talal it out. Oh goh You tell me. Yeahah, ever like write an op ed about it or advertise for a New thing ad thing I'm going to give you a clue Other publications could theoretically have helped her too Think in what way might a divorced person want to move on, especially if she was a public figure? like respond to some kind of controversy. W was she did this have to do with the cold play incident . The um The people that were cheating on their spouses. Yeah. Yeah and she's telling her side the story or something like that. Yeah. I've not heard that described as the coldpl incident before. Like there needs to be a list of bands with incidents named after them. There's the coldplay ones today Dave Matthews Band tour bus. I'm sure there's others I'm sure there's aikipedia article about it. Yeah bands with. that are the namesakes of incidents that don't really have that much to do with them Um It a tour bus thing, that was fun Okay, why would they need a news if it's not to like clear your name or advertise something like a book or a review. Clear her name is interesting because she doesn't need to clear her name, but she does have to do something Tell her side of the story or something There's okay She was finding it surprisingly hard to update her status via one organization in particular. Oh Is this a Wikipedia thing where it's like she needed to cite something to edit Wikipedia on the fact that she is divorced now? Yes. Wikipedia was asking for a credible source that she was divorced I have some thoughts to add on this Yes.. So when this happened, it was this was twenty twenty two. So I've been involved in Wikipedia for, I don't know, maybe six or seven years. So I was very much like watching all this happen. and I think if she had said, Hey, I'm Emily Stain. John Mandel, there's an email that you can email if you want. You can also go on the talk page. And if you say, this is a personal detail that isn't really a controversial thing, I can provide evidence You don't always have to go to slate. You should be able to like say the situation and they'll trust you. But I think she was being anonymous as many Wikipedia editors are. And so they were like, well, how do we know you're being legit You need to have a source But if you are listening to this and you like, I don't know, if the name of one of your kids is wrong or some other like central personal detail that you want removed or changed, you can email You can email Wikipedia editors or fzzing on the talk page, and you don't have to go to slate, but You can, that's another way to do it. Oh Maybe this explanation isn't helpful. Maybe it is, I don't No, I mean, I had no idea because people ask me all the time. they're like, who who edits your Wikipedia page do you? And I'm like, one, that's weird too. I have no I don't know. I don't know I can change and I'll tell you if they're my friends Emily Staint John Mandel, the author of novels such as Station eleven, that's a really good one, was previously married to writer Kevin Mandel When the divorce in twenty twenty two, Mandel found she couldn't simply edit her own Wikipedia page. Wikipedia's rules require that personal information about living people be supported by reliable, published secondary sources. And as I said, there is this tiny caveat, which is like if you're like, this is a big deal for my life, I need to move, then sometimes people will listen to you and self edits are discouraged, especially from the subject That's true. To solve the problem, she gave an interview to slate. com entitled, it's a very funny interview, a totally normal interview with author Emily Stain.t John Mandel. which spelled out her divorce and new relationship in blunt language. Emily married Laura Barasani in twenty twenty five There were some very quick solves in this episode. so we have unlocked the shiny bonus question. Thank you to see Jam Mina for sending this one in Dylan has a brother Ashley has a sister As a result All those children are more likely to be employed in the U.S in their competitive industry specific benefit do they offer to their employer? I'll say that again. Dylan has a brother and Ashley has a sister As a result, all those children are more likely to be employed in the US in their competitive industry What specific benefit do they offer to their employer I was going to say, I think I know this one too Just shut me out. I guess what I'm going to say is like, If you need a, you know, a kidney, if this is a job that really messes up your kidneys and you're like going to need a kidney donor offtten family members are good donors. I was also thinking like medical testing, like if because I know like twins and stuff are really great for medical testing because you can give one something and not the other and if they're identical twins, but these are not