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Thank you to Brilliant for sponsoring this video! To try out interactive STEM courses for free, visit https://brilliant.org/PhysicsfortheBirds/. The first 200 subscribers will get 20% off of an annual premium subscription. Why on earth did Wikipedia say that olive oil performs spontaneous parametric down-conversion? In this video, we learn the basics of quantum mechanics and we use it to explain why extra virgin olive oil shines red with a green laser. We also learn how scientists were able to use a protein found in jellyfish (and GloFish!) to create entangled particles. 0:00 Introduction 2:12 Quantum Mechanics 6:10 Olive Oil and Chlorophyll 10:07 Green Fluorescent Protein 13:13 Message from Sponsor QM Reference: Intro to Quantum Mechanics, Griffiths Olive Oil Science: http://www.aromadictionary.com/EVOO_blog/?p=1340} More Olive Oil Science: https://pubs.aip.org/aapt/pte/article/50/6/377/398228/Fun-with-fluorescence-in-olive-oil Entanglement in Green Fluorescent Protein: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-02027-9