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  • Tuesday · 11 min

    Why Each Person Has a Maximum Length for Hair

    On the Hill is back! Watch the latest episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWr0E4ne6CY Whether you like to keep your hair short or long, it keeps growing out of our heads that we need to constantly trim. But what if you simply decided to never cut your hair again? Would it keep growing forever? Let’s get into it. [Hair Structure] https://books.google.ca/books?id=PSNIYKwKu8kC&redir_esc=y https://archive.vn/20130415220704/http://www.texascollaborative.org/hildasustaita/module%20files/topic2.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20110303132725/http://www.follicle.com/hair-structure-life-cycle.html [Hair Loss, Haircut, and Split Ends] https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/picture-of-the-hair#1 https://www.byrdie.com/when-to-get-a-haircut https://www.healthline.com/health/how-to-get-rid-of-split-ends https://www.dermveda.com/articles/what-causes-split-ends-and-what-can-you-do-1 [What Happens if you Never Cut your Hair?] https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-hair-%28female%29 https://www.healthline.com/health/beauty-skin-care/grow-hair-faster https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/05/why-does-hair-only-grow-to-a-certain-length/ https://www.aad.org/public/diseases/hair-loss/insider/shedding https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5173315 https://health.howstuffworks.com/skin-care/hair-care/scalp-treatments/question100.htm [The Culture of Hair] https://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Kesh https://www.sikhcoalition.org/about-sikhs/faq/ https://feminisminindia.com/2017/07/24/sikh-women-hair-politics/ https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-a-queue-195402 http://www.native-languages.org/hair.htm https://blog.thelonghairs.us/long-hair-native-american-culture/ https://www.voanews.com/usa/native-americans-canadas-first-peoples-fight-keep-long-hair [Other Sources] https://youtu.be/EwMGgivDv60 https://youtu.be/qAuq_BNs6E0 https://youtu.be/PfFJXr0vtrU https://archive.org/details/popularsciencemo71newyuoft CSIRO - https://www.scienceimage.csiro.au/image/8115/human-hair-and-merino-wool-fibre/ https://youtu.be/rP1i6SEluH4 https://youtu.be/muECdILsiIs https://youtu.be/T1SBjAuMN6A https://youtu.be/M_zJYJIi9ig https://youtu.be/kNw8V_Fkw28 https://youtu.be/jWPuYog0pXg https://youtu.be/FY00zwMZsqM https://youtu.be/zANV9XNwfE4 https://youtu.be/JoVthVnkKKI https://youtu.be/szLCkEBB6xs https://www.instagram.com/p/B7xCpqIB4LH/ https://youtu.be/SB1AZ5DGPCU https://youtu.be/y9xS10OEn7I https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x301k1t https://youtu.be/yXb75QXiYyE https://youtu.be/tz6yTajsYwY https://youtu.be/JLQmFidcVFU https://youtu.be/j1bStKZrNkk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hair-follicle_cycling.ogv https://youtu.be/3MsOiccRTAA https://youtu.be/pnp5FKrUj6I https://youtu.be/yoRqRqoUayg https://youtu.be/8J8Ba1Nf8y0 https://youtu.be/kT-YtuzNqIY https://youtu.be/XT7F_gXiXkw https://youtu.be/cM34EXnSQzI https://youtu.be/fOVD0JQUxtU https://youtu.be/mmYhe56C9gw https://youtu.be/gikrOo1EGI4 https://youtu.be/cY2YG-66Ft0 https://youtu.be/l2q1jNaU1V0 https://youtu.be/vOFaA28rrFA https://youtu.be/_idZiEXU3J8 https://youtu.be/L_4muBuwnTA https://youtu.be/ezbCl4ncg4w https://youtu.be/wefwR9iVxW8 https://youtu.be/4Magj6z-Ex8 https://youtu.be/kWUtRFNIjQQ https://youtu.be/tgTlWB96Dhk https://youtu.be/xAYj5MNy7e4 https://youtu.be/mYYuvnz7iDo https://bit.ly/305PPR1 https://youtu.be/9FydzIzknd https://youtu.be/LeNcDj5hC6E https://youtu.be/dIs9sFyFSDk https://youtu.be/QDsoV0gcZUk https://youtu.be/Y3U7wQTQaOo https://youtu.be/XMFKrUizGXg https://youtu.be/4HHcnKgOyTQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Monday · 19 min

