Episode notes
What exactly are cosmic rays and how do they affect us? Why do humans have so many different eye colors? And why does everyone hate the triangle so much?
Images we talk about:
– The Angel Battle of the Bands
– The Triangle in the Painting
We also learn about: pions and tiny particles with delightful names, see the rave of space, OMG particle or the What What What particle, galactic cosmic rays, anomalous cosmic rays, shower of particles, lighting a lightbulb in space, highschool physics, auroral lights, lightning scientists, speedrunning glitches, DOTA_Teabag’s single event upset, airplane failure, voter fraud, red eyes, albinism, squirrels with big ol’ baby blues, America vs the rest of the world, purple eyes, epithelium, collagen, melanin, the tingle effect, ella’s piercing blue eyes, Tom’s calming brown eyes, turn your eyes blue by drinking ocean water, climate, eye colour is a new adaptation, get that paternity test guys, everyone hates the triangle, triangle historian debate, angel music battle, Garden of Earthly Delights Where’s Waldo? the triangle belongs in hell, mmm this triangle sure sounds good, the sneaky triangle concerto, you can fill violin with 1,000 baked beans! Braham’s triangle drop, creole and brazilian folk triangle music I’m not like other girls I like the triangle, find the triangles in the world.
Sources:
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Make your own Cosmic Ray Detector
Clive Saunders’ Cosmic Ray Lightning Theory
DOTA_Teabag’s Super Mario Speed Run
Flight Report for Cosmic Ray Incident
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American Association of Opthamology on Eye Colors
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TV Tropes “Triangles are the Worst Instrument”
James Blades’ Encyclopedia Entry on the Triangle
Mark Berry’s “From Angels to Orchestra” pt 1
Mark Berry’s “From Angels to Orchestra” pt 2
The Percussion Encyclopedia with 5 Paragraphs on the Triangle
Liza Young’s Bosch Instrument Analysis
Brahm’s Symphony No.4 in E minor
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