1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,840 Speaker 1: Guess what, Mango, what's that will? Now? I know all 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,280 Speaker 1: our lives are so fast paced, and I think it's 3 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: important on this show to take time to truly appreciate 4 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:11,080 Speaker 1: those remarkable days, Like earlier in the year, we took 5 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 1: that vacation day for the eclipse, because it's just so 6 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:16,479 Speaker 1: rare that the universe lines up in a way to 7 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 1: get that experience of a total solar eclipse like that. Yes, 8 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:22,599 Speaker 1: I remember thinking like, is this hype really going to 9 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 1: be worth it? And and then we went and I 10 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: couldn't stop talking about the clips for weeks, right, and 11 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: this weekend, the planets are aligning in such a way 12 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 1: that there are five massive events all coming together in 13 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: one weekend, one weekend, Mango, And I'm not sure why 14 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:39,880 Speaker 1: they aren't getting more media coverage. So, I mean, I 15 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,480 Speaker 1: can think of a couple of what what are these events? Well, 16 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:46,959 Speaker 1: Sunday is Easter and it's also April Fools Day, huh, 17 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: And I mean I do feel like those are pretty 18 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 1: well documented days, like people seem to know how to 19 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 1: celebrate those. Well, that's true, but they don't always fall 20 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: on the same day. Also, they're overshadowing some other huge 21 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: events like Mark thirty one is National Bunsen Burner Day, 22 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 1: and it's also National Clams on a half Shell Day. Okay, well, 23 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: I feel like you're stretching here. Well, well there's one more. 24 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:12,399 Speaker 1: It's our one year anniversary here at How Stuff Works. 25 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 1: And today's super bonus episode is not only a quick 26 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 1: thank you, but also some tips on how to celebrate 27 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 1: this momentous weekend. Let's dive in. Hey there, podcast listeners, 28 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 1: welcome to a super short bonus episode of Part Time Genius. 29 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 1: I'm Will Pearson and as always I'm joined by my 30 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 1: good friend Manguesh Ticketer, and sitting behind that soundproof booth 31 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: is not Tristan. So Tristan was so emotional about this weekend, 32 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: in this confluence of five major holidays, that he decided 33 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: to go visit a grandmother. I actually saw I'm packing 34 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 1: like a couple of Bunsen burners and a bag of clams, 35 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 1: and I was wondering what he was doing. And it 36 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,640 Speaker 1: all makes sense now, it really does. But we have 37 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:12,679 Speaker 1: the wonderful Ramsey behind the sound proof booth, so we'll 38 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: get started now. So, Manga, what I want to do 39 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 1: is celebrate these five massive holidays all occurring on one 40 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: weekend by giving listeners one special fact to remember as 41 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: they celebrate each event. How does that sound? That sounds 42 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: pretty great? All right? So why don't we go with 43 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: national Bunsen Burner Dave first? And it falls on March 44 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: thirty one. Now I didn't know much about the German 45 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 1: scientists Robert Wilhelm Eberhart von Bunsen. Is that not the 46 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,519 Speaker 1: greatest name? It is? We should totally do a full 47 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 1: episode on this guy because he sounds amazing. And there's 48 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 1: a collection of weird stories about him called Bunsen Anya, 49 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:47,080 Speaker 1: which will have to read and talk about. Now. The 50 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 1: reason we remember Bunsen is of course for his Bunsen burner, 51 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: which was invented in eighteen fifty five, and he refused 52 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: to patent it because he wanted to help humanity. But 53 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: Bunsen also discovered the antidote to arsenic poisoning? Did you 54 00:02:59,919 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: know of us? And I didn't realize that I didn't 55 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: either until reading up on it for this and his 56 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 1: cure is still one we used today. Plus and this 57 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 1: is maybe my favorite thing. He loved to teach, so 58 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: he taught intro classes that his colleagues refused to because 59 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: he wanted kids to fall in love with science. So 60 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:18,679 Speaker 1: an overall good guy. But how do you think we 61 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:20,919 Speaker 1: should celebrate him? Well, I mean, I was going to 62 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: suggest everyone go out by a Bunsen burner and then 63 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: like blast year speakers and wave it like you're waving 64 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: a lighter at a concert. But that seems like a 65 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: terrible idea. It sounded a little dangerous, So I think 66 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: instead we should all watch a Muppets clip in his memory. 