Tue. 10/25 - Parkour Activists

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Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

News, Society & Culture, Science, Tech News

4.6 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Why marigolds are so prevalent in cultural celebrations around the world this time of year. Plus, how insect swarms affect atmospheric electricity. And the parkour athletes turned environmental activists. Sponsors: Indeed, Indeed.com/goodnews American Musical Supply, Use code COOL at https://ter.li/AmericanMusicalSupply-COOL for $20 off your next purchase of over $100 Links: How the marigold became a global icon, from Mexico to India (National Geographic) Marigold: The Mexican flower that has become a part of Indian festivals (The Economic Times, 2017) Historical and Ethnobotanical Aspects of Domestication in Tagetes (Economic Botany, JSTOR) Celebrating Latino Folklore [3 Volumes]: An Encyclopedia of Cultural Traditions by Maria Herrera-Sobek Insects contribute to atmospheric electricity (Phys.org) Insect Swarms Can Electrify The Air as Much as a Thunderstorm (Science Alert) Honeybee swarms generate more electricity per metre than a storm cloud (New Scientist) Parkour athletes switch off Paris lights one by one (Reuters) With Leaps and Bounds, Parkour Athletes Turn Off the Lights in Paris (NY Times) Watch these parkour athletes swing around Paris switching off wasteful lights (Euro News) Team On The Spot Parkour (Instagram) International Space Station swerves to avoid Russian space debris, NASA says (CNN) Space Station Forced to Perform Huge Swerve to Avoid Debris From When Russia Blew Up a Satellite (Futurism) Space Station Maneuvers to Avoid Orbital Debris (NASA) Fri. 10/14 - CIA-Funded Woolly Mammoths (Cool Stuff Ride Home) Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.5	It's Tuesday, October 25th, 2022. I'm Jackson Bird today. Why marigolds are so prevalent in cultural celebrations around the world this time of year. Plus, how insect swarms
0:40.5	affect atmospheric electricity, and the parkour athletes turned environmental activists. Here's
0:48.6	some cool stuff for your ride home. This time of year, as my summer crops come to the end of their lives, and I inevitably
0:59.0	forego planting any winter ones, there's often just one lone survivor in my garden, the
1:04.8	marigolds.
1:06.3	Bright, orangish, yellow balls of petals.
1:08.9	I plant marigolds, both for how they look, but more importantly,
1:12.6	because they are excellent pest deterrence. And once you know that they're good at keeping away some
1:17.6	insects, you'll start noticing rows of marigolds planted alongside crops at small farms and in home
1:24.2	gardens. They're excellent for companion planting, especially for tomatoes and
1:29.2	peppers, acting as little guards against invading forces. And perhaps it's this utility, as well as their
1:36.7	striking color and convenient blooming time, that helped Marigolds become such an important
1:42.2	player to many cultural festivals around the world.
1:46.0	Marigolds are native to the Americas, and there's evidence that they played a significant role in cultural ceremonies long before the colonizers arrived.
1:54.0	One of the earliest legends comes from the Nahua, who believed Marigolds were a gift from their sun god, Tonitua, a gift to help them
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