Ep. 72: This week I learned plants can smell predators coming, and more

This Week I Learned by Ben Frumin

Nov 3, 201700:13:24Religion & Spirituality

This week I learned plants can sniff out their predators, bacteria have a sense of touch, there's a planet in another solar system where it snows sunscreen, and there might be a very good reason why the T. Rex had those...

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