67 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: And that's because the character of Bunsen Honeydew is named 68 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 1: for Dr Bunson, and if you'll remember, Honeydew is also 69 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: a famous inventor in his own right. According to muppet Wiki, 70 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: his inventions include quote a guerrilla detector, exploding clothes, edible 71 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: paper clips, a banana sharpener, and a machine that can 72 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: turn gold into cottage cheese. All incredibly useful inventions. Oh man, 73 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 1: and another reference to muppet wiki, I love that we 74 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 1: do that on the show. So all right, well we 75 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: should all take two minutes to watch a Bunsen and 76 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: Beaker Muppets sketch. Alright, So onto the second big holiday 77 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 1: on the list, And this one is celebrated by almost 78 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 1: no one I know, but it should be. Yeah, I 79 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: mean it's kind of the ringo star of this All 80 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 1: Star weekend. That's right. Well, it's National Clams on a 81 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 1: Half Shell Day, and the holiday has some murky origins, 82 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 1: but it was partially based on the fact that clams 83 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 1: casino were invented a hundred and one years ago this 84 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: year in Rhode Island. I mean, I like seafood, but 85 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: I've never loved clams for some reason. But I actually 86 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 1: really loved the phrase clams casino, Like I almost want 87 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 1: them to sell it in a toy aisle between like 88 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:43,719 Speaker 1: ant farms and sea monkeys, where I guess like kids 89 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: can learn about bivolves by hangout at a clams casino. 90 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 1: It may be the least exciting casino on So if 91 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: you're not going to celebrate National Clams on a Half 92 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 1: Shell Day and proper fashion, you know, by eating a 93 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 1: bucket of them, how do you plan to celebrate this 94 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 1: fine day? Mango? Mostly by telling everyone my favorite clam 95 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:03,919 Speaker 1: fact in the world, and that's that scientists have tried 96 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 1: putting clams on prozach I feel like maybe this is 97 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:10,360 Speaker 1: one of those dumb experiments where scientists are just trying 98 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 1: to make a pawn like the whole seeing if jellyfish 99 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 1: will eat peanut butter to make peanut butter and jellyfish, 100 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 1: and and then just trying to see what that, you know, 101 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:20,279 Speaker 1: happy as a clam really means. So, so what is 102 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:22,840 Speaker 1: this all about? It's actually that's what I thought too, Like, 103 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: isn't it just kind of a curious way to see 104 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 1: if clams on antidepressants would be happy? But uh, actually 105 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 1: prozac has a surprising effect on claims. It's kind of 106 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: like dimming the lights and playing very white for them 107 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 1: because they just start mating like crazy on it. I 108 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 1: love that they even thought to try this. But but 109 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 1: that's a good way to celebrate. So we've covered the 110 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:45,920 Speaker 1: two biggies. We got Bunsen burner Day and clams on 111 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:48,119 Speaker 1: a half shell Day. So I feel much better knowing 112 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:50,359 Speaker 1: we've put those facts out in the world. So we 113 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,719 Speaker 1: should probably do Easter. Of course, most people know about 114 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 1: all the origins of Easter, and while we could go 115 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,719 Speaker 1: on a tangent about Jesus or bunnies or paganism or 116 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:01,720 Speaker 1: spring or ideas or rebirth, I actually want to talk 117 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: about my favorite non traditional way to celebrate Easter. And 118 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 1: that's by trying to destroy a peep. So I can't 119 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 1: stand the taste of peeps either. In addition to claims, 120 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 1: but ever since our friend Michael used to like hide 121 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 1: them in our rooms in college, I guess his mom 122 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: used to like send him a ton of them and 123 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:21,280 Speaker 1: then he didn't know what to do with them, so 124 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: you just like sneak into all our friends rooms and 125 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 1: hide them in places. But I remember getting into bed 126 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 1: once and just finding one staring at me from the 127 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 1: bed posts, or like sitting on my bookshelf to study 128 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 1: and and finding like little pieces all over the place. 