    What Having a Cat Does to Your Eyes

    Visit https://www.squarespace.com/brew to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code: brew Does having a cat increase the chance of blindness? How about eating raw meat? Is it possible for a parasitical infection to mind-control humans like a horror sci-fi? What if this parasite ends up changing your behaviour? We have a lot to unpack so let’s get into it. Disclaimer: Today's episode covers medical stories, and as always, while we do our research, we’re not experts or doctors and would recommend speaking with your doctor if you have any concerns. Sources: Special thanks to Nicole Dupuis, Canadian Museum of Nature, for answering our questions, and the American Museum of Nature (AMNH) for helping us with our research. [Ocular Toxoplasmosis Case: A Man Went Blind] https://www.europeanreview.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/84-89.pdf https://www.floridaeyeclinic.com/services/lensectomy/ https://eye.net.au/procedures/lens-surgery/lensectomy/ https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/retinal-detachment/symptoms-causes/syc-20351344 [The Cat Parasite: What is Toxoplasmosis?] https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/toxoplasmosis/gen_info/faqs.html https://www.biologyonline.com/dictionary/definitive-host https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/toxoplasmosis/biology.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2042101/ [Can A Parasite Mind-Control? Personality Changes] https://mbio.asm.org/content/11/2/e02164-19 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2526142/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16978630/ [My Microbes Made Me Do It - AMNH] https://www.amnh.org/global-business-development/traveling-exhibitions/the-secret-world-inside-you http://jeb.biologists.org/content/216/1/127 https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0001389 https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2334-2-11 [Other Sources] https://youtu.be/h8CVDoRP37w https://youtu.be/_d68kyNY0jI https://youtu.be/_d68kyNY0jI https://youtu.be/ob8vZhSjES8 https://youtu.be/_UdZYv4s-A0 https://youtu.be/xfl45rmGjvs https://youtu.be/oFDRMB-CRNw https://youtu.be/o_-0xh-8dVg https://youtu.be/7g2rxtWu_FM https://youtu.be/lcUoCJgfh8M https://youtu.be/4Ra4GYurfIc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Monday · 13 min

    The Juice Mix That’s Killing People

    Watch On the Hill play Among Us: https://youtu.be/Onulejyp7-I You may have seen a label on your medicine bottle saying “do not eat grapefruit or drink grapefruit juice at any time while taking this medication”, but have you ever questioned why? Today we’re exploring this medical issue and explaining how grapefruit affects your body. Why does grapefruit change how medicines work, and how did eating a harmless fruit kill people? Let’s get into it. Sources: [Medical Cases on Grapefruit Interactions] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19204629/ https://buffalonews.com/news/grapefruit-interactions-can-be-lethal/article_9a500e63-cf7c-542c-8ea5-5571b1812e57.html https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1671113/ [Bioavailability and How Grapefruit Inhibits CYP3A4] https://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/clinical-pharmacology/pharmacokinetics/drug-bioavailability https://sunrisehouse.com/cause-effect/path-drugs-take-body/ https://www.cmaj.ca/content/185/4/309 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1312247/ https://www.drugs.com/article/grapefruit-drug-interactions.html [Other Sources] https://youtu.be/xCTSPD0OK40 https://youtu.be/di7dZwidXZU https://youtu.be/HgXpvzt7Qg8 https://youtu.be/51vnnAmBNsU https://tenor.com/view/happy-thirsty-drinking-juice-gif-15545736 https://youtu.be/3VyYqLOESY0 https://giant.gfycat.com/ArcticDismalEstuarinecrocodile.webm https://youtu.be/LQ8t9Km7v0Q https://youtu.be/n0Szs8WijeE https://youtu.be/4Kfyi_8A9ls https://www.rcsb.org/3d-view/6BD7/1 https://youtu.be/FiDNKryIza4 https://youtu.be/WVOjUsitQlY https://youtu.be/3ZtuIomP5lo https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/8ko4n5/clip_cooking_and_making_soap_hakumei_to_mikochi/ https://youtu.be/AGAJU6aAmZM https://youtu.be/l403_H3yOyw https://youtu.be/T7kkVYSbXVc https://tenor.com/view/chilled-cow-lofi-gif-18421927 https://youtu.be/5qap5aO4i9A http://jpmachado.art/ https://youtu.be/gMJZ57hz2-Q https://youtu.be/CXpE9u-yuTs https://youtu.be/iYA3Y2uQRz8 https://youtu.be/4cRlThfui5Q https://youtu.be/-Dotv0oRU78 https://youtu.be/I5e6ftNpGsU https://youtu.be/3F2Vm7rOQW0 https://tenor.com/view/donald-duck-headache-migraine-ugh-gif-4610915 https://youtu.be/aMYRYkG1lvg https://youtu.be/liPXs1vzsjk [Brew’s intro song] Manhattan Twist by Avocado Junkie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Monday · 13 min