identical because Okay. are identical twins. Okay. Yes, they are identical twins. So that would be good for medical testing because there's one that is, you know, if they're identical, then the DNA is the same. so hypothetically, if you test something on one, the other should be You know, a good control. I'm not sure you can employ children to do that though. Oh, and they're kids. And Dylan has a sister? Dylan has a brother. Ashley has a sister. They're child actresses Child actors. Yes they are. Emily, did you have that one? Yeah, I was gonna say that are models. Dylan just got it. It's Cs twins. And Ashley? H Oh M Kate and. M Kate The Olson twwins. Yes, absolutely. So why is that important for their industry? You can only work so many hours during when you're a child as a minor. Those darned politicians screwed up my business where I was hiring kids to work twelve hours a day in the factories It's tough out here for robber variants like me. Now they just volunteer. They're just volunteers. 's roblocks, I think you've described there. Due to labor laws, children can only be on set for a limited number of hours per day. so for roles featuring young children, it is common to switch in an identical twin so the studio can continue shooting for longer. Which means there is one question remaining. From the start of the show, thank you to Van Thompson for sending this in. How did a sea creature call the Geography code? Get the nickname the cigarette snail Anyone want to take a guess at that Okay, so the first thing that came to mind is that there are a number of organisms that will live This is so inappropriate that we'll live in the butt of certain sea snails and slugs. And I'm there sometimes people just need a cigarette after Oh wow. Okay. Yeah, seeee where you are going that See where you' going? I'm gonna get to diver us very quickly away from that one S doesn't have anything to do with it. But I appreciate the lateral thinking. That's good, That's good. But the fit there are fish that live inah Yeah, butts. Is does it like secrete nicotine secrette something that actually secretes not the right word. So no But But in terms of substances, there's certainly a substance involved here. Is it like the ink that they shoot out or something that looks like smoke. so it's like they're smoking or something That seems very plausible to me. Jen, you kind of have been the goat of l Unfortunately in this case, it does not resemble a cigarette in any way, not the cigarette itself, not the smoke So is it something like cigarette adjacent like camel or something like that? I would keep going on some geography cone Yeah Should we talk about geography cone? It It's a cone' snail. A cone snail. Okay. So those are like the really poisonous ones though. Venomous ones. Venomous ones.. Yes, they are Yes Does it cause lung cancer? It causes something respiratory failure or something. It is highly venomous. Well, it's I know they're highly like they will kill you if you get Stung by willies. Yeah o. Certainly before modern medical treatment So like you have long enough for one last cigarette Is that You have long enough for one last cigarette. Absolutely right. Oh my gosh, new thing to be grateful for today. At least I didn't get bit stung infected St Sting, Stinges I'm so glad I haven't been No matter how d bad your day is going at least you didn't get stung by a Geography cone recently. At least you didn't get stun by the geography cone Thank you very much to all our players for running their gauntlet of surprisingly dark questions today. Where can people find you? What's going on in your lives? We will start with Jen Hi, I am Jen the archaeologist on both TikTok and YouTube I primarily post on TikTok, but I also post the videos on YouTube as well. I do short form just because grad school iss hard. so Find me there Annie. I am devs of Wikipedia online on most social media sites Instagram, TikTok, Blue skky, Twitter, YouTube maybe. I'm going write my book will be out at some point. Don't really know when and And that's me. And Annie RA you, if you just want to see what I'm thinking about, which is not always Wikipedia, believe it or not. And Emily. Hi, you can find me on my YouTube channel YouTube. com slash the brain sccoop. I am also on Instagram posting shenanigans and short form content at E Grassley G R A S L I E. That's me. And if you want to know more about this show, you can do that at lateralcast. com where you can also send in your own ideas for questions and join the Lateral prodroducers Club. We are at Lateralcast basically everywhere and there are full video episodes every week on Spotify. Thank you very much to Emily Grassley Thanks so much for having me. Annie Roder. Thank you. I'm Jen the archaeologist. Thanks for having me. I've been Tom Scott and that's been Lateral