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    "airdate": "2026-01-09T09:06:12-08:00",
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    "comment": "This song is less about birds than it is about the creatures’ behavior in relation to earthquakes. For centuries, folk wisdom has suggested that the conduct of birds (and certain other animals) predicts where and when an earthquake will strike. Specifically, when the animals sense the first indication of a quake – before humans can feel it – they fly (or run) in the other direction.\nAs Michael Stipe sings on “King of Birds,” “A hundred million birds fly away” – and that behavior could better predict the next quake.\n\nStipe also felt that he could sense earthquakes before they occurred.: https://diffuser.fm/rem-king-of-birds/",
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