    The Truth Behind The Viral Venom Video

    Try Dashlane Premium free on your first device: https://www.dashlane.com/brew Use the coupon code 'brew' to get 10% off Dashlane Premium Uploaded 02-07-20 A video surfaced on Twitter that appeared to be the real-life version of Venom, one of the most popular villains in Spiderman’s rogues gallery. So, what is this creature? Are there other alien symbiotes similar to this one? Let’s get into it! Sources: [Venom from Spider-Man?] https://twitter.com/sunnyarkade/status/1245765719545053186 https://youtu.be/OdxKif_sJ58 https://youtu.be/nh6eyi449Jo https://youtu.be/vi9m0JRo71I https://youtu.be/8CdcCD5V-d8 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6u44uh [Velvet Worms] https://www.wired.com/2014/03/the-creature-feature-10-fun-facts-about-velvet-worms/ https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/130905_newoldanimal https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3437555/ https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Onychophora/ https://youtu.be/do9YivjrAFk https://youtu.be/3DOvo2V8XIY https://youtu.be/rkiBikJuWyE https://youtu.be/NMKHmWT3dZg https://youtu.be/CpAMWsxjgYw https://nedrees.kau.edu.sa/GetFile.aspx?id=190204&Lng=AR&fn=Onychophora.pdf https://bio.mq.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/BIOL228-prospectus.pdf https://youtu.be/GBpsZYwjsk8 https://youtu.be/ergxhnOmFUE https://youtu.be/Oo95KxFr_n0 https://youtu.be/tqxduloOkNQ https://youtu.be/42G_XzaPcPo https://youtu.be/LY8TgD6-7kg https://youtu.be/DyabDNYvfyA [Bobbit Worms] https://bit.ly/3fOIqdO https://arcreef.com/bristle-worms/bobbit-worm-eunice-aphroditois/ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/eunice-aphroditois-is-rainbow-terrifying/ https://youtu.be/K_7ByiYbCYM https://youtu.be/IK3BkjJr3pQ https://youtu.be/reY998Q-Luo https://youtu.be/KufQDlAO764 https://youtu.be/iSUk7AIY93w https://youtu.be/TDsoOQNZRCY https://youtu.be/UIS_8DrFtTU https://youtu.be/43chH1OlNfI https://youtu.be/KSTUem_yndE https://youtu.be/fXqIb4Tp3XA https://youtu.be/AFJp0cbLb08 https://youtu.be/3H4J5QDQeA4 https://youtu.be/EbDNuopBqxM https://youtu.be/qFNBUs7O-h4 https://youtu.be/9bhiCCghurI https://youtu.be/-b8zd56_QUQ [Bootlace Worm - A Type of Ribbon Worm] https://www.britannica.com/animal/ribbon-worm https://www.earthtouchnews.com/oceans/oceans/the-sad-facts-behind-that-multiplying-ribbon-worm-video/ https://www.britannica.com/science/binary-fission http://www.sci-news.com/biology/bootlace-worm-toxin-05852.html https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-22305-w https://youtu.be/V2Dh4YFHOd8 https://youtu.be/kU4v55N-_mA https://youtu.be/kzxU0B7Q6a4 https://youtu.be/qPh1KAu4jXs https://youtu.be/vLB5rnw5CI0 https://youtu.be/2cjMn7AcCq4 https://youtu.be/CKjo7bViFs4 https://youtu.be/ZztaBEZtR-M https://youtu.be/CcpRfsLlI2M https://youtu.be/Pg3J_ufsR9A https://youtu.be/B0jjmOX71NQ https://youtu.be/ez4l514lBb8 https://youtu.be/Baah_WmH-PI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Sunday · 36 min

