StarTalk Radio · 2025-08-26 · 31 min · 4,866 words

Things You Thought You Knew – Oatmeal Sun

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Hey Star Talkians, we put together another Things You Thought You Knew. This one mysteriously combines toast, boiling water, and launching rockets. Check it out. Welcome to Star Talk. Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.

Star Talk begins right now. Chuck, I got another explainer for you. All right. This has to do with making toast. Okay.

I'm just saying. You know, sometimes when you bring these up, man, I feel like you just, like you're punking me. You know? Because you're like, I'm like, I'm it's just like, let me let me just see if I what I can get, Chuck. to go along with the astrophysics of making toast.

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