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Miraculous Stingray Pregnancy, Simulated Mars Mission, and History of President's Day

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Society & Culture, News, Tech News, Science

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

The Mother Mary of stingrays, NASA is looking for volunteers to take part in a simulated Mars mission, and a quick look at the history of President’s day. Plus, this day in history, we mail our children. Stingray Pregnancy (AP News) Simulated Mars Mission (Gizmodo) Mailed Children (History Explorer) (Mailing May) Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Instagram - Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.6

Welcome to another edition of Cool Stuff Ride Home, Marcus Paff, alongside Reggie Rizoo.

0:35.6

On today's episode, the Mother Mary of Stingrays, NASA's

0:40.0

looking for volunteers to take part in a simulated Mars mission, a quick look at the history of

0:45.8

President's Day, and on this day in history, we mail our children. Yes, you heard me right there.

0:52.1

That's all coming up on cool stuff.

0:54.2

A Marvel of Nature in the Mountains of North Carolina.

0:57.8

That's where a female stingray named Charlotte finds herself pregnant with as many as four

1:02.9

pups despite having no male stingray companions within her tank.

1:07.9

Speaking to the AP last week, Brenda Raymer, executive director of the aquarium

1:12.2

and shark lab on Main Street in downtown Hendersonville, said, quote, here's our girl saying,

1:18.0

hey, happy Valentine's Day, let's have some pups, end quote. The small aquarium is run by Raymer's

1:23.6

educational nonprofit, team Echo, which encourages local school children and others

1:28.9

to take an interest in science.

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