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[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Of that list, I know TMBG. Always a fav of mine, and I appreciate their attempts to educate and promote science. The sun is a miasma of incandescent plasma!

[–] Banana@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

They've definitely been one of my faves as well since I was a kid and found them while watching Malcom in the Middle

[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I love the fact that the song you quoted is a kind of retraction of another, less scientifically accurate song of theirs.

The sun is a mass of incandescent gas...

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

It is, but they adopted it. It was originally written by Hy Zaret. They give him credit, of course, but it became theirs to steward.