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Mid-Week Mini: The Supreme Basketball Court
In this week’s Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk about how there’s a basketball court in the Supreme Court Building. There’s a basketball court inside the U.S. Supreme Court building. And […]
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Books That Kill: The Poison Book Project
In this episode we explore a truly unexpected heritage-risk story: the Poison Book Project, where conservators discovered that beautiful emerald-green book cloths from the 19th century were hiding arsenic-based pigments. […]
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Mid-Week Mini: The Surprising Germ Explosion in Your Ears
In this week’s Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk about how wearing headphones for just one hour can increase the bacteria in your ears by 700%. So this one sounds like […]
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The Weirdest Marathon: 1904 Saint Louis Olympics – REWIND
Originally released March 7, 2022. The Marathon at the 1904 Summer Olympics was SUPER WEIRD. One man was chased off course by wild dogs. One man was intentionally poisoned. Another […]
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Mid-Week Mini: You Can’t Burp in Space (without throwing up)
In this week’s Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk about how you can’t burp in space without throwing up. Here’s something interesting: If you’re in space, you can’t burp—at least not […]
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Bamber Bridge: American Racial Tension in the UK – REWIND
Originally released July 7, 2024. A little known battle during WWII didn’t occur between the Axis and Allies; rather it occurred between Black and White members of the U.S. Army. […]
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Mid-Week Mini: Penguins Can Jump Nine Feet Into the Air
In this week’s Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk about how high penguins can jump. You probably picture penguins sliding on their bellies or hopping clumsily over snow, right? But some […]
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The World’s First Livestream: Trojan Room Coffee Pot
Long before YouTube, before Twitch, before livestreams were everywhere, the first webcam pointed at something we’d consider boring by today’s standards: a coffee pot. In this episode, Michael tells the […]
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Mid-Week Mini: The Moon Has Moonquakes
In this week’s Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk about moonquakes. A lot of people don’t know this, but the moon has earthquakes. Or, I guess, moonquakes. When Apollo astronauts were […]
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Operation Paul Bunyan: The Most Expensive Tree Trimming in History – REWIND
In 1976, a skirmish at the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea led to the brutal murders of two Americans. The skirmish began over the trimming of a tree. […]
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