| S2017E01 |
Why Do Cats Like Catnip?
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January 2, 2017
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| S2017E02 |
Can You Change Your Legal Name to Just Have a First or Last Name if You Wanted To?
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January 3, 2017
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9
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Why is a Dollar Called a "Buck"?
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January 4, 2017
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3
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| S2017E04 |
Why Does Toothpaste Make Things Like Orange Juice Taste So Awful?
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January 5, 2017
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3
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| S2017E05 |
25 Amazing Facts (Collaboration with List25!)
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January 6, 2017
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| S2017E06 |
Why Does Stepping on Legos Hurt So Much?
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January 7, 2017
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6
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| S2017E07 |
Who Really Invented Monopoly?
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January 9, 2017
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| S2017E08 |
The Boy Who was Executed Twice
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January 10, 2017
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62, Broke, and Living In His Car: Colonel Sanders and the Founding of the KFC Empire
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January 11, 2017
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| S2017E10 |
French Connection UK and Their Infamous FCUK Fashion Campaign
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January 12, 2017
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7
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| S2017E11 |
The Story of the Troll Doll
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January 13, 2017
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5
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| S2017E12 |
The Story of How SpongeBob SquarePants Made It to Air
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January 14, 2017
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8
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Buttockmail and the Origin of the Word Blackmail
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January 15, 2017
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| S2017E14 |
Why Does James Bond Like His Martinis Shaken Not Stirred?
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January 16, 2017
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5
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| S2017E15 |
That Time Coca-Cola Spent $100 Million Intentionally Filling Cans With Water That Smelled Like Farts
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7
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| S2017E16 |
Is There Really a Fish That Swims Up Your Urine and Into Your Bladder in the Amazon?
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January 18, 2017
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8
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| S2017E17 |
Why is New York City Called the Big Apple?
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January 19, 2017
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3
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| S2017E18 |
Is the Recipe for Coca-Cola Really Only Known By Two People?
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13
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Why Your Nose Runs When It is Cold Outside
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January 21, 2017
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| S2017E20 |
The Business That Would Evolve Into Taco Bell Started Out Selling Hot Dogs
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January 23, 2017
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5
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| S2017E21 |
How the Gun on the Original Duck Hunt Worked
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January 24, 2017
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3
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| S2017E22 |
That Time Saying 'Ahoy hoy' was the Preferred Way to Answer the Phone
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January 25, 2017
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4
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| S2017E23 |
What Started the Cops Eating Doughnuts Stereotype?
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January 26, 2017
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3
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| S2017E24 |
Why Coupons Sometimes Say They are Worth a Fraction of a Penny
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January 27, 2017
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4
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| S2017E25 |
How the Crop Circle Phenomenon Got Started
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January 29, 2017
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| S2017E26 |
Why is Someone Who is Lazy Called a Couch Potato?
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January 30, 2017
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5
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| S2017E27 |
Why Does Red Meat Turn Brown When Cooked?
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January 31, 2017
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2
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| S2017E28 |
The King of the Dudes
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February 1, 2017
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9
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| S2017E29 |
Where was Lincoln's Bodyguard on the Night He was Assassinated?
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February 3, 2017
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7
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| S2017E30 |
Why is it Impossible to Tickle Yourself?
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February 4, 2017
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3
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| S2017E31 |
Do Athletes Actually Go to Disney World After They Say "I'm Going to Disney World"?
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February 5, 2017
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4
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| S2017E32 |
Who was Miranda of the Miranda Warning?
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February 6, 2017
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8
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| S2017E33 |
What Ever Happened to Confederate President Jefferson Davis?
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February 7, 2017
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7
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| S2017E34 |
What is an "Amok" as in "Run Amok"?
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February 8, 2017
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4
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| S2017E35 |
Why is The Toilet Commonly Known as the Crapper (or John)?
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February 10, 2017
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4
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| S2017E36 |
Why Does Swiss Cheese Have Holes?
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February 11, 2017
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3
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| S2017E37 |
Why Does Your Stomach Growl When You're Hungry?
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February 12, 2017
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3
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| S2017E38 |
Why Drawn Hearts Don't Look Like Real Hearts
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February 13, 2017
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6
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| S2017E39 |
Why a Geckos Feet Can Stick to Almost Anything
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February 14, 2017
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3
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| S2017E40 |
Why Lead Used to Be Added to Gasoline
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February 15, 2017
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7
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| S2017E41 |
Why are Certain American Football Games Called Bowls?
