19: The Science of Gay, How Many Songs Fit in DNA, and Niche Sports

What is the nuanced science behind homosexuality in animals and humans? Is there a single gay gene? No. No absolutely not. But how many songs could you fit into a gram of DNA, and why would you want to? And what are some of the most niche sports and why are they still so great?           Support us with a Max Fun Membership!Join our Discord!We also learn about: Tom is an ally, 1500 observed gay animals from shrimps to apes, the adelie penguin story hidden for 100 years, dynamic region translation, dolphins are messed up, it’d be weird NOT to talk about gay animals, how is gay behavior evolutionarily beneficial? nuanced questions and bad actors, the myth of the gay gene, genes are complicated and so is being gay, the rage inducing paper that inspired this topic, Caroline’s brain is loading big numbers, what would you put write into dna?, making 70 billion copies of your own book, what’s a floppy drive?, the first iPod, the cost of DNA storage, the double but, different types of memory, storing data for longer than ipods will be remembered, we’re not allowed to take the piss out of these sports, roller derby, is throwing a goat any weirder than a sheep’s bladder or pig skin?, reaching your peak in your 40s, the sport popes have played, tickles that jiggly knowledge thing in my skull.            Sources:                ---Homosexual Behaviour in Animals: An Evolutionary PerspectiveAn Alternative Hypothesis For the Evolution of Same-Sex Sexual Behaviour in AnimalsA Genetic Study of Male Sexual OrientationThe Gay Gene?The Proof Against the Gay GeneGenetics of Sexual BehaviorThe Bad Article that Inspired this TopicPink News Analysis of The Bad Article that Inspired this Topic               ---DNA Data ReviewThe First DNA Data, MicrovenusThe First Book in DNAAdditional Review of DNA Data200MB of DNA Storage with OK GOThe OK GO Music Video Stored in DNANYTimes on the First iPodTesting the Stability of DNA DataDNA Data Storage for 2 Million YearsThe Time it Takes to Write DNA DataComputerphile Explaining Reed-Solomon Compression---Home Game on NetflixRoller DerbyRoller Derby RulesBuzkashiMore BuzkashiCalcio Fiorentino/StoricoCalcio Fiorentino Nat Geo Interview Thanks to everyone who participated in this year's MaxFunDrive! Still want to get in on the action? Follow this link to support this show (and get in on our limited-time keychain sale to benefit the Center for Constitutional Rights): https://maximumfun.org/joinlearn