Selects: The Strange Story of Sea Monkeys
Stuff You Should Know
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4.6 • 78.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2024
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Anyone who ever picked up a comic book as a kid probably marveled at the ads for the mysterious Sea Monkeys. In reality, they are just brine shrimp, not fantastical beings with magical powers. But the story behind the invention of the Sea Monkey is tale all its own. Listen in to this classic episode.
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| 1:00.4 | Hey everybody, it's Josh, and for this week's select, I've chosen our episode on Sea Monkeys |
| 1:05.1 | that came out in March of 2018. Sea Monkeys are one of those things that you just take for granted when you're a kid. |
| 1:12.6 | There's that one ad that was in every single issue of every single comic book, and for those of us lucky enough to mail off to get them, |
| 1:19.6 | they became an even bigger part of your childhood when you got to watch them swim around in their cool little plastic tank. |
| 1:26.6 | But Sea Monkeys have an even more |
| 1:28.2 | amazing backstory than this, not just of toy fame, but also of intrigue too. Hope you enjoy it. |
| 1:39.3 | Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of IHeart Radio. |
| 1:50.7 | Hey, and welcome to the podcast. |
| 1:51.8 | I'm Josh Clark. |
| 1:53.6 | There's Charles W. Chuck Bryant. |
| 1:55.1 | There's Jerry over there. |
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