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Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers
Rachel Collins: Microbiologist
Season 2010
Episode 49
Rachel Collins is a microbiologist who studies the effectiveness of various antibiotics. She also loves horror movies and black metal music, and she is, in fact, a professional wrestler known as "MsChif." Rachel's wrestling tagline is that she is "your soul's tormenter," and some of her most popular moves include "the Desecrator" and "Obliteration."
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