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Oh my, Listeners. It's been a hot minute. Between some audio equipment failings, Ellie's Big Move and the school year hitting full speed we're, well, a bit behind to say the least. On this week's episode, Ellie discusses the creepy and mysterious Roop Kund and tries to offer some explanation for all those bones. Abby, meanwhile, talks about an old fashioned cure for rabies.

CW: Bones, decay, rabies, animal deaths.

We're Drinking: The Everest & A Fall Mule

Ellie's Sources: Roopkund, the Frozen Mystery, India Today, Encyclopedia Britannica, Times of India, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, the Atlantic, NatGeo, Business Insider, Nature Communications, the New Yorker

Abby's Sources: Wikipedia, Atlas Obscura

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On this episode, Ellie takes us to her Chemistry class to learn about isotopes and radioactive "cures" for illness throughout the years. Then, Abby talks about an...interesting experiment on a poor innocent baby by some mad man who (incorrectly) assumed that babies were amphibious and couldn't drown. Oh, you have follow up questions? Listen and find out what we're talking about!

CW: Ellie: Medical trauma, illness, death, decay
Abby: Animal cruelty, child abuse

We're Drinking:
Abby: Gin and juice
Ellie: Water (she wasn't feeling well in this one, folks! Poor thing!)

Sources:
Ellie: CDC, EPA, JAMA Dermatology, WSJ, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, the BBC, WaPo

Abby:
The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine by Thomas Morris


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On this episode, Ellie discusses the pair of Tsavo Lions who ate "very few humans" (very few is in the eye of the beholder, we suppose!) as well as their post mortem fate. Once again, the real fear is colonialism here on QFF. We know what we're about. Then, Abby discusses one of her favorite summer fruits, the watermelon. She discusses some true history, stereotypes associated with watermelons and some folklore surrounding them. Tangents include but are not limited to: Kovu from Lion King 2, Abby's staunch opinion on eggs, the perfect fruit salad, and many more.

We're drinking...
Abby's Segment: Watermelon Spike Agua Fresca with a Tajin rim
Ellie's Segment:

Content Warnings for this episode:
Ellie's segment: Humans eaten by lions, humans killing lions, colonialism, and racism.
Abby's Segment: poison, accidental deaths, and racism

Sources:
Ellie's Segment: Field Museum, Atlas Obscura, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, UC Santa Cruz, Smithsonian Magazine, Wikipedia (for a recap of the book), AAAS
Abby's Segment: How Watermelons became a Racist Trope by: William R. Black in The Atlantic, Wikipedia entry on watermelons, NPR, Bradford Watermelons, Today

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