SCOUT· 65%1h 47m·2026-05-30·ScienceThe Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026
I Learned Today: How Toilets Flush; News Items: Autism Clinics, Errors in Climate Change Database, Weekly Exercise, Why Birds Fear Women, Latest Ebola Outbreak; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
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