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February 16, 2017
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2
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| S2017E42 |
Who is McDonald in McDonald's Restaurant?
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February 17, 2017
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10
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| S2017E43 |
Who Invented the Bloody Mary Drink? (and Who is it Really Named After)
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February 18, 2017
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16
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| S2017E44 |
Why Does Hair Only Grow to a Certain Length?
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February 20, 2017
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4
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| S2017E45 |
The Origin of the Male and Female Symbols
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February 21, 2017
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4
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| S2017E46 |
How January 1st Became the New Year in Many Parts of the World
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February 22, 2017
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6
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| S2017E47 |
Did NASA Spend Millions Developing a Pen When the Russians Used Pencils?
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February 23, 2017
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10
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| S2017E48 |
Where the Expression "Sleep Tight and Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite" Came From
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February 24, 2017
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5
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| S2017E49 |
A 60 Hour Race So Intense That Only 14 of Over 1000 Ultra-marathoners Have Ever Completed It
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February 26, 2017
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17
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| S2017E50 |
The Remarkable Bass Reeves
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February 27, 2017
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15
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| S2017E51 |
The Surprisingly Interesting Story Behind the Filet-O-Fish Sandwich
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February 28, 2017
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9
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| S2017E52 |
Who Invented Spoons, Forks, and Knives?
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March 1, 2017
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8
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| S2017E53 |
The Truth About the Origin of the Name of the Baby Ruth Candy Bar
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March 2, 2017
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4
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| S2017E54 |
The Slave Who Helped Assemble the Freedom Statue in Washington DC
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March 4, 2017
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6
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| S2017E55 |
Jack Daniel's Refreshingly Nice Team of Attorneys
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March 6, 2017
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6
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| S2017E56 |
A Violinist and the Devil
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March 7, 2017
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5
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| S2017E57 |
Why Do Cans of Diet Coke Float and Coke Don't?
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March 8, 2017
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5
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| S2017E58 |
That Time a Band Made Over $20K on a Totally Silent Album on Spotify
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March 11, 2017
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6
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| S2017E59 |
Why Cheddar is Orange When Milk is White
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March 11, 2017
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5
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| S2017E60 |
Where Do "Gypsies" Originally Come From?
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March 12, 2017
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5
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| S2017E61 |
Hoover's £50 Million Mistake
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March 13, 2017
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10
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| S2017E62 |
Why is there an Area of New York Called the Bronx?
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March 14, 2017
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2
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| S2017E63 |
Why Does Moist Baled and Stacked Hay Spontaneously Catch Fire?
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March 15, 2017
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5
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| S2017E64 |
How Do Deaf People Think?
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March 16, 2017
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6
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| S2017E65 |
Why is Greenland an Island and Australia a Continent?
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March 18, 2017
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4
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| S2017E66 |
Why Do Some English Speaking Countries Pronounce Z as "Zed" and Others as "Zee"?
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March 19, 2017
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2
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| S2017E67 |
The Fish That Talk with Farts
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March 20, 2017
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4
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| S2017E68 |
Why Did People Stick One Hand in Their Jackets in Old Photographs?
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March 21, 2017
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4
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| S2017E69 |
When Did People First Start Clapping to Show Appreciation?
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March 22, 2017
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7
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| S2017E70 |
The Story Behind the Famous Saigon Execution Photo
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March 23, 2017
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6
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| S2017E71 |
Who was the Woman in the Famous Great Depression Photograph?
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March 25, 2017
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6
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| S2017E72 |
Can Color Blind People See More Colors When They Take Hallucinogenic Drugs?
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March 26, 2017
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13
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| S2017E73 |
The Disgusting Contents of Worcestershire Sauce (and Why It s Called That)
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March 27, 2017
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5
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| S2017E74 |
The Invention of Scotch Tape (and Why It's Called That)
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March 28, 2017
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4
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| S2017E75 |
Why is There an R in "Mrs" When It's Pronounced "Misses"?
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March 29, 2017
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5
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| S2017E76 |
Why You Used to Have to Use Number 2 Pencils on Scantrons (and Why Pencil "Lead" is Called Lead)
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March 30, 2017
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5
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| S2017E77 |
Did Fidel Castro Really Almost Pitch in the Major Leagues?
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April 1, 2017
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9
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| S2017E78 |
Why Don't Hot Dogs and Hot Dog Buns Come in Packs of Equal Number?
