Trusty Trivia: MUSHROOMS!!!
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Hey, Smarty Pants, you know how much we love sharing super cool facts here on Who Smarted, right? Well, I've got another super cool fact for you. The podcast Snoop and Sniffy is absolutely awesome. Now get this, Snoop and Sniffy are these brilliant dog detectives who help kids like you level up your sleuthing skills. We're talking problem solving, deductive reasoning, the whole nine yards. And they do it by going on the most hilarious crime-solving adventures you've ever heard.

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Hello, Smarty Pants, and welcome to Trusty Trivia Thursday. Today, we're foraging through the fun and funky world of mushrooms. Mushrooms.

Before we sprout any facts, a big mycelium shout out to Tristan in Lake Tahoe. According to my sources, you have been fascinated with Who Smarted since the very beginning and that you listen to us at night and during the day. Now that's what I call a dedicated smarty pants. Let's take a sportacular step into the world of fungi.

Question one. What are mushrooms? Are they A, plants, B, fungus, or C, the best of all the pizza toppings? If you said C, I'm sure some of the smarty pants out there would agree with you. But if you said B, you nailed it. Mushrooms are fungi, and they have their own unique kingdom in biology.

Question two. What makes the honey fungus so special? A. It's the largest living organism on Earth. B. It glows in the dark. C. It tastes like chocolate. Did you choose A? You are correct. The honey fungus in Oregon covers over three and a half miles, making it the largest and sneakiest living thing on the planet. Talk about a fungal jungle. Last question.

What part of the mushroom do we eat? Is it A, the root, B, the flower, or C, the fruiting body? Did you choose C? You're a champignon. The fruiting body is the part above ground that pops up like magic after it rains. Well, you've grown your brain, smarty pants. So join us next week for more naturally awesome trivia. Oh, and if you want to learn more about mushrooms, check out our mushrooms episode in the Who Smarted archives.

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