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  • BrainStuff Classics: Why Does Cashmere Cost So Much?

    BrainStuff Classics: Why Does Cashmere Cost So Much?
    Dec 26 2025

    Cashmere can be more expensive than other wools because producing it is such an intensive process -- for the goats that grow it and the humans who care for them. Learn more in this classic episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/why-is-cashmere-so-expensive.htm

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    7 m
  • Why Is There a Pooping Figurine in Some Nativity Scenes?

    Why Is There a Pooping Figurine in Some Nativity Scenes?
    Dec 25 2025

    In Catalonia, there's a two-hundred-year-old tradition of including a figurine of a man pooping in the shadows of Nativity scenes. Learn about el caganer in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/holidays-christmas/pooping-man-catalan-nativity-scene.htm

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    6 m
  • How Do Rice Cookers Work?

    How Do Rice Cookers Work?
    Dec 24 2025

    These small appliances help home cooks achieve excellent rice via two categories of technology: ingeniously simple physics, or incredibly complex algorithms. Learn about heat-sensitive switches and fuzzy logic in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://home.howstuffworks.com/rice-cooker.htm/printable For more about the history of rice cookers, check out this episode of Lauren's other podcast, Savor: The Warm and Fuzzy Rice Cooker Episode

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    10 m
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