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Guess what, Will?

What's that, Mango?

So, have you ever heard of poker talks?

Poker talks.

Is that like detox for playing poker?

I actually have not heard of it.

It's actually Botox for playing poker.

Oh, I get it. That's smart. Yeah.

It was invented by this New York City doctor. His name's Jack Birdie. And he's also this poker player. And he realized the biggest problem for poker players is their tells. Like people who like far their

brows or curl their lips as they're trying to bluff. And so he basically came up with a few places to administer Botox so you don't show your hand as much.

Now, I'm guessing this is just for humans, or can, you know, those dogs that play poker, can they also get this treatment?

I love the idea of like Sharpay or one of those like super wrinkly dogs just getting all smoothed out because of Botas.

I feel like it'll take so many years off the dog.

But hearing about Poker Talks treatments really made us wonder like, what's the history of these cosmetic procedures?

How long have people been getting nose jobs?

And why was the Civil War such a turning point for plastic surgery?

So let's dive in. Hey there, podcast listeners. Welcome to part-time genius. I'm Will Pearson, and as always, I'm joined by my good friend Mengesh, hot ticketer. And on the other side of the soundproof glass, really feeling that burn because he's doing

his daily set of facer sizes. I don't know if you've noticed this mango. He's been doing them all week.

I didn't. Well, that is our friend and producer Tristan McNeil. Now, Tristan claims these exercises are a

viable alternative to plastic surgery. Something about how, like, toning your face muscles can make you look younger. So good luck to you, Tristan. You're already pretty young looking, but, you know, we'll see if this makes a difference. And honestly from here, it mostly looks like he's just kind of smushing his cheeks and making this little turtle face. It's kind of, I wish everybody could see this. It's a little weird. Yeah, so he was trying to explain this

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