ARTexplains Science and History | Fast4Word Tails: Peacocks to Doomsday @ARTexplains | Uploaded July 2015 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
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Does the peacock's tail have any practical uses? Should I take that bar bet about spinning a coin? Do you miss your tail? Will comets impregnate the atmosphere with deadly gas? Let's find out on another incredible journey!

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Drawings for this episode:

"The Majestic Bird" by Xander Toftness

"Peatruck" by Michael Vidana

Creative Commons Credits: (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)

flickr.com/photos/toasty/2166137862 “Peacock wooing Peahen” by Kenneth Lu

flickr.com/photos/lumaxart/2365555308 “LuMaxArt FS Collection Orange0143” by Scott Maxwell of lumaxart.com

youtube.com/watch?v=9eu2aTCAVa0 “Male Peacock at Exotic Pet Refuge, Deeping St James - June 2012” from Crafty Creatures

flickr.com/photos/15609463@N03/12531001294 “Two sides of the same loonie” by Jamie McCaffrey

flickr.com/photos/msittig/2174851643 “One in a billion” by Micah Sittig

youtube.com/watch?v=Bj19_6flCLs “Spinning a coin, in slow motion.” by Toby Jackson

flickr.com/photos/double-m2/4694316925 “From the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary” photo by Double-M, original is in public domain.

flickr.com/photos/euthman/304334264 “Human Embryo (7th week of pregnancy)” by Ed Uthman

flickr.com/photos/ancientartpodcast/12761615134 “Halley’s Comet, May 29, 1910” shared by Lucas, from wikimedia commons where original is in the public domain

References for this episode: docs.google.com/document/d/1dR0NlM0px3-6rusJ8O62uq_lCuk6meWtUQDcdWZ8soM/edit?usp=sharing