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Mark Meadows and the Dinosaurs: Trump’s Chief of Staff and His Dino Scam
Before he was Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows was involved in a Young-Earth-Creationist Dinosaur Dig with homeschooled children. The expedition turned up several incredibly rare fossils – a […]
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Hollow Earth Theory: John Cleves Symmes, Jr.
We’ve all heard of “Flat Earth Theory.” But in the early 1800s, a man named John Cleves Symmes, Jr. spread his ideas far and wide, to anyone that would listen: […]
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The CIA’s Top-Secret “Heart Attack Gun”
In 1975, The CIA revealed that it had developed a top-secret weapon for the purpose of giving its target a heart-attack – in some cases without even knowing they’d been […]
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The Battle of Los Angeles: Real Bullets & Imaginary Targets
On February 25, 1942, the sky erupted with gunfire and anti-aircraft rounds. The ground-to-air assault went on for an hour, and the intended target was an invading Japanese air attack. […]
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A Fire Burning Underground: Centralia, PA
At the time of its largest population, Centralia, PA was an Eastern Pennsylvania borough with 2,700 residents. Now there are 5. This is due to a coal fire that’s been […]
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LePique and Grandpré: The Hot Air Balloon Duel
NEW EPISODE! In 1808, a lover’s quarrel in Paris led to one of the most interesting duels ever fought. Monsieur LePique and Monsieur de Grandpré both fell in love with […]
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New Years Eve: The TRUE History of the NYE Ball Drop (REBROADCAST of Episode 18)
Originally released January 4th, 2021. The dropping of the ball in NYC’s Times Square on New Years Eve is a tradition seen by billions of people around the world. But […]
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The German Christmas Pickle: Tradition or Marketing? (REBROADCAST of Episode 17)
Originally released December 28, 2020. Many Americans have heard of the age-honored German tradition of hanging Pickle-shaped ornament on the Christmas Tree. But is it really a tradition in Germany? […]
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To Boldly Go: How Spacemen Poo and Pee (REBROADCAST of Episode 5)
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 Invention of Karaoke: The Best Idea that Never Paid
A Japanese man named Daisuke Inoue is credited with being the “Father of Karaoke.” What is now a $10 billion industry started with him creating tiny machines out of car […]
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