Uploaded January 2013 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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Find out how guinea pigs saved the world from scurvy in the second episode of True Anomalies (Tales from the History of Science)!

Sources and more info at: trueanomalies.com/arrr-ye-scurvy-sources

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Credits:
Researched, animated, and narrated by Meg Rosenburg
Thanks to: Jonathan Wolfe, Jorge Cham, Matt Siegler, Laurence Yeung, Zach Tobin, and Crystal Dilworth