Don't Pee on Your Leg (and other scientific misconceptions)

Camden and Margaret discuss whether vampire bats actually suck blood and whether antibacterial soap is better for you than regular soap.

Camden and Margaret discuss if asteroids really look like cratered potatoes (2:52) and whether you have to lose consciousness to have a concussion (11:49).
Camden's Misconception: Asteroids look like little potatoes with craters
Citations:
"What If? 2" by Randall Munroe
NASA Space Place - Asteroids
Scientific American
CalTech Cool Cosmos
Margaret's Misconception: As long as you're conscious, it's not a concussion
Citations:
Concussion Recognition Tool from the Concussion in Sport Group
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
CDC - TBI Data 2024
Mayo Clinic - Concussions
"Concussion" by Nitin Agarwal, Rut Thakkar, Khoi Than for the American Association of Neurological Surgeons
What We're Consuming:
Camden: "The Thursday Murder Club" by Richard Osman
Margaret: "The Dog's Best Friend Game" board game
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Camden and Margaret discuss if household dust is mostly just your dead skin floating around (2:45) and whether our ears keep getting bigger our entire lives (16:05).
Camden's Misconception: Dust is mostly dead skin
Citations:
"What If? 2" by Randall Munroe
"Is Dust Mostly Dead Skin?" by Veritasium
"Making an epidermis" by Maranke Koster, University of Colorado Denver
Margaret's Misconception: Our ears keep getting bigger our entire lives
Citations:
Cleveland Clinic - Cartilage
"Do Your Nose and Ears Really Grow with Age?" by Justin Chupungco
"Why do old men have big ears?" by James Heathcote
"Ear size as a predictor of chronological age" by R Tan, V Osman, G Tan
"Human ears grow throughout the entire lifetime" by Niemitz, Nibbrig, and Zacher
Today I Found Out
"Truth or Myth: Our Nose and our Ears Never Stop Growing" by Michael Hinck
What We're Consuming:
Camden: "Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir
Margaret: Books
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Margaret and Camden discuss whether the spots on a ladybug determine its age (08:54) and if the red liquid that comes out of your steak is actually blood (22:02).

Margaret and Camden discuss whether mushrooms are actually plants (07:24) and what makes up an igloo (20:56).