Welcome to Kent District Library’s Stump the Librarian Podcast where your friendly neighborhood librarians put their research skills to the test answering questions from you, the listener! Jill and Liz every other Wednesday to learn new and exciting information. Think you have a question that can stump us? Visit www.kdl.org/stump to submit a question of your own!
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Wednesday Oct 02, 2024
Wednesday Oct 02, 2024
Jill and Liz are BACK for season 5. As always, we are here to answer your questions! Follow us to get a new episode every other Wednesday afternoon.
In this episode we answer the questions “Why are some people left-handed?” and “Are all mosquitoes that bite female?” We also share a fact of the day from a Rockford librarian and share a historical fiction book with adventure and spy stuff! To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you!
Shannon’s Fact of the Day: Yes? No! Maybe So… by Julie Beer
https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C1124562
Jill’s book recommendation: Max in the House of Spies by Adam Gidwitz
https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C990059
Concerning left-handedness:
https://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/01/brain#:~:text=But%20handedness%20has%20its%20roots,in%20language%20and%20speech%20areas.
https://www.dictionary.com/e/sinister-dexter-left-right-word-origin-history/
https://www.history.com/news/why-are-left-handers-called-southpaws
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-37423-8
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3258574/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-causes-some-people-t/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handedness
Concerning mosquitoes:
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mosquito
school.eb.com/levels/high/article/mosquito/53915.
https://www.cdc.gov/mosquitoes/index.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK585164/
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