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April 3, 2017
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9
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| S2017E79 |
From Basement to Shelves the World Over: The Story of Reeses Peanut Butter Cups
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April 4, 2017
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3
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| S2017E80 |
The Founding of a Chewing Gum Empire: Wrigley and His Freebies
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April 5, 2017
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6
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| S2017E81 |
How Did Judge Judy Get Her Gig?
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April 6, 2017
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5
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| S2017E82 |
The Truth About the Origin of the Potato Chip
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April 7, 2017
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12
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| S2017E83 |
Why are Bibles Printed With the Text in Two Columns Instead of One?
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April 8, 2017
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5
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| S2017E84 |
The Rubber Band: Holding It Together Since 1820
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April 9, 2017
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8
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| S2017E85 |
The Invention Nobody Wanted That Became One of the Top Selling Office Products of All Time
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April 10, 2017
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6
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| S2017E86 |
The Invention of the Cardboard Box
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April 11, 2017
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7
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| S2017E87 |
Why is Area 51 Called That?
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April 12, 2017
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7
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| S2017E88 |
Why are Ambulances Called Ambulances?
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April 13, 2017
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5
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| S2017E89 |
The Interesting Story Behind Lincoln's Beard
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April 15, 2017
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4
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| S2017E90 |
Why are There Bibles in Hotel Rooms
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April 15, 2017
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4
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| S2017E91 |
The Surprisingly Diverse Pre-Hollywood Career of Jason Statham
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April 16, 2017
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8
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| S2017E92 |
Why Do We Have Grass Lawns
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April 17, 2017
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7
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| S2017E93 |
The Last Public Hanging in the United States
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April 18, 2017
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10
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| S2017E94 |
The Surprisingly Mysterious Life of Famed Artist Bob Ross
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April 19, 2017
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11
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| S2017E95 |
The Timely Death of Kodak Founder George Eastman
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April 20, 2017
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8
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| S2017E96 |
Why Beans Give You Gas
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April 21, 2017
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3
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| S2017E97 |
The Great Stink of 1858
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April 22, 2017
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10
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| S2017E98 |
Why is Poindexter Slang for Nerd? (and Where the Words Nerd and Geek Come From)
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April 23, 2017
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2
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| S2017E99 |
Why are Some Pages “Intentionally Left Blank” and Why Do They Say This?
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April 24, 2017
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4
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| S2017E100 |
The Great Emu War of 1932
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April 25, 2017
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7
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| S2017E101 |
That Time When you Could Save Yourself From Being Executed by Beating the Executioner in a Foot Race
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April 26, 2017
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6
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| S2017E102 |
You're Probably Saying the "Ye" as in "Ye Olde Coffee Shoppe" Wrong
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April 27, 2017
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6
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| S2017E103 |
That Time the Inventor of the Whac-A-Mole Accidentally Blew Up His Warehouse
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April 28, 2017
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13
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| S2017E104 |
From a Life of Crime to One of the Most Prolific Actors of All Time Danny Trejo's Prison Break
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April 30, 2017
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8
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| S2017E105 |
The Curious Case of the Claque
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May 1, 2017
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7
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| S2017E106 |
The Famous "Crying Indian" Who Wasn't
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May 2, 2017
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4
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| S2017E107 |
Charles Dickens and His Stalker
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May 3, 2017
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6
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| S2017E108 |
From Longtime Dramatic Actor to Total Goofball The Story of Leslie Nielsen
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May 4, 2017
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6
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| S2017E109 |
The Unwilling Soldier of Three Armies
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May 5, 2017
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4
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| S2017E110 |
The Soldier Who Continued Fighting WWII 29 Years After It Ended, Because He Didn't Know
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May 6, 2017
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9
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| S2017E111 |
A Knight's Tale- The Real Life Ulrich Von Liechtenstein
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May 8, 2017
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8
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| S2017E112 |
The Amazing Story of Douglas Mawson's 300 Mile Antarctic Trek
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May 9, 2017
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11
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| S2017E113 |
Erased from History: Hatshepsut, The Bearded Female King of Egypt
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May 10, 2017
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7
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| S2017E114 |
What Happened to Huey, Dewey, and Louie's Parents?
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May 11, 2017
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5
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| S2017E115 |
The Black Babe Ruth
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May 13, 2017
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8
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| S2017E116 |
How Do They Decide the Age When You Become an Adult?
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16
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| S2017E117 |
The Truth About Your Flammable Flatulence
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May 15, 2017
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5
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| S2017E118 |
Was Sherlock Holmes Based on a Real Person?
