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Stuff You Should Know

The Fascinating History of Dandelions

Thu, 14 Nov 2024

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Dandelions are way more interesting than you think. Trust us and click play. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Chapter 1: What are dandelions and why are they interesting?

2732.367 - 2735.669 Josh

No, that's true. They're pretty much useless in that sense.

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2735.689 - 2737.249 Unknown Speaker

But they can grant a child a wish.

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2737.689 - 2745.793 Josh

They sure can, man. They sure can. I remember doing that so many times. I keep trying to do that with my dandelion puff head in resin, and it's not working.

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2748.185 - 2760.074 Unknown Speaker

I don't have anything else, though. I'm kind of looking over the list here. I know we were kind of all over the place, but it's just sort of one of those episodes where it's like, well, here's a list of 100 amazing things. And so sometimes those are a little tougher to organize.

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2760.094 - 2774.885 Josh

Yeah, but they can be pretty fun, too. I had fun, at least. How about you? I did, too. And that rubber thing. Are you kidding me? No. Since neither one of us has anything else about dandelions, then we're going to call it quits on this episode, which means we've just activated listener mail.

2777.509 - 2793.621 Unknown Speaker

You know, no listener mail today because what we're going to do is something we haven't done in a while is help support and bring some attention to a great cause. Our friends from the Cooperative for Education, a.k.a. Coed, whose mission it is to break the cycle of poverty in Guatemala through education.

2793.681 - 2797.784 Unknown Speaker

And we've been working with them for 15 years and we got a new thing coming up with them, right?

2798.41 - 2813.079 Josh

Yes, we do. So first, let me just explain. Over $1.3 million in contributions have been made to co-ed thanks to our partnership with them at Stuff You Should Know for 15 years. That's really good if you ask me. That's incredible.

2813.439 - 2826.708 Josh

Which means that 160 kids have been given like a huge leg up to escape poverty and create like break intergenerational poverty and create literally like a new life for their entire family from that point on.

Chapter 8: Why are dandelions considered weeds?

2732.367 - 2735.669 Josh

No, that's true. They're pretty much useless in that sense.

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2735.689 - 2737.249 Unknown Speaker

But they can grant a child a wish.

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2737.689 - 2745.793 Josh

They sure can, man. They sure can. I remember doing that so many times. I keep trying to do that with my dandelion puff head in resin, and it's not working.

0

2748.185 - 2760.074 Unknown Speaker

I don't have anything else, though. I'm kind of looking over the list here. I know we were kind of all over the place, but it's just sort of one of those episodes where it's like, well, here's a list of 100 amazing things. And so sometimes those are a little tougher to organize.

0

2760.094 - 2774.885 Josh

Yeah, but they can be pretty fun, too. I had fun, at least. How about you? I did, too. And that rubber thing. Are you kidding me? No. Since neither one of us has anything else about dandelions, then we're going to call it quits on this episode, which means we've just activated listener mail.

2777.509 - 2793.621 Unknown Speaker

You know, no listener mail today because what we're going to do is something we haven't done in a while is help support and bring some attention to a great cause. Our friends from the Cooperative for Education, a.k.a. Coed, whose mission it is to break the cycle of poverty in Guatemala through education.

2793.681 - 2797.784 Unknown Speaker

And we've been working with them for 15 years and we got a new thing coming up with them, right?

2798.41 - 2813.079 Josh

Yes, we do. So first, let me just explain. Over $1.3 million in contributions have been made to co-ed thanks to our partnership with them at Stuff You Should Know for 15 years. That's really good if you ask me. That's incredible.

2813.439 - 2826.708 Josh

Which means that 160 kids have been given like a huge leg up to escape poverty and create like break intergenerational poverty and create literally like a new life for their entire family from that point on.

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