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What Can You Learn From Ancient Poop?
Season 1
Episode 20
Fossilized poop, called coprolites, can reveal surprising secrets about the past.
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What makes cheese so delicious? It's the bacteria, fungi, mites, and maggots living in it.
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Right now, there are tiny mites eating, laying eggs, dying, and leaking feces on your face
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