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== Science or Fiction <small>()</small> ==
== Science or Fiction <small>()</small> ==
''It's time for Science or Fiction.''


'''Theme: Bread'''
'''Theme: Bread'''


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Item #1: The US Government banned presliced bread in 1943, but the ban lasted only several months due to widespread protest.<ref>[https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/569606/time-us-government-banned-sliced-bread Mental Floss: The Time the U.S. Government Banned Sliced Bread]</ref>  
Item #1: The US Government banned presliced bread in 1943, but the ban lasted only several months due to widespread protest.<ref>[https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/569606/time-us-government-banned-sliced-bread Mental Floss: The Time the U.S. Government Banned Sliced Bread]</ref>  


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== Who's That Noisy <small>()</small> ==
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* Answer to last week: [brief description]
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=== New Noisy ===
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SGU Episode 776
May 23rd 2020
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SGU 775                      SGU 777

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
Guest

DC: David Cheeseman

Quote of the Week

'Quote'

Links
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Show Notes
Forum Discussion


Introduction

You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.

News Items

News Item 1 ()

Sub-section 1()

News Item 2 ()

News Item 3 ()

News Item 4 ()

News Item 5 ()

Science or Fiction ()

It's time for Science or Fiction.

Theme: Bread

Item #1: The US Government banned presliced bread in 1943, but the ban lasted only several months due to widespread protest.[1]

Item #2: In the US some products sold as wheat bread are just white bread dyed brown with caramel coloring.[2]

Item #3: A “baker’s dozen” is 13, originally used as a marketing ploy, as 13 is prime and cannot be easily divided, encouraging purchase of the full “dozen.”[3]

Who's That Noisy ()

  • Answer to last week's Noisy: [brief description]

New Noisy ()

(brief, vague description of Noisy)

Questions/Emails/Corrections ()

[description] ()

Skeptical Quote of the Week ()

[Text – author] , short description

Signoff/Announcements ()

S: —and until next week, this is your Skeptics' Guide to the Universe.

S: Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is produced by SGU Productions, dedicated to promoting science and critical thinking. For more information, visit us at theskepticsguide.org. Send your questions to info@theskepticsguide.org. And, if you would like to support the show and all the work that we do, go to patreon.com/SkepticsGuide and consider becoming a patron and becoming part of the SGU community. Our listeners and supporters are what make SGU possible.

Today I Learned

  • Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[4]
  • Fact/Description
  • Fact/Description

References

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