Oil

Oil: it's a ubiquitous substance humans have been relying on for longer than you might think. We cook with it, we moisturize with it, we run machines with it - it keeps slipping into places we least expect to find it, for good and for ill... SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces! Head to www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Garth Riley and Glenn Trewitt for helping to make the show possible! And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy some great Tangents merch! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen [The Gauntlet] Original Crisco oil plant Company that produces Crisco Process to turn liquid oil into solid Fair Packaging and Labeling Act decade Upton Sinclair book Two oils in modern Crisco Kream Krisp vs. Crisco [Trivia Question] Value of Spanish extra virgin olive oil stolen in August 2023 https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/19/olive-oil-prices-surge-over-100percent-leading-to-cooking-oil-thefts.html https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spanish-police-seize-74-tonnes-stolen-olives-amid-soaring-prices-2023-10-06/ [Fact Off] Russell Martin Bliss contaminated Times Beach, Missouri with waste oil to stop dust Using human/animal hair to adsorb oil spills https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3298/7/7/52 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2213343715000330 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/04/980424032349.htm https://time.com/6262631/philippines-oil-spill-cleanup-hair/ [Ask the Science Couch] Saturated/unsaturated fat chemistry and how they influence bloodstream lipids https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_and_General_Biology/Book%3A_General_Biology_(Boundless)/03%3A_Biological_Macromolecules/3.03%3A_Lipid_Molecules_-_Introduction# https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/how-its-made-cholesterol-production-in-your-body https://openheart.bmj.com/content/5/2/e000871 [Butt One More Thing] Mineral oil used as a lubricant laxative https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/laxative-oral-route/before-using/drg-20070683?p=1 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2804525/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .