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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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Broken Arrow: The Time We Almost Nuked South Carolina
In our history, we’ve had at least 32 “Broken Arrow” incidents: instances of nuclear weapons accidents that don’t cause a nuclear war. One of those was in 1958, in which […]
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Human Sacrifice and Mexican Food
While I’ll freely admit there is a sort of “clickbait” nature to this title, I promise this episode is a wild one. It’s about the forgotten and sordid past to […]
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