| S2018E01 |
"The Golden Ball"
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January 1, 2018
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8
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| S2018E02 |
The Richest Family in the World
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January 2, 2018
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9
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Why Do Doctors Have Men Turn Their Heads and Cough During Physicals?
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January 3, 2018
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5
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To Boldly Go Where No Dog Has Gone Before
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January 4, 2018
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9
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How LaserDisc Ultimately Won the Format Wars
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January 5, 2018
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That Time the Italian Military Experimented with Parasheep
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January 6, 2018
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4
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How the "Birdman of Alcatraz" Got His Name
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January 7, 2018
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That Time an Olympic Rower Stopped to Let Some Ducks Swim By and Still Won the Gold Medal
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January 8, 2018
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The Youngest to Serve
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January 9, 2018
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The Man Who Parkinson's Disease is Named After was Implicated in a Plot to Assassinate The King
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January 10, 2018
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| S2018E11 |
Where Did the Idea of Werewolves Come From?
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January 11, 2018
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10
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| S2018E12 |
Why Does Vladimir Putin Walk So Weird?
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January 12, 2018
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5
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| S2018E13 |
Roger Ebert's Other, Less Family Friendly Movie Job...
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January 13, 2018
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4
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| S2018E14 |
Where Did the Expression "I For One Welcome Our New X Overlords" Come From?
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January 14, 2018
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3
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| S2018E15 |
That Time the British Developed a Flying Jeep
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January 15, 2018
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| S2018E16 |
PB&J and the Momentous Peanut Butter Hearings
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January 16, 2018
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Why is X Generally the Unknown in Mathematics?
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January 17, 2018
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Sriracha Sauce and the Surprisingly Heartwarming Story Behind It
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January 18, 2018
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10
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The McDonald's Monopoly Scam: Operation Final Answer
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January 19, 2018
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| S2018E20 |
That Time a Guy Parachuted Onto Devils Tower and No One Could Figure Out How to Get Him Down
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January 20, 2018
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7
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| S2018E21 |
That Time the Russians Built a Literal Flying Tank
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January 21, 2018
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4
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| S2018E22 |
What was Up with David Bowie's Left Eye?
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January 22, 2018
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4
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| S2018E23 |
The Curious Case of Octopus Wrestling
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January 23, 2018
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9
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The House of Horrors Hotel and One of America's First Serial Killers
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January 24, 2018
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7
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| S2018E25 |
The Curious Case of the Lead Mask Deaths
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January 25, 2018
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The First Woman to Officially Run the Boston Marathon
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January 26, 2018
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6
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The Luckless Rubber Maven: Charles Goodyear
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January 27, 2018
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10
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| S2018E28 |
Galileo and Why He was Really Convicted of Heresy
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January 29, 2018
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5
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Swift Nick Nevison and His Remarkable Dash to Secure an Alibi
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January 30, 2018
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Falling on Grenades: The Indestructible Jacklyn H. Lucas
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January 31, 2018
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6
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| S2018E31 |
The El Chapo of Orangutans
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February 1, 2018
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5
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| S2018E32 |
The Curious Case of Pablo EskoBear: The Cocaine Bear
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February 2, 2018
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