    How Reddit Caught a School Shooter

    Support us by joining our Stacked (our Patreon-style membership): https://www.stacked.com/brew Submit a story idea: https://brewsolves.com As you may know from our past videos, Reddit’s investigative efforts over the years have been controversial to say the least. On one hand, Reddit communities have solved 3 separate missing person cold cases: Grateful Doe, Woman 82483, and Lyle Stevik. It is not an over-exaggeration to say that without Redditors’ sleuthing and social networking, the John and Jane Does in these cases would have never been identified and closure would have never been brought to their families. On the other hand, whenever Reddit users have tried to assist in large scale manhunts, it has never gone well. At best, wannabe detectives do nothing but engage in pointless speculation and theory crafting like in the 2021 Gabby Petito case and the 2022 University of Idaho murders. And at worst, they ruin innocent people’s lives by hurling baseless accusations at whoever they deem ‘suspicious’, like in the Boston Marathon Bombings of 2013. In fact, aside from one hit-and-run manslaughter case where Redditors identified the vehicle involved from just a small piece of debris left at the scene, Reddit has never solved a criminal case. Until today… Sources: https://rentry.co/nb9afvit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Sunday · 10 min

    The Hidden Truth About the Coronavirus

    The Wuhan Coronavirus, a new epidemic out of China, is rapidly spreading to other countries in Asia, as well as Europe and North America as of late January. Uploaded 06-02-20 But what can we, as individuals, do to protect ourselves and the ones we love? Sources: [Intro] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/countries-confirmed-cases-coronavirus-200125070959786.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLVM0_23j-E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iaxc2RuRnCQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1x_hCDnHl8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf9WXPihULo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYlmUO2VyEY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U0xGBNl2fE 2019-nCoV [Coronaviruses at Large] https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus [What We Know] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/coronavirus-symptoms-vaccines-risks-200122194509687.html https://www.businessinsider.com/wuhan-coronavirus-sars-bats-animals-to-humans-2020-1 https://abcnews.go.com/Health/snakes-source-coronavirus-found-china/story?id=68497086 https://www.livescience.com/new-coronavirus-origin-bats.html https://www.businessinsider.com/china-virus-everything-we-know-deadly-2019-ncov-wuhan-spread-2020-1#an-initial-first-impression-is-that-this-is-significantly-milder-than-sars-eric-toner-a-senior-scientist-at-johns-hopkins-university-told-business-insider-7 https://time.com/5770924/wuhan-coronavirus-youngest-death/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7938207/Chinese-travel-presenter-ate-bat-begs-public-forgiveness-amid-coronavirus-outbreak.html https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10812276/coronavirus-china-virus-bat-soup/ https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/coronavirus-chinese-blogger-eats-bat-soup https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/31/bat-soup-dodgy-cures-and-diseasology-the-spread-of-coronavirus-bunkum https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-51271037 https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4ag37q/coronavirus-fears-are-reviving-racist-ideas-about-chinese-food https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0iKC7VP4oE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=870N8Qaie4Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBDqkWMGYlQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXkMdoRP1Bg https://apps.medicine.uab.edu/FacultyDirectory/ShowFile.asp?FileName=20175101042290.17.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/University_of_Pittsburgh_Medical_Center_and_Scaife_Hall_2.JPG https://media.giphy.com/media/wOgG5F2OtERk4/giphy.mp4 https://www.publichealth.pitt.edu/Portals/0/_notes/Faculty/SJ-Gao-214x300.jpg https://moviesfilmsandflix.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/neilson.gif https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCrOde-JYs0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8R7MukHImA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpFKgJ67Vtc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hoThry5WsY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q7iyCpXUrA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN8NKtXYl2Q https://media.giphy.com/media/2uwZ4xi75JhxZYeyQB/giphy.mp4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WvKFL_LIB8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4diNGvUEzM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIOncNCjqtc https://gph.is/2uT7fxU https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/06/asia/li-wenliang-coronavirus-whistleblower-doctor-dies-intl/index.html [WHO Knows What To Do] https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/30-01-2020-statement-on-the-second-meeting-of-the-international-health-regulations-(2005)-emergency-committee-regarding-the-outbreak-of-novel-coronavirus-(2019-ncov) https://www.businessinsider.com/quarantine-history-following-china-wuhan-coronavirus-lockdowns-2020-1 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus/prevention-risks.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/about/prevention.html [Conclusion] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RBQgsMQPXk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N7KQnekTUI https://giphy.com/gifs/year-month-calendar-3xz2BXmsnwlfAyuJGM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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