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May 16, 2017
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9
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| S2017E119 |
Why are Movie Theater Concessions So Expensive? (The US v Paramount)
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May 17, 2017
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10
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| S2017E120 |
Who Invented the Shopping Cart?
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May 18, 2017
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11
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| S2017E121 |
Why aren't Human Fingers All the Same Length
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May 19, 2017
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5
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| S2017E122 |
The First Email and the Origin of the @ Symbol
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May 20, 2017
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7
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| S2017E123 |
What is a Tarnation
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May 21, 2017
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2
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| S2017E124 |
How the Phrase Red Herring Came to Mean Something That is Misleading
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May 22, 2017
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5
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| S2017E125 |
What's a MacGuffin in Films and Why is It Called That
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May 23, 2017
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8
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| S2017E126 |
Why Does Coffee Make You Poop?
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May 24, 2017
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8
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| S2017E127 |
That Time Dick Van Dyke was Saved by Porpoises While Lost at Sea
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May 25, 2017
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3
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| S2017E128 |
What Time Zones are the Poles In?
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May 26, 2017
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7
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| S2017E129 |
What Do the Buttons on Darth Vaders Suit Do?
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May 28, 2017
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10
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| S2017E130 |
Does the President's Dog Get Its Own Secret Service Agents?
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May 29, 2017
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7
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| S2017E131 |
From Drug Dealer Charged with Attempted Murder to Successfull Actor- Mark Whalberg's Turnaround
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May 30, 2017
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9
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| S2017E132 |
Picasso's Doodles
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May 31, 2017
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8
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| S2017E133 |
A Tax on the Poor- The Lotto and the Surprisingly Common Sad Aftermath of Winning
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June 1, 2017
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16
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| S2017E134 |
The Story Behind the Morton's Salt Girl
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June 2, 2017
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4
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| S2017E135 |
Roger Courtney and a Watery Gamble - The Establishing of the SBS
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June 4, 2017
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7
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| S2017E136 |
That Time Someone Gave a Homeless Person $100,000 Just to See What Would Happen
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June 5, 2017
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11
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| S2017E137 |
The Female Pirate Whose Armada Took on the Chinese, British, and Portuguese Navies and Won
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10
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| S2017E138 |
The Soldier Who Voluntarily Became a Prisoner in Auschwitz
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June 7, 2017
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13
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| S2017E139 |
The Woman Who is the Mother of Us All
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June 8, 2017
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7
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| S2017E140 |
The Man Who Fought in WWII With a Sword and Bow
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June 9, 2017
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5
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| S2017E141 |
The Tragic Family Life of Kelsey Grammer
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June 11, 2017
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5
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| S2017E142 |
The Truth About Prepositions and the End of Sentences
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June 12, 2017
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3
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| S2017E143 |
The Man Who Saved the World
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June 13, 2017
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10
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| S2017E144 |
The Forgotten Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, Norton I
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June 14, 2017
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10
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| S2017E145 |
Did English Speakers Really Not Use Contractions in the 19th Century as Depicted in True Grit?
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June 15, 2017
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6
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| S2017E146 |
What Makes a Vowel a Vowel and a Consonant a Consonant
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June 16, 2017
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4
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| S2017E147 |
The One Man Riot Squad
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June 17, 2017
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13
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| S2017E148 |
How Do Dry Cleaners Clean Clothing
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June 20, 2017
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9
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| S2017E149 |
The Black Comedian Who Was Almost One of the Three Stooges
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June 21, 2017
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8
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| S2017E150 |
The Curious Practice of Execution By Golden Shower
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June 22, 2017
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3
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| S2017E151 |
Using a Charge Card to Buy $170 Million Painting
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June 23, 2017
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7
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| S2017E152 |
Can Sharks Really Grow an Unlimited Number of Teeth
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June 25, 2017
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5
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| S2017E153 |
The Curious Case of Captain Robert Campbell
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June 26, 2017
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3
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| S2017E154 |
Does the UK Really Experience Massive Power Surges When Soap Operas Finish from People Making Tea
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June 28, 2017
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10
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| S2017E155 |
Does Hand and Foot Size Really Correlate with Penile Length?
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June 29, 2017
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6
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| S2017E156 |
Talking Tough - Martin Luther's Potty Mouth
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June 30, 2017
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6
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| S2017E157 |
The Origins of 5 Secret Groups
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July 1, 2017
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9
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| S2017E158 |
Why Yankee Doodle Called the Feather in His Hat Macaroni
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9
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| S2017E159 |
How Long Would It Take to Count to a Billion and What’s the Highest Anyone Has Counted?
