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The Memphis Pyramid and the Crystal Skull
When construction workers were on top of the giant pyramid in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, they discovered a small metal box welded to the structure. Inside, they were shocked to find […]
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Edgar Allan Poe and the Cabin Boy, Richard Parker
When Edgar Allan Poe wrote his only novel in 1838, he included a grim story about a young cabin boy who was killed and eaten at sea so that other […]
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The Thing: When The Soviets Spied and Got Caught – REWIND
In 1945, a wooden plaque of the “Great Seal” was given to the United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union. It hung on the wall by his desk for years […]
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The Cross Florida Barge Canal
For more than 100 years, there were plans to cut a canal through the middle of the Florida Peninsula. It would have allowed a huge shipping lane from the Gulf […]
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Royal Family: A Hidden Documentary – REWIND
With the death and funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, we revisit our 22nd episode all about the Royal Family. In 1969, Queen Elizabeth II and her family were followed around […]
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The Life and Death of hitchBOT
Was it a social experiment gone wrong? Or did it produce results exactly as intended? In 2014, robotics and communications scholars developed hitchBOT, a hitchhiking robot. It made its way […]
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To Boldly Go: How Spacemen Poo and Pee – Rewind
Originally released October 5, 2020. Using the bathroom in space has never been easy. And since the early NASA space missions of the 1960s, engineers have been solving this problem […]
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The Incredible Legend of Theagenes
In Ancient Greece, the incredible athlete known as Theagenes of Thasos was so successful, his legend of being unbeaten followed him into the afterlife. But is it true that even […]
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The Hottest Coffee: The McDonald’s Coffee Lawsuit
For decades, the story about the woman who sued McDonald’s because her coffee was too hot has been used as an example of frivolous lawsuits. But the truth is much […]
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Nazis in America: The Madison Square Garden Rally
In 1929, as many as 22,000 Americans met for a Nazi rally in New York’s Madison Square Garden. It was an event of the German-American Bund and attendees cheered while […]
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