#089 - Pyramid Schemes

Strange Realm

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.

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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

Intro music: "night drive" by bbrainz (slowed + reverb)
Outro music: "Curious Constellations" by SURGE
Background art: "The Time Machine" by Interesni Kazki (AEC)
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