Ep. 291: These Moths Can Smell Flowers Using Their Wings + The Oldest Leather Shoe Found, So Far
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Ep. 291: These Moths Can Smell Flowers Using Their Wings + The Oldest Leather Shoe Found, So Far

C1AdvancedSeptember 3, 202632 min
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Hey, welcome back to Well That's Interesting, the sure these may be small but what a surprise addition. Today is episode 291. These moths can smell flowers using their wings and the oldest leather shoe found so

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So far. My friends, it took roughly 6 million years of evolution for our lineage to transform from ape-like ancestors into us modern homos. Homo sapiens, of course.

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That was an extravagant amount of time to create the bodies we have. And if you're a long-time listener of this show, then you know this is an impressive piece of work. When you compare it to the creatures around us, we're kinda fucking boring.

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