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Podcast: Curiosity Weekly
Episode: The Rando Who Translated Gilgamesh, Why Horses Lost Their Toes, and a Sperm-Swimming Discovery
Description: Learn about how the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the oldest texts in the world, was first translated not by a scientist, but by an engraver’s apprentice named George Smith; how horses lost their toes; and why sperm swim differently than scientists previously thought.
Some Random Guy Stumbled Upon and Translated a Legendary Ancient Text by Reuben Westmaas
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Here’s Why Horses Lost Their Toes by Ashley...