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July 2, 2017
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9
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| S2017E160 |
Al Jolson - Misunderstood Hero or Villain?
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July 3, 2017
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6
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| S2017E161 |
The Many Myths Surrounding Charles Darwin
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July 4, 2017
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10
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| S2017E162 |
That Time Jordan Anderson Sent His Letter from a Freedman to His Old Master
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July 5, 2017
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8
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| S2017E163 |
Does Drinking Gasoline Cause You to Go Blind
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July 6, 2017
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6
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| S2017E164 |
Marie Curie's Affair... and the Duels That Followed
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July 7, 2017
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5
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| S2017E165 |
Where Did the Expression Piss Like a Racehorse Come From?
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July 9, 2017
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5
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| S2017E166 |
Millionaire Charles Vance Millar and His Practical Jokes from Beyond the Grave
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July 11, 2017
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9
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| S2017E167 |
Is Inhaling Alcohol Bad for You?
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July 12, 2017
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9
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| S2017E168 |
The Greatest Scientist of the 20th Century You've Probably Never H
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July 13, 2017
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8
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| S2017E169 |
The Curious Tale of Turnspit Dogs (Re-Issue)
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July 14, 2017
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3
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| S2017E170 |
What Happens When a Town Votes For a Dog or Cat to Be Mayor
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July 16, 2017
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6
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| S2017E171 |
That Time the Citizens of Prague Literally Threw Their Politicians Out of Office
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July 17, 2017
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5
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| S2017E172 |
Should we Put Hydrogen Peroxide on our Cuts?
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July 18, 2017
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6
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| S2017E173 |
Who Invented Tequila and What's the Deal with the Worm?
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July 19, 2017
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8
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| S2017E174 |
Why is Alcohol Content Referred to as Proof?
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July 20, 2017
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5
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| S2017E175 |
What Powers Does the Queen of England Actually Have?
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July 21, 2017
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10
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| S2017E176 |
Why Can't People Smell Themselves
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July 21, 2017
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7
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| S2017E177 |
Izzy Einstein, the Littlest Prohibition Agent
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July 24, 2017
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11
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| S2017E178 |
Renting Pandas
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July 25, 2017
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3
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| S2017E179 |
Is There Any Difference Between Men's and Women's Razors and Shaving Cream?
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July 26, 2017
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7
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| S2017E180 |
What Happens to Undeliverable Mail with No Return Address?
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July 27, 2017
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8
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| S2017E181 |
The Surprisingly Lucrative Pre-Fame Career of Arnold Schwarzenegger
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July 28, 2017
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8
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| S2017E182 |
Why Do Americans Write Dates: Month-Day-Year?
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July 29, 2017
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7
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| S2017E183 |
Do Trees Poop and Pee?
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August 1, 2017
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11
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| S2017E184 |
WWII and the Creator of Captain America
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August 2, 2017
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11
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| S2017E185 |
How the Maximum Occupancy of a Building is Calculated
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August 3, 2017
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5
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| S2017E186 |
What Happens if You Leave Your House to a Pet in Your Will
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August 4, 2017
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10
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| S2017E187 |
The Truth About Clothes Moths
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August 5, 2017
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3
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| S2017E188 |
That Time Mozart Pirated a Forbidden Piece of Music from the Catholic Church from Memory
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August 6, 2017
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9
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| S2017E189 |
Mozart's Much Less Family Friendly Works
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August 7, 2017
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7
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| S2017E190 |
That Time a Teen Funded His College Education by Asking People for Pennies
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August 8, 2017
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6
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| S2017E191 |
The Trials and Tribulations of 1904 Olympic Marathon Runners
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August 9, 2017
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10
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| S2017E192 |
The Mysterious Black Goo of Venezuela - La Mancha Negra
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August 10, 2017
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6
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| S2017E193 |
How Did the "Slipping on a Banana Peel" Comedy Gag Start?
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August 11, 2017
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9
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| S2017E194 |
Why Fruits Change Color and Flavor as They Ripen
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August 14, 2017
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7
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| S2017E195 |
WWII Files - Pigeon Guided Missiles and Literal Bat Bombs
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August 15, 2017
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7
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| S2017E196 |
Why Do We Call Parents Mom and Dad Instead of Their Names?
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August 16, 2017
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6
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| S2017E197 |
Why Determining Easter’s Date is So Confusing
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August 17, 2017
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7
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| S2017E198 |
Does Ear Candle Earwax Removal Actually Work
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August 19, 2017
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8
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| S2017E199 |
That Time an Elephant was Condemned to Execution by Hanging
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August 20, 2017
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5
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| S2017E200 |
Eclipse Timelapse (August 21, 2017) + Fascinating Eclipse Facts
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August 21, 2017
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12
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| S2017E201 |
Where Did the Expression The Big Cheese Come From?
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August 22, 2017
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9
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| S2017E202 |
From Billions to Zero in 50 Years - The Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon
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August 23, 2017
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7
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| S2017E203 |
Do Mounted Police Officers Have to Clean Up Their Horse's Poop
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August 24, 2017
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8
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| S2017E204 |
Playing with a Broken Neck - The Remarkable Story of Bert Trautmann
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August 25, 2017
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10
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| S2017E205 |
That Time When the Elite of the Western World Rented Pineapples by the Hour
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August 27, 2017
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7
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| S2017E206 |
The Ridiculously Oversized Punt Gun
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August 28, 2017
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5
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| S2017E207 |
Who Invented the Slurpee?
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August 29, 2017
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5
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| S2017E208 |
Why is it Called "Going Dutch" When You Pay for Yourself?
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August 30, 2017
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4
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| S2017E209 |
Can the Queen's Guard Really Not React to People While on Duty?
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August 31, 2017
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12
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| S2017E210 |
When the Beatles Were Pelted with Jelly Beans
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September 1, 2017
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3
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| S2017E211 |
Glowing in the Dark - The Radium Girls
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September 3, 2017
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16
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| S2017E212 |
That Time a 17 Year Old Girl Struck Out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig Back to Back
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September 5, 2017
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8
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| S2017E213 |
Paul McCartney's Scrambled Eggs which Evolved Into One of the Most Recorded Songs of All Time
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September 6, 2017
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8
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| S2017E214 |
Is Warming Up Before Exercising Actually Beneficial?
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September 7, 2017
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7
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| S2017E215 |
Who Invented the Computer Mouse and Its Surprisingly Long Journey to Your Desk
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September 8, 2017
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16
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| S2017E216 |
Why the Chicago Cubs are Named After a Baby Bear and The Long, Weird History of Their Mascot
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September 10, 2017
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7
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| S2017E217 |
That Time the World's Most Popular Spectator Sport was Walking
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September 11, 2017
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8
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| S2017E218 |
The Men Who Dropped the Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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September 12, 2017
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7
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| S2017E219 |
The Curious Tail, errr, Tale of F D C Willard
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September 14, 2017
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7
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| S2017E220 |
Why are Some Ice Cubes Clear and Others Cloudy?
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September 15, 2017
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4
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| S2017E221 |
Where Did the Saying I'll Eat My Hat Come From?
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September 17, 2017
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5
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| S2017E222 |
To Boldly Go Where No Fecal Matter Has Gone Before
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September 18, 2017
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11
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| S2017E223 |
What's the Difference Between BCE/CE and BC/AD and Who Came Up with These Systems?
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September 19, 2017
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8
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| S2017E224 |
Why the French-Founded Notre Dame School's Athletic Teams are the Fighting Irish
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September 20, 2017
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9
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| S2017E225 |
Babe Ruth - The Ladies Man
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September 21, 2017
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7
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| S2017E226 |
How a Wife Beating, Serial Killer Puppet Gave us the Expression "Pleased as Punch"
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September 25, 2017
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3
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| S2017E227 |
The Truth About Columbus and the Round Earth
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September 26, 2017
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7
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| S2017E228 |
The Real First Black Man to Play Major League Baseball
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September 27, 2017
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9
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| S2017E229 |
Who was the Real Man in the Iron Mask?
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September 29, 2017
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13
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| S2017E230 |
A Lesson in Failure - The Story of Pixar
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September 30, 2017
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13
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| S2017E231 |
Why are Kinder Eggs Illegal in the USA?
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October 2, 2017
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18
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| S2017E232 |
The Story of the US National Anthem (and How it Became Part of the National Pastime)
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October 5, 2017
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6
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| S2017E233 |
When Did Teen Girls Stop Commonly Getting Married?
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October 6, 2017
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5
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| S2017E234 |
Why Does the Sun Make You Sneeze?
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October 7, 2017
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7
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| S2017E235 |
That Time When Men, Not Women, Wore High Heels
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October 8, 2017
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5
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| S2017E236 |
That Time Canada Tried to Make a Literal "Gaydar"
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October 10, 2017
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7
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| S2017E237 |
How the Sun Burns Your Skin (and How Sunscreen Prevents This)
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October 11, 2017
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7
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| S2017E238 |
Why Do “Mac” and “Mc” Surnames Often Contain a Second Capital Letter?
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October 12, 2017
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5
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| S2017E239 |
Where Do Baby Carrots Come From?
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October 13, 2017
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3
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| S2017E240 |
Why are Continental Breakfasts Called That?
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October 15, 2017
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4
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| S2017E241 |
Edgar Allan Poe and His Quest to be Court Martialed
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October 16, 2017
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5
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| S2017E242 |
Why Penguins' Feet Don't Freeze
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October 17, 2017
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3
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| S2017E243 |
The Curious Case of Self Mummification
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October 18, 2017
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4
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| S2017E244 |
Why is Seaweed Used in Making Ice Cream?
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October 19, 2017
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5
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| S2017E245 |
The Surprisingly Short History of the Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
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October 20, 2017
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7
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| S2017E246 |
What Makes Peanut Butter Stick to the Top of Your Mouth?
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October 22, 2017
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3
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| S2017E247 |
Why Don't Snakes and Many Other Animals Get Sunburned?
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October 23, 2017
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3
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| S2017E248 |
That Time a 26 Year Old Edgar Allan Poe Married His 13 Year Old Cousin
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October 24, 2017
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4
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| S2017E249 |
Why Don't Spiders Stick to Their Webs?
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October 26, 2017
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4
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| S2017E250 |
The One Man Invasion of Sark
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October 29, 2017
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8
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| S2017E251 |
Why are Buffalo Wings Called That?
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October 30, 2017
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6
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| S2017E252 |
Hobbs and His Locks: The Great Lock Controversy of 1851
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October 31, 2017
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10
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| S2017E253 |
Are There Any Animals Other than Humans That Commit Suicide?
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November 1, 2017
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8
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| S2017E254 |
What Really Happened to the Library of Alexandria?
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November 2, 2017
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8
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| S2017E255 |
Why Do Nails on Your Fingers and Toes Grow at Different Rates?
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November 3, 2017
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4
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| S2017E256 |
Why is Friday the 13th Considered Unlucky?
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November 4, 2017
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9
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| S2017E257 |
Is There Any Cheese in Cheez Whiz? (And the Story of Kraft)
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November 5, 2017
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8
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| S2017E258 |
Not Guided by Policy: Hunter S. Thompson and the Birth of Gonzo Journalism
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November 6, 2017
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14
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| S2017E259 |
The Truth About "Elementary, My Dear Watson"
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November 7, 2017
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5
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| S2017E260 |
A $25 Bonus: The Remarkable Story of H Tracy Hall and the Invention of the Synthetic Diamond
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November 10, 2017
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10
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| S2017E261 |
What Happens if You Accidentally Damage or Destroy a Priceless Work of Art in a Museum
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November 10, 2017
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11
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| S2017E262 |
An Endless Cycle: Taxing Blank Cassettes and Killing Music
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November 11, 2017
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10
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| S2017E263 |
From the Tech Wild West: The Fascinating Saga of Bob.com
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November 13, 2017
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13
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| S2017E264 |
Are More People Really Killed by Vending Machines Than Sharks
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November 14, 2017
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13
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| S2017E265 |
Fire Hydrant Colors Actually Mean Something
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November 15, 2017
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6
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| S2017E266 |
Can You Really Avoid an Airline Baggage Fee by Wearing All Your Clothes?
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November 16, 2017
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8
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| S2017E267 |
How Do They Get Teflon to Stick to Pans?
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November 17, 2017
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3
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| S2017E268 |
Why are Bull and Bear Markets Called That?
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November 18, 2017
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7
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| S2017E269 |
What is the Largest Raindrop Possible?
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November 21, 2017
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4
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| S2017E270 |
PK Ep 1: How to Increase the Life of a Shaving Razor, Remove Stripped Screws, Supertasting & More
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November 22, 2017
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23
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| S2017E271 |
Why Do Screws Tighten Clockwise?
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November 23, 2017
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4
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| S2017E272 |
10 Medical Myths Debunked
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November 24, 2017
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24
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| S2017E273 |
How Did Lunar Landers Re-Launch When There's No Oxygen?
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November 25, 2017
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5
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| S2017E274 |
Driving Over Anti Tank Guns: The Remarkable Russian KV Tanks
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November 26, 2017
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6
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| S2017E275 |
Badass Week: The General Who Had His Skin Turned Into a Drum
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November 27, 2017
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4
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| S2017E276 |
Does Shaking Polaroid Pictures Actually Do Anything?
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November 27, 2017
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5
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| S2017E277 |
Badass Week: The One Legged Woman Who Was the Most Dangerous Of All Allied Spies
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November 28, 2017
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6
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| S2017E278 |
McRefugees and the Cyber-Homeless
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November 28, 2017
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4
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| S2017E279 |
Badass Week - The Heroic Death of Chariots of Fire's Eric Liddell
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November 29, 2017
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7
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| S2017E280 |
Why Can't You Put Pineapple in Jello?
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November 29, 2017
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6
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| S2017E281 |
Badass Week: A Memory of Solferino, The Life of Henry Dunant
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November 30, 2017
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8
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| S2017E282 |
Does Tapping a Shaken Can of Soda Actually Reduce Foam?
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November 30, 2017
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14
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| S2017E283 |
Badass Week: Leo Major and His Balls of Solid Steel
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December 1, 2017
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6
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| S2017E284 |
The Surprising Number of Survivors Aboard the Hindenburg
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December 1, 2017
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7
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| S2017E285 |
Badass Week: That Time an Army Dentist Killed 98 Attacking Enemy Soldiers Single-Handedly
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December 2, 2017
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6
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| S2017E286 |
The US Navy and Their Hilariously Inept Search for Dorothy and Her Friends
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December 2, 2017
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9
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| S2017E287 |
Who Invented Hawaiian Pizza?
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December 4, 2017
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12
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| S2017E288 |
The Man Who Controls TV
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December 5, 2017
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7
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| S2017E289 |
Hilarious History: That Time Cadets at West Point Rioted Over Eggnog
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December 6, 2017
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8
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| S2017E290 |
20 Interesting Facts About the Great Mister Rogers
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December 7, 2017
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13
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| S2017E291 |
Is It Safe to Eat Moldy Bread or Moldy Cheese?
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December 8, 2017
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4
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| S2017E292 |
Does McDonald's or Burger King Really Hand Out Cards Granting You Free Food For Life?
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December 9, 2017
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9
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| S2017E293 |
Why Did Neil Armstrong Get to Be the First to Walk on the Moon?
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December 10, 2017
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7
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| S2017E294 |
Stealing Einstein's Brain
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December 11, 2017
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9
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| S2017E295 |
How Do the Ghosts in Pac-Man Decide Where to Go?
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December 12, 2017
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9
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| S2017E296 |
The Tragic Life of JFK's Sister
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December 14, 2017
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8
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| S2017E297 |
What Does Bill Gates Carry Around in His Wallet?
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December 15, 2017
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10
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| S2017E298 |
Margaret Thatcher and Her Frugal Ways
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December 16, 2017
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6
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| S2017E299 |
That Time a 61 Year Old Farmer Won One of the World's Most Grueling Athletic Competitions
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December 17, 2017
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6
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| S2017E300 |
Is the Happiest Man in China Photo Real or Fake?
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December 18, 2017
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6
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| S2017E301 |
That Time a Guy Won the Lotto a Second Time Reenacting His First Win for the Press
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December 19, 2017
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2
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| S2017E302 |
Forgotten History: The Remarkable Walter Hunt and His World Changing Inventions
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December 20, 2017
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11
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| S2017E303 |
The Truth About the Origin of the Candy Cane
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December 21, 2017
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5
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| S2017E304 |
What Ever Happened to Everyone's Friend MySpace Tom?
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December 22, 2017
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13
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| S2017E305 |
Can Staying Awake Too Long Really Kill You?
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December 23, 2017
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13
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| S2017E306 |
Why is There 12 Days of Christmas in the Song Instead of 1?
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December 24, 2017
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10
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| S2017E307 |
That Time People Put Frogs in Unrefrigerated Milk to Keep it From Spoiling
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December 25, 2017
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3
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| S2017E308 |
The White Mouse
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December 26, 2017
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6
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| S2017E309 |
A Rose for Carl - An Amazingly Horrific Love Story
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December 27, 2017
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5
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| S2017E310 |
Hands On Awesome Tech: Making Solar Cells With a Particle Accelerator
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December 28, 2017
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14
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| S2017E311 |
The Day the Clown Cried
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December 29, 2017
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6
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| S2017E312 |
Avenging His Dog - The Fascinating Story of Colorful Congressman "Good Time" Charlie Wilson
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December 30, 2017
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8
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| S2017E313 |
Why are Crazy People Called Mad as a Hatter?
season finale
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December 31, 2017
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11
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