Strange Realm - Ep. 089 - Dec. 8th, 2024

Tonight we bring you a lively and longevity-minded episode as we explore some of the wildest and most unusual news items we could find, with a discussion of Venus's ecological history, a newly discovered pyramid-shaped mountain in Antarctica, news of a battery made of diamonds that can last for 5,000 years, and a new study that suggests there an upper limit to how old people can get. All of this and then after the break, we continue our reading series as Frobisher reads more from "Our Haunted Planet," by John A. Keel.

Notes:

• Venus may have always been hellish https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/venus-probably-never-had-oceans-it-may-always-have-been-hell/
• New pyramid spotted in Antarctica https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/mysterious-pyramid-discovered-in-antarctica-beneath-the-ice/ https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA1ekYbh.img?w=599&h=402&m=6 https://ibb.co/rwtrH9Z https://ibb.co/ZgxQ9cS https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/bosnian-pyramid-discovery-0013212
• Scientists develop diamond battery that can last for 5,000 years https://www.jpost.com/science/science-around-the-world/article-832446
• Humans have a maximum age limit? https://www.indy100.com/news/maximum-age-human-can-live-2669887708
• Our Haunted Planet https://www.amazon.com/Our-Haunted-Planet-John-Keel/dp/1517343119 https://archive.org/details/Our_Haunted_Planet

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