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Everything Under The Sun · Sep 26, 2025 · 13 min

#160 How do plants grow? w/ Arief Rabik. How does the Shinkansen train go so fast? Why do mosquito bites itch?

Welcome to Episode #160 of Everything Under the Sun! This week, we’re joined by the wise and wonderful Arief Rabik, a bamboo forestry advocate and founder of Indobamboo! He explains how plants grow! 🌱🫛 We learn about the fascinating Shinkansen bullet train and how it manages to go so fast! 🚄 And why do mosquito bites itch so much! 🦟 Don't forget, if three questions just aren't enough for you, there are 366 more in Everything Under the Sun: All Around the World! Check it out at www.mollyoldfield.co.uk! It makes the perfect pressie do buy one now : ) If you want more Everything Under The Sun, here is the Everything Under The Sun: Quiz Book. Available on Amazon here, or through independent UK bookshops here. On top of that the original book Everything Under the Sun: a curious question for every day of the year is available on Amazon and in independent bookshops here. Instagram: @itseverythingunderthesun and @mollyoldfieldwrites Tiktok: @itseverythingunderthesun X/Twitter: @eutsworld See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Welcome to Episode #160 of Everything Under the Sun!

This week, we’re joined by the wise and wonderful Arief Rabik, a bamboo forestry advocate and founder of Indobamboo! He explains how plants grow! 🌱🫛

We learn about the fascinating Shinkansen bullet train and how it manages to go so fast! 🚄

And why do mosquito bites itch so much! 🦟

Don't forget, if three questions just aren't enough for you, there are 366 more in Everything Under the Sun: All Around the World! 

Check it out at www.mollyoldfield.co.uk! It makes the perfect pressie do buy one now : )

If you want more Everything Under The Sun, here is the Everything Under The Sun: Quiz Book. Available on Amazon here, or through independent UK bookshops here. On top of that the original book Everything Under the Sun: a curious question for every day of the year is available on Amazon and in independent bookshops here.

Instagram: @itseverythingunderthesun and @mollyoldfieldwrites
Tiktok: @itseverythingunderthesun
X/Twitter: @eutsworld

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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