Show Notes
How an Oddball Bunny Saved Millions of Lives
Can a make-believe tale have real-life consequences? Perhaps a 1930s legend from a snowy town in Wyoming illustrates signals just how the strange things found in nature can become life-saving treatments.
References: Are jackalopes real? | Live Science New Research Shows the HPV Cancer Vaccine Saves Lives | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Credits: The Legend Of Bigfoot | Internet Archive (CC) Somewhere In Wyoming 1930 Joe Green Orchestra | Internet Archive (CC)
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