Strange Realm - Ep. 103 - March 16th, 2025

Tonight we bring you a wide-ranging and wild show featuring the weirdest and most interesting news we could find this week, including claims of Quantum supremacy by China, Alligators in the sewers of Florida, cougar cubs seen in Michigan for the first time in 100 years, and we discuss the wild and wooly real "unicorn" that roamed the Earth 30,000 years ago. All of this and then after the break, we continue our reading series as Frobisher reads more from "Our Haunted Planet," by John A. Keel.

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Notes:
- China takes quantum supremacy
https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/china-achieves-quantum-supremacy-claim-with-new-chip-1-quadrillion-times-faster-than-the-most-powerful-supercomputers
- Scientists surprised by alligators in the sewers
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/florida-alligators-racoons-sewer-system-b2714282.html
- Cougar cubs spotted in Michigan for first time in 100 years
https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/cougar-cubs-spotted-michigan-first-time-100-years
- Unicorns are real!
https://people.com/pets/unicorns-are-real-but-not-as-pretty-as-you-think/
- Our Haunted Planet
https://www.amazon.com/Our-Haunted-Planet-John-Keel/dp/1517343119
https://archive.org/details/Our_Haunted_Planet

Intro music: "night drive" by bbrainz (slowed + reverb)
Outro music: "Curious Constellations" by SURGE
Background art: "The Time Machine" by Interesni Kazki (AEC)
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