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Cool Stuff Daily

Wed. 09/16 - No Seasonal Peeps, Yes Taco Bell Wine

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Society & Culture, News, Tech News, Science

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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A completely preserved extinct cave bear specimen from the Ice Age has been found in Siberia. Why our dreams have been more intense since the pandemic began. Strange new food and drinks hitting the market, and some beloved ones we won’t be seeing this year. And the billionaire who just accomplished his lifelong goal of giving away all of his money. Sponsor: Beachbody on Demand, Text "GOODNEWS" to 303030 for a free trial membership Links: Bear from Ice Age found 'completely preserved' in Russian Arctic (BBC) Cave bear carcass found in Siberian permafrost with organs, nose intact (Science Alert) The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Changing Our Dreams (Scientific American) The pandemic is giving people vivid, unusual dreams. Here's why. (National Geographic) Coronavirus Dreams Bot (@CovidDreams) (Twitter)  i dream of covid PepsiCo to launch drink to aid sleep as consumers struggle with stress (CNBC) COVID-19 has created a seasonal Peeps candy shortage (A/V Club)  Taco Bell is now selling its own custom wine (CNN)  Red Lobster 'Dew Garita' Cocktail: Mountain Dew Margarita Hits the Menu (Thrillist) There Won’t Be Halloween Or Christmas Peeps This Year, And It's All COVID-19's Fault (Delish) The Billionaire Who Wanted To Die Broke . . . Is Now Officially Broke (Forbes) Kottke.Org 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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A completely preserved extinct cave bear specimen from the Ice Age has been found in Siberia.

0:50.1

Why our dreams have been more intense since the pandemic began.

0:55.3

Strange new food and drinks hitting the market and some beloved ones we won't be seeing this year.

1:02.2

And the billionaire who just accomplished his lifelong goal of giving away all of his money.

1:09.4

Here are some of the cool things from the news today.

1:16.0

Scientists have just discovered a completely preserved extinct cave bear.

1:21.5

The Ice Age Cave Bear of the species Ursus Spillaius, which went extinct about 15,000 years ago, is itself between 22,000 to 39,500

1:32.4

years old, and was discovered in the melting permafrost of the Lyakovsky Islands, the southernmost

1:38.5

group of the New Siberian Islands. The bear, originally found by reindeer herders, still has its nose, teeth, and internal organs intact.

1:48.5

It is the first wholly intact cave bear specimen, scientists having previously only found skeletons.

1:55.5

Quoting science alert, cave bears roamed while most of Europe and Asia were covered in glaciers, sharing the landscape

2:02.1

with mammoths, saber-toothed cats, and giant ground sloths. The creatures were massive. Males could

2:08.9

weigh up to one ton, which is about 500 pounds heavier than the largest bears alive today, end

2:15.1

quote. This particular species is believed to be an ancient relative of the modern-day brown bear.

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