How did we get the little magical wands to pee on to determine if someone is pregnant? Why does Hunter struggle to decode them? And why do people put them near their face? This and more, including rabbits, on this episode.

CONTENT WARNING: Discussions of Pregnancy Tests of History 16:20-22:00

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Intro and Outro Derived from:"Barroom Ballet" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Hunter's Anecdotes to Keep You Afloats Music:"All the Colors in the World" by Podington Bearwww.podingtonbear.com

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Sources:

https://academic.oup.com/clinchem/article/60/1/18/5581508

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/48655/8-historical-methods-detecting-pregnancy

https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2018/pee-pregnant-history-science-urine-based-pregnancy-tests/