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August 2, 2021Uncategorized

Flying Under the Bridge: A Chuck Yeager Legend (REBROADCAST of Episode 11)

Originally released November 16, 2020. There’s a legend in West Virginia that in 1948, famed pilot Chuck Yeager flew an Air Force jet under a bridge in downtown Charleston. Over […]
July 26, 2021Uncategorized

Mind Your Business: Our First Minted Coin

Despite the United States Mint not being established until 1792, the first American coin struck for circulation was actually designed in 1787 by none other than Benjamin Franklin. But why […]
July 19, 2021Uncategorized

Monte Carlo 1913: The Gambler’s Fallacy

Try to imagine how you would bet if a roulette wheel landed on black 26 times in a row. What are the chances that the next spin would land on […]
July 12, 2021Uncategorized

Why is There a Tree on That Building?

You may have noticed something strange while passing a new building under construction: a small tree on the top of the structure. In this episode, we discuss why it’s there. […]
July 5, 2021Uncategorized

The Woman Who Fell From the Sky and Lived

In 1971, Juliane Koepcke’s airplane was struck by lightning and broke apart 2 miles above the Peruvian Jungle. Miraculously, she was the only one out of the 92 people onboard […]
June 28, 2021Uncategorized

Hollywood: The Many Stories of its Name

There are many competing theories on exactly how Hollywood, California got its name. Is it possible that the most ridiculous-sounding story is also the most credible? In this episode, we […]
June 21, 2021Uncategorized

Marian Anderson and the D.A.R.

On Easter Sunday in 1939, contralto singer Marian Anderson gave a concert to 75,000 people on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. This moment has been called a prelude to […]
June 14, 2021Uncategorized

Norton I, Emperor of the United States (feat. Song Salad)

He was born Joshua Abraham Norton, but to San Fransisco in the mid 1800s, he was Norton the First, Emperor of The United States and Protector of Mexico. Sure, it […]
June 7, 2021Uncategorized

OMG – A History

LMFAO, BRB, LOL, OMG. It feels tragically uncool to dissect and examine today’s texting and internet acronyms, but it turns out some of these acronyms aren’t as current as we […]
May 31, 2021Uncategorized

Adobe Flash and The Demise of a Chinese Railroad

When Adobe announced it would be discontinuing Flash in 2017, developers started replacing it with newer, more robust software. But one railroad system in Dalian, China didn’t get the memo. […]

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