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96. Deer Hide: Primitive Chemistry and the Quiet Art of Not Dying
Today’s random object was a toy deer hide from the Powhatan Indian or Frontier set. Four poles, a rectangle of pretend skin, and more ancient chemistry than most folks want to think about before breakfast.
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95. Lucy the Australopithecus aferensis
Today’s random object was the “essence of” an Australopithecus skull, modeled after the famous fossil known as Lucy.
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94. JFK Bust: Legend and Legacy
Today’s random object was a toy bust of John F. Kennedy. While I sketched, we talked about what made Kennedy’s presidency so striking.
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93. Inuit Hunter: What the Inuit Can Teach Us About Living on Mars
Blubber, brown fat, and the real reason Inuit cultures didn’t need warriors. Today’s sketch was an Inuit hunter, and we talked adaptation, fasting, and cooperation in the Arctic.
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92. The Great Pyramids of Giza: True North, Myths, and Pizza Hut
The pyramids weren’t lost, weren’t built by slaves, and aren’t aligned with aliens. They’re aligned with true north and a Pizza Hut.
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91. Big Zombie Energy: How the Undead Took Over the Toy Aisle
Zombies got weird. Then they got funny. Then they got plushies. Today’s sketch from the Random Object Randomogrifier was a Big Zombie. Probably the boss of whatever post-apocalyptic toy set he came from.