This week Shannon lightens the mood with the lies your parents told you as a kid. Emma screams, Shannon waxes poetic on Santa and hairballs, and we get to hear from a special guest! Listen along to what you thought you'd never know the answers to. 

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CNN: “Chocolate milk definitely doesn't come from brown cows -- but some adults think otherwise” by Nancy Coleman (https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/16/us/chocolate-milk-help-trnd/index.html)The Conversation: “Lies about Santa? They could be good for your child” by Kristen Dunfield (https://theconversation.com/lies-about-santa-they-could-be-good-for-your-child-88855)SwimmingPool.com: “7 Common Swimming Pool Myths Busted” (https://www.swimmingpool.com/blog/pool-myths-busted/)Mayo Clinic: “Mayo Clinic Minute: Should you wait 30 minutes to swim after eating?” by Ian Roth (https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-minute-should-you-wait-30-minutes-to-swim-after-eating/)The Smithsonian: “A WWII Propaganda Campaign Popularized the Myth That Carrots Help You See in the Dark” by K. Annabelle Smith (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-wwii-propaganda-campaign-popularized-the-myth-that-carrots-help-you-see-in-the-dark-28812484/)The World Carrot Museum (http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/)Potato Pete jingle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3ndKK3j8msScientific American: “Fact or Fiction?: Chewing Gum Takes Seven Years to Digest” by John Matson (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-chewing-gum-takes-seven-years-to-digest/)Moms.com: “20 Strange Habits That Kids Have (Explained By Scientists)” by Layne G. (https://www.moms.com/20-strange-habits-that-kids-have-explained-by-scientists/)(CW: Super gross medical photos) National Museum of Health and Medicine: “Hairballs: Myths And Realities Behind Some Medical Curiosities” (https://www.medicalmuseum.mil/index.cfm?p=exhibits.virtual.hairball.index)