About this episode

The episode discusses the tragic story of a prince mauled to death 27,000 years ago and explores the phenomenon of superkilonovas.

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People in this episode

Host: Jill ChaCha

Topics covered

• ancient history
• superkilonovas
• universe
• compassion
• science

Keywords

• prince
• mauled
• superkilonovas
• universe
• compassion
• history
• science

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