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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! Join Jill and Liz every other Wenesday 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!
The Ink-redible Octopus
In this episode we answer the questions “What’s the weirdest invention that actually worked?” and “Do all octopuses ink?” We also share a fact of the day from KDL’s Data Coordinator and share a nonfiction book about a daring dog. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you!
Jill’s book recommendation: Balto by Emma Carlson Berne
https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C889662
Concerning weird inventions:
"invention." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 2 Aug. 2024. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/invention/275080. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/the-weirdest-inventions-ever-in-pictures
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynasphere_(vehicle)
https://youtu.be/rvA7hDh_vhY?si=c2zOp5twqZ3Zds-E
https://youtu.be/FEYdSIfPA_Q?si=92Q0q2u5R__N78Gp
https://youtu.be/LmpeURi3cJY?si=9m8M6hTfqgydgjpI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roomba#:~:text=Engineer%20Joe%20Jones%20first%20conceived,between%20Jones%20and%20his%20colleagues.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/31590/13-patents-designed-build-better-mustache
https://www.rosenberg-library-museum.org/treasures/nineteenth-century-mustache-cups#:~:text=It%20wasn't%20until%201830,cup%20from%20rim%20to%20rim.
Concerning cephalopods:
"octopus." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 15 Nov. 2023. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/octopus/276161. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
https://a-z-animals.com/blog/do-octopuses-have-ink-like-squids/
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/09/why-do-cephalopods-produce-ink-and-what-on-earth-is-it-anyway
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/the-many-plurals-of-octopus-octopi-octopuses-octopodes
https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/cephalopods
https://www.sheddaquarium.org/stories/eight-strange-and-wonderful-facts-about-octopuses
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aplysiida
Bobtail squid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ivMSCi-Y2Q
The Incredible Octopus by Erin Spencer: https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C1021216
Stump the Librarian
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! Join Jill and Liz every other Wenesday 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!
