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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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Mid-Week Mini: A Day is Longer Than a Year on Venus
In this week’s Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk about how on Venus, a day is longer than a year.. A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus. […]
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Infinity Now: Endless Déjà Vu Experience
In this episode we journey through the strange terrain of persistent déjà vu—the case of a 23-year-old British man whose life was overtaken by the feeling that every moment had […]
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Mid-Week Mini: The U.S. Flag Was Designed by a 17-Year-Old
In this week’s Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk how The United States Flag was designed by a 17-year-old. In the 1950s, the United States had 48 states. And if you […]
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Terminal Identity: 18 Years in an Airport
In this episode we explore the remarkable life of Mehran Karimi Nasseri — born in Iran, studying in England, losing critical documents, and spending 18 years living in Charles de Gaulle […]
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Mid-Week Mini: Lobsters Taste With Their Feet
In this week’s Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk how lobsters taste with their feet. So here’s the deal. If you’ve ever watched a lobster scuttling around the ocean floor, you’ll […]
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Hidden Soldiers: Trans Lives in the Civil War
During the Civil War, hundreds of people assigned female at birth served in male disguise. Some did it out of patriotism, some for love, and for others, it was about […]
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