129 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 1: But uh, I actually had no real connection to those 130 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 1: candies until then, and now when I see them, they 131 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:42,839 Speaker 1: just make me irrationally happy. I'm the same way, and 132 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: I love it. The idea of like our kids asking 133 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 1: us one day about our crazy college days and like 134 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:49,799 Speaker 1: what crazy things did you do, and you're like, well, 135 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 1: we had to go fund peeps in our dorm room 136 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,599 Speaker 1: or whatever. But actually I do remember our friend Adam 137 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 1: once brought a girl over and he was desperately trying 138 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,919 Speaker 1: to impress her, and everywhere she's set, like on the 139 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 1: bed or on a chair or wherever she seemed to 140 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 1: either step on or squish a peep. Hence she was 141 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 1: totally not impressed for some reason. I have no I 142 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 1: don't either, But you know what, there are a lot 143 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: of great facts about peeps. The original peeps were hand 144 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 1: shaped by candy makers and actually had wings. You know 145 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: that the town of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where the Peeps factory is, 146 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 1: it actually drops a giant peep for the New Year, 147 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 1: you know, kind of like they dropped the ball in 148 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: Manhattan and everything. And they're actually over one and a 149 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 1: half billion of these candies consumed every spring. I don't 150 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 1: know who's actually eating these things, because that just is insane. 151 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 1: I'm with you, I don't love them, but I do 152 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 1: love that fact. But actually, my favorite fact is that 153 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:45,239 Speaker 1: in n two scientists at Emery had heard that peeps 154 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: were indestructible, so they decided to test the theory. They 155 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 1: microwave peeps, they boiled peeps, they put them in acid, 156 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 1: tone even in sulfuric acid, and the peeps survived all 157 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 1: of those things. It's just unbelievable. And then they have 158 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 1: apparently put them in phenal, which finally destructed these incredible things. 159 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 1: It melted the peeps down everything except the eyes, of course. 160 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 1: I mean this idea of just seeing like a peeps 161 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 1: puddle and a pair of eyes during back at You 162 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 1: is so creepy O kidding, But in honor of that experiment, 163 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 1: I think everyone should take a peep and try to 164 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 1: destroy it, use a hammer, a microwave, whatever tools you've got, 165 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 1: and when all else fails, just eat it. Well I'm 166 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:31,239 Speaker 1: for that. So this year, Easter also falls on April 167 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 1: Fool's Day, which we mentioned earlier, and that's strange. I 168 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:36,959 Speaker 1: actually can't remember that happening in a while though, I mean, 169 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 1: I guess it must have. But how do you think 170 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 1: we should celebrate this one? Well? Maybe by not being 171 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:45,199 Speaker 1: totally skeptical of everything your friends tell you. So there 172 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: are a bunch of things that have happened on April 173 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 1: fools Day and years past that people haven't believed. The 174 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: great comedian Mitch Hedberg passed away on that day and 175 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:57,199 Speaker 1: it wasn't taken seriously. Also, Nintendo and Sega decided to 176 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 1: launch a joint sonic, the Hedgehog and Mario game. Of 177 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 1: course that seemed like a joke to most people. But 178 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:05,680 Speaker 1: my favorite one of these incidents that actually wasn't a prank, 179 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: and this obviously has gotten some attention over the years, 180 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,360 Speaker 1: but in two thousand seven, Google sent out a notice 181 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:13,839 Speaker 1: to its employees that a python was on the loose 182 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 1: in the building. This was in their New York City office, 183 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 1: but apparently an engineer kept his ball python Kaiser around 184 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:24,319 Speaker 1: for fun and inspiration. I don't know why, and Kaiser 185 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 1: decided he needed to get some fresh air, so he 186 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:29,280 Speaker 1: took a tour of the offices. And this happened on 187 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 1: April Fools that I really can't imagine, Like if I 188 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 1: was just roaming the halls of Google and I saw 189 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: a python wandering around, I'd be so terrified, like even 190 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:40,560 Speaker 1: too terrified to make like any coding and python jokes, 191 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 1: No kidding, So anyway, So that's our advice to you 192 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 1: this momentous holiday weekend. Watch the Muppets, share a clam fact, 193 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:51,200 Speaker 1: destroy a peep, and maybe trust your friends if if 194 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:54,439 Speaker 1: they tell you something outrageous, because it might just be true. 195 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:57,440 Speaker 1: And one last thing, that's right, we forgot to tell 196 00:09:57,480 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 1: them how to celebrate our one year anniversary at Part 197 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:02,079 Speaker 1: Time Junior. That's right. So if you like the show, 198 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 1: tell a friend about it. Or write a review on 199 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 1: iTunes to help us get the word out. 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