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Frozen Bodies, Cold Temperatures, and the Sourdough Cocktail Club: A Look into the World of Extreme Cold
TLDR This podcast episode explores various stories related to extreme cold temperatures, including a woman who survived being frozen solid, the discovery of a 4,000-year-old frozen body in the Alps, and the tradition of the Sourdough Cocktail Club where members drink a cocktail with a severed human toe in it.
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00:00
The episode explores various stories related to cold, ice, and frozen temperatures, including the issue of retirement savings among black Americans and language learning techniques.
01:44
A woman in Minnesota survived being frozen solid after spending six hours in extreme cold temperatures.
03:12
Two German tourists discovered a frozen body while hiking in the Alps near the Italian-Austrian border, but were unable to extract the body until the next day due to it being encased in ice.
04:31
The body found in the Alps was determined to be that of a man who died 4,000 years ago, named Otzi, and his well-preserved remains provided valuable information about his life and health.
05:50
A Canadian bootlegger's amputated frozen toe started the tradition of the Sourdough Cocktail Club, where members have to drink a cocktail with a severed human toe in it.
07:11
The fine for swallowing the severed human toe in the Sourdough Cocktail was increased to $2,500 after a man swallowed it and paid the $500 fine in 2013, and the coldest temperature ever recorded was minus 93.2 degrees Celsius or minus 135.8 degrees Fahrenheit in 2010.
08:46
Scientists have come close to reaching absolute zero, with a laboratory temperature of 100 pico-calvins, which is 0.00000001 degrees Kelvin above absolute zero.
