Turning Lead Into Gold, T-Rex Leather Handbags, Why Mammalian Lifespans Vary So Greatly & TDIH: The First Paper Currency in the US

Cool Stuff Ride Home

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

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4.6 • 732 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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On today's episode, Scientists at CERN have successfully turned lead into gold -- a process that requires a shocking amount of speed! Another company touts its T-Rex leather handbags. How do scientists feel about said claim? Plus, researchers link the immune system to mammalian lifespan, and on This Day in History; the first paper currency in the US. These companies want to make hand bags out of T-rex leather. But scientists aren’t buying it Mammal's lifespans linked to brain size and immune system function, says new study CERN Creates Gold from Lead and There’s No Magic, Just Physics The History of US Currency Continentals: What it Means, History, Worth The Paper Revolution United States Continental Paper Currency VIDEO: US National Archives: The Continental Dollar: How the American Revolution Was Financed with Paper Money Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:51.9	Welcome to a special Saturday edition of Cool Stuff Ride Home.
0:56.0	We missed yesterday's show on Friday, so I figured why not.
0:59.2	Let's bring you something on the weekend.
1:00.8	My name's Marcus Paff attempting to bring you some of the cooler stories from around the globe.
1:04.9	On today's episode, scientists finally turn lead into gold, and it's a recipe that calls for speed. Details on the way.
1:13.7	Handbags made from T-Rex leather, plus why mammalian lifespans vary so greatly. And on this day
1:20.8	in history, the first time paper money was issued in the U.S. All coming up on cool stuff.
1:27.0	Deep beneath the Franco-Swiss border,
1:29.2	CERN's 27-kilometer underground ring
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