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The world is filled with remarkable people, each with interesting stories to share and perspectives on countless topics of this crazy planet.

The goal of the show is to help expand our minds by sharing the stories of others.

11/22/2024

Have I missed all you awesome folks! Coming back for the 20th year of Mind of Magnus, here is a quick little teaser to let you know that I’m still alive and will be back to our regularly scheduled podcast soon!
Thank you to all those that wrote in during the break to say hello. It really made me feel great to know that people appreciate the show and how it was a part of their weekly schedules.
If you’d like to vote for Best Of, please follow the link:
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Fellow Lunchador team are also in a chance for best of! The podcast Anomaly presents is nominated for Best Podcast, as well as the is up for best Fest. is up for best Comedian, and so many other amazing friends and previous guests of the show are on this list!
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11/01/2024

: Ridley Scott used his small kids dressed in space suits in the movie Alien to make the sets look bigger. That is why the characters when they are looking at the Space Jockey move so awkwardly, and once you know this, you’ll clearly see it little kids in space suits.

11/01/2024

: If you are on the moon, the Earth is 16 times larger in the moon’s sky than the moon is when standing on Earth. It’s also 3 times more reflective than the moon. That is why when there is only a thin crescent shaped moon, you can still see the rest of the Moon in a faint light. Because the reflection off of the Earth is so bright it illuminates the remaining portion of the moon.

10/25/2024

: Al Capone is one of the reasons we have expiration dates on food. After his niece got sick from bad milk he used his influence to get expiration dates put on products for the safety of children and pregnant women

10/18/2024

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Harper Lee wrote her famous novel because she was given the an amazing Christmas present from friends that saw her talent. In 1956, friends gave her a note that said “You have one year off to write whatever you please. Merry Christmas.” They supported her with a year’s wages, and she wrote “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

10/11/2024

: The owls in the movie Harry Potter would routinely stare at the cameras and follow them as the moved. Ruining the shots. So to make sure they stared at the actors as they were supposed to, the crew hung dead mice off of the actors which would have the owls staring intently in the proper direction.

10/04/2024

: Polio Vaccine is no longer being given to children in areas run by the Taliban. The reason for this is when the US government was looking for Osama bin Laden, they used the hepatitis vaccine as a strategy to locate him. They would test the DNA of the syringes to find bin Laden’s family and it worked. By finding his relatives and children, that is how they figured out where he was. When this was leaked, it led to that region assuming all people who were giving vaccines could be a potential spy. So the CIA has inadvertently caused polio to become a concern in the Middle East.

09/27/2024

: If you shrunk the solar system to the size of your palm, the Milkyway Galaxy would be the equivalent size of the continental United States.

Look at your hand… now picture it.

09/20/2024

: Sheb Woolley, the man who sang the song “Flying purple people eater” is also the man who is the voice in the Wilhelm Scream. The iconic stock sound effect that has been used in countless films and TV series, originating from the 1951 movie Distant Drums.

09/20/2024

Foto : In March 1865 Rochester was hit by a massive flood as the Genesee River rose several feet over the banks, inundating the Erie Canal and the streets closest to the river, flooding cellars and undermining several buildings. The Genesee rose to the level of the top of the aqueduct. For several days row boats were the only means of transporation through the heart of the city. This view is from the end of the Main Street Bridge looking west.

09/13/2024

Foto : as of today, there are 4,747 active Starlink satellites in orbit.

09/13/2024

: actor Bill Paxton and James Cameron were on the deck of the Titanic (in a research dive ship) as the events of 9/11 transpired.

09/07/2024

Foto : one of the first jobs Micheal Keaton had was operating the trolly and other puppetry related things on Mr Rogers Neighborhood.

09/07/2024

: The word “curvaceous” was coined to describe Mae West, who was considered both Curvy and Vivacious.

09/06/2024

Foto : In Orange Is the New Black, the transgender prisoner Sophia is portrayed by Laverne Cox, while her identical twin brother plays her character in pre-transition flashbacks.

09/06/2024

This episode is thanks to Bradley and his text to the hotline number asking: Why is the universe so quiet, and where are the aliens?

I drop as many theories as I can on why the Universe seems to be quiet, and why we haven't heard or detected any other Alien civilizations out there.

I reference Episode 174 of the Quite Unusual Podcast discussing the Silurian Hypothesis, and the Possibility of advanced civilizations existing on earth million of years before humans.

Follow them on Instagram Here:

https://www.instagram.com/quiteunusualpod/

Where they discuss theories from the Roc hometown favorite astrophysicist Adam Frank's Thought provoking followup to the Fermi paradox.

Learn more from Adam Frank at:

https://www.adamfrankscience.com/

And most of this info is thanks to George Dmitry Reul Gilligan, and Medium.com

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Mentioned in this episode:

Sweet Pea Plant Based Kitchen

Based in Rochester, NY, Sweet Pea is a plant-powered kitchen creating transformative ways of wellness. Harnessing the power of food as medicine, we help you realize your happiest, healthiest self.

Use promo code Lunchador15 for 15% off your order!

https://sweetpeaplantbased.com

Joe Bean Roasters

Joe Bean Coffee - Coffee that lifts everyone.

https://shop.joebeanroasters.com

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09/06/2024

: Every single astronaut that stood on the moon got sick from moon dust. Which had collected on their suits and made its way into the landers. The symptoms were similar to seasonal allergies on earth, sneezing, congestion, sore throat, and watery eyes.

09/04/2024

⚠️ Big discovery of first habitable planet in Goldilocks zone that has a confirmed atmosphere!⚠️

Here is the science details from James Webb Space Telescope team:

Exoplanet LHS 1140 b:

Telescopes used:
MEarth-North observatory, Hubble, JWST, TESS, Spitzer etc.

Host star: LHS 1140 (Red Dwarf)
Distance: 48 light-years
Stellar activity: Calm [No harmful flares]

Planet position: Habitable zone
Tidal-locking: Yes [one side always star-facing]
Type: Super-Earth [very recently confirmed by JWST]
Mass: 5.6 times mass of Earth
Radius: 70% larger than Earth
Mean density: 5.9±0.3 g/cm3 [Earth= 5.51 g/cm3]
Planetary geology: rocky, ice-rich [Snowball]

Planetary atmosphere: Exists! [JWST data]
[only habitable zone exoplanet known till date to have one]

Atmospheric composition: Nitrogen-rich (tentative result)

Surface H2O: High probability (density suggests 10%-20% of planet mass is H2O)
Temperature in star-facing side: 20 deg Celsius/68 deg Fahrenheit
Surface liquid water: High probability in star-facing side

If true, the habitable-zone planet has--

1) a substantial atmosphere [a secondary atmosphere formed due to volcanic activity and comet impacts similar to Earth] and

2) a substantial hydrosphere [an ocean of 4000 km diameter]

Caution: More observations must be done, especially with JWST, for concrete verification

Future observation opportunity:

1) A large-scale (500 hours of Director’s Discretionary Time) survey of rocky exoplanets around nearby M-dwarf stars in JWST observation cycle 3 [to start mid next year]
2) ~250 orbits of ultraviolet observations with the Hubble Space Telescope to characterize the activity of the host stars in parallel to JWST survey

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