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015 = Getting Plucky and Feeling Lucky
This month Matt and Bec are problem-solving thusly:
Can you cast shadow puppets on the Moon?
Why do champion cyclists wear such short shorts?
Is there such a thing as a lucky person?
Here's a useful graphic of how the Moon orbits Earth https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/from-a-million-miles-away-nasa-camera-shows-moon-crossing-face-of-earth
And this is the article referenced by Bec in the show about body hair: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/02/the-casualties-of-womens-war-on-body-hair/514983/
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