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slash setup welcome to another edition of cool stuff ride home I'm Marcus Pap

as always joined by Reggie Rizzou.

On today's episode, don't panic, but thousands of tarantulas will soon emerge in search of a mate, at least in select parts of the country.

We'll tell you where.

Plus, it's Weird Wednesday, and we're bringing you the oldest bottle of cognac, the oldest living man, a missing kid that wasn't really missing,

and a nude bike race. And on this day in history, the first American steam locomotive is built

and the race that secures its place in the future of transportation. That's all coming up

on cool stuff. Well, Reggie will soon be bringing us

Weird Wednesday with a host of bizarre stories from across the world. That said, I thought

I'd stick with the theme and bring you a somewhat strange story of my own to get us started.

And it regards tarantulas, those mammoth spiders that many find extremely terrifying. The story comes to us courtesy of author

Alex Hughes and BBC Science Focus. If you live in the United States like Reggie and I do,

prepare yourself, at least if you live in certain parts of the country. I say that because

hordes of tarantulas will soon be emerging as if to inform us of the impending apocalypse.

But if you see this event, don't fret too hard.

It's actually a perfectly normal event that takes place once per year, with thousands

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