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Hey, Jackson Bird here. So in case you missed the announcement at the end of yesterday's episode,

I just wanted to reiterate it right at the start

today. We are changing the name of this podcast. Starting tomorrow, this show will be called

the Cool Stuff Ride Home. We just want to give the show a name that's a little easier to find,

discover, and recommend. You don't need to do anything on your end, except maybe if you

sort your podcasts alphabetically, just check under C instead of K starting tomorrow. So now,

for one last time. Welcome to the Kotkeye ride home for Thursday, March 24th, 2022.

I'm Jackson Bird today.

The origin and fascinating evolution of LOLL.

Plus, it turns out the speed of sound on Mars is different and weirder than anticipated.

And some of the researchers behind the discovery of Captain Shackleton's lost ship

are developing a sort of Google Maps for Arctic waters. Here are some of the cool things

from the news today.

L-O-L. Are you the kind of person who refrains from ever typing it, uses it at the end of nearly every

sentence, or examines your messages before sending to make sure you aren't overusing

LOL, like removing extra exclamation points from an email?

I resisted LOL for years, decades, maybe, and now I think I might use it more than most people I typically

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