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The Pepsi Cola Navy: Soviet Trade Gone Strange
For a very short time period, the Pepsi Cola Company had the sixth largest navy in the world. It was the result of a crazy trade deal with the Soviet […]
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The Nebraska Miracle: The West End Baptist Church Explosion
In 1950, the West-End Baptist Church in Beatrice, Nebraska exploded from a gas leak. The church should have been full of a practicing choir, but it wasn’t. This episode examines […]
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The End of the World: A Doomsday News Video (REBROADCAST of Episode 26)
Originally released February 28, 2021. Throughout the 1980s, there were rumors that CNN had produced a video to be broadcast if the world was ending. More than 30 years later, […]
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The Vulcan Salute: The Power of a Feminine God (REBROADCAST of Episode 20)
Originally released January 18, 2021. Did you know that Spock’s “Vulcan Salute” in Star Trek was based on a Jewish Blessing? It’s true! We explore the history of the hand […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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