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What's Friday Without a Little Humor?

May 30, 2008

Over at the Daily Transcript, Alex Palazzo posts the video of comedian Stephen Colbert's recent bit on microbes. The video includes topics like penicillin as well as microbes from Mars, and since it's Colbert, we're pretty sure it will make you laugh.

 

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