Should You Eat A 106-Year-Old Fruitcake?

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Should You Eat A 106-Year-Old Fruitcake?

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Sep 20, 2017

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What relics of South Pole expeditions have turned up? Learn more about Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic fruitcake in this BrainStuff episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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Sep 20, 2017

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Should You Eat A 106-Year-Old Fruitcake?

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