14: Head Hunter Ants and The Patent Wars

This week we learn about horrific ant genuses and how the film industry was born out of everyone hating Thomas Edison. A listener email answers the age old question of "how long do pig orgasms last?"

Episode Tabs:

These ants decorate their homes with the heads of their enemies

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/ants-head-hunters-attack-trap-jaw-enemies-nests

Thomas Edison: The Unintentional Founder of Hollywood

https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2021/03/thomas-edison-the-unintentional-founder-of-hollywood

Listener Tabs:

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/100659-longest-orgasm-in-mammals

https://nypost.com/2022/07/18/phrogging-hider-in-my-house-stranger-secretly-lived-with-us/

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