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Each week Molly Oldfield, host of the hit children's podcast Everything Under the Sun hosts a quiz for the Guardian in which she answers the questions that kids have about the world around us. Like 'how much bamboo can a giant panda eat?' 'Do aliens exist?' or 'Why is the sky blue?'
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