Turn and Face the Strange: Exploding Beetles & Breakroom Microwaves - Science Oddities, Part 2

Nonsense with cj little and Jeff Parker · Oct 28, 2026 · 45m

(0:00) Open: Baiting the Bowie Estate

(2:28) The Dancing Plague of 1518: Curing "Hot Blood" with a State-Funded Rave

(10:58) The Bombardier Beetle: Evolution's Walking Chemical Cannon

(14:54) The Mystery of the Perytons: Deep Space Signals or Breakroom Microwave?

(23:34) Sahara Desert Ants: Sky Compasses, Brain Pedometers, and Pig-Hair Stilts

(28:20) Tardigrades on the Moon: Secret Payloads and Water Bear Bullet Tests

(34:54) Tetrachromacy: The 100-Million-Color Crayon Box

(39:02) cj's recommendation: Puppet History - "The Dancing Plague" (YouTube)

(40:53) Jeff's Recommendation: Mimic (1997…