The Weird World of Prehistoric Transylvania

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Life Sciences, Science

4.4 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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This episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind takes listeners to Transylvania, where a rogue baron made important early strides in the field of paleobiology and where, during the Late Cretaceous period, giant pterosaur dubbed “Dracula” feasted on pony-sized dwarf sauropods.

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1:39.4	You are standing in the halls of Satchel Castle. You approach a golden chalice,
1:44.7	resplendent, and an embossed spiral of geologic time that winds round from rim to base.
1:51.7	At the mirrors touch the chalice chines and shivers, dragging you back through 200 years of history
2:00.4	to the castle's raising in the Transylvania wilds of Hothic. You grasp the golden chalice and time
2:07.9	sheds from your perspective, let the skin of a great serpent spiraling out in every direction as
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