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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: The Heart Shape Comes From Just About Everywhere Except Actual Hearts
Description: If you know your biology, you know that the classic heart shape we see everywhere on Valentine's Day is not at all what an actual human heart looks like. So where does this shape come from and how did it get associated with hearts? Plus: how a place called Why, Arizona got its name.Â
The Shape of My Heart (Slate)
WHY WHY IS WHY (Arizona Oddities)Â
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