SciShow Tangents | Oil | SciShow Tangents Podcast @SciShowTangents | Uploaded December 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Oil: it's a ubiquitous substance humans have been relying on for longer than you might think. We cook with it, we moisturize with it, we run machines with it - it keeps slipping into places we least expect to find it, for good and for ill...
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[The Gauntlet]
Original Crisco oil plant
Company that produces Crisco
Process to turn liquid oil into solid
Fair Packaging and Labeling Act decade
Upton Sinclair book
Two oils in modern Crisco
Kream Krisp vs. Crisco
[Trivia Question]
Value of Spanish extra virgin olive oil stolen in August 2023
cnbc.com/2023/09/19/olive-oil-prices-surge-over-100percent-leading-to-cooking-oil-thefts.html
reuters.com/world/europe/spanish-police-seize-74-tonnes-stolen-olives-amid-soaring-prices-2023-10-06
[Fact Off]
Russell Martin Bliss contaminated Times Beach, Missouri with waste oil to stop dust
Using human/animal hair to adsorb oil spills
mdpi.com/2076-3298/7/7/52
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2213343715000330
sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/04/980424032349.htm
time.com/6262631/philippines-oil-spill-cleanup-hair
[Ask the Science Couch]
Saturated/unsaturated fat chemistry and how they influence bloodstream lipids
bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_and_General_Biology/Book%3A_General_Biology_(Boundless)/03%3A_Biological_Macromolecules/3.03%3A_Lipid_Molecules_-_Introduction#
https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/how-its-made-cholesterol-production-in-your-body
openheart.bmj.com/content/5/2/e000871
[Butt One More Thing]
Mineral oil used as a lubricant laxative
mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/laxative-oral-route/before-using/drg-20070683?p=1
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2804525
#scishow #podcast #comedy #science #education #scishowtangents #oil #dinosaur
Oil: it's a ubiquitous substance humans have been relying on for longer than you might think. We cook with it, we moisturize with it, we run machines with it - it keeps slipping into places we least expect to find it, for good and for ill...
Want more SciShow Tangents? Check out hundreds more episodes of our podcast here: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com, or wherever you get your podcasts!
Head to patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter!
And go to store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to find great SciShow Tangents merch!
A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible!
Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions!
While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen
[The Gauntlet]
Original Crisco oil plant
Company that produces Crisco
Process to turn liquid oil into solid
Fair Packaging and Labeling Act decade
Upton Sinclair book
Two oils in modern Crisco
Kream Krisp vs. Crisco
[Trivia Question]
Value of Spanish extra virgin olive oil stolen in August 2023
cnbc.com/2023/09/19/olive-oil-prices-surge-over-100percent-leading-to-cooking-oil-thefts.html
reuters.com/world/europe/spanish-police-seize-74-tonnes-stolen-olives-amid-soaring-prices-2023-10-06
[Fact Off]
Russell Martin Bliss contaminated Times Beach, Missouri with waste oil to stop dust
Using human/animal hair to adsorb oil spills
mdpi.com/2076-3298/7/7/52
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2213343715000330
sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/04/980424032349.htm
time.com/6262631/philippines-oil-spill-cleanup-hair
[Ask the Science Couch]
Saturated/unsaturated fat chemistry and how they influence bloodstream lipids
bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_and_General_Biology/Book%3A_General_Biology_(Boundless)/03%3A_Biological_Macromolecules/3.03%3A_Lipid_Molecules_-_Introduction#
https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/how-its-made-cholesterol-production-in-your-body
openheart.bmj.com/content/5/2/e000871
[Butt One More Thing]
Mineral oil used as a lubricant laxative
mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/laxative-oral-route/before-using/drg-20070683?p=1
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2804525
#scishow #podcast #comedy #science #education #scishowtangents #oil #dinosaur
