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Why Sammy Davis Jr. Left the Church of Satan
Was Sammy Davis Jr. a member of the Church of Satan? It’s widely known that he converted to Judaism after the auto accident that took his eye, but this week, […]
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The World’s Most Dangerous Amusement Park Ride
Action Park in Vernon, NJ became known as “Accident Park,” “Traction Park,” “Friction Park” and “Class-Action Park” because of the many injuries, accidents and even deaths that occurred there. One […]
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Overthrowing the Government: The Insurrection in Wilmington (REBROADCAST of Episode 27)
Originally broadcast March 8, 2021. There has been one successful coup d’état in American History – a successful violent overthrowing of a city government in 1898. Sadly, it’s a story […]
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The U.S. Government Killed 10K People with Alcohol
Bootlegging was an inevitable result of 1920s Prohibition in the U.S. And when the government tried to solve the problem, they ended up with a solution that killed at least […]
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The Awful Reason There Aren’t More Mummies
Did people in Victorian England eat mummies!? Was the flesh from mummies used for paint? In this episode, we talk about medical cannibalism, bad science and mummification. Then we chat […]
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13 Months: The Kodak Calendar Experiment
Can you imagine having an extra month between June and July?! In the “International Fixed Calendar,” that’s exactly what was proposed in the 1920s. The only organization to adopt this […]
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The Man Who Survived BOTH Atomic Bombs in Japan: Tsutomu Yamaguchi
Tsutomu Yamaguchi was one of the only people to survive both the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. He was the only one officially recognized as a double […]
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NOT TRUE! The Beatles Appearance on Ed Sullivan and NYC Crime
In this special “The Internet Says it’s NOT True” episode, we talk about a dubious claim about The Beatles: That when they made their renowned appearance on the Ed Sullivan […]
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The Weirdest Marathon: 1904 Saint Louis Olympics
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 ate bad fruit and fell […]
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Bucket List: The Internet Can’t Believe This Mandela Effect
The Internet has been blowing up recently with people who can’t believe this claim: That the phrase “Bucket List” originated with the 2007 Rob Reiner buddy film of the same […]
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