Ep. 280: Hummingbirds Drink The Alcohol Equivalent Of A Beer A Day + An Ancient Snake Was Discovered In A Drawer, And It’s Officially ‘Weird’
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Ep. 280: Hummingbirds Drink The Alcohol Equivalent Of A Beer A Day + An Ancient Snake Was Discovered In A Drawer, And It’s Officially ‘Weird’

C1AdvancedMay 28, 202633 min

Grab your favorite beverage. We’re about to dive into the Fast And Furious lives of teeny birds and a very dead snake that’s actually a missing link. — Support and sponsor this show! Venmo Tip Jar: @wellthatsinteresting Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@wellthatsinterestingpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky: @wtipod Threads: @wellthatsinterestingpod Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@wti_pod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Listen on YouTube!! Oh, BTW. You're interesting. Email YOUR facts, stories, experiences... Nothing is too big or too small. I'll read it on the show: [email protected] WTI is a part of the Airwave Media podcast network! Visit AirwaveMedia.com to listen and subscribe to other incredible shows. Want to advertise your glorious produc

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Hey, welcome back to Well That's Interesting. The Wow I'm So Glad They Looked Inside These Things Edition. Today is episode 280. Hummingbirds drink the alcohol equivalent of a beer each day, and an ancient snake was

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discovered in a drawer, and it's officially weird. My friends, what a day is today. We reach the luxurious ample episode number of 280 and I can't think of a better way to celebrate than not with one, but two discoveries that contain a genuine surprise in their creamy

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middles. But, before we get into teeny birds hitting the booze and a snake that doesn't make any goddamn sense, I want to take a moment and say thank you. Thanks to you tuning in every week, rating, subscribing, following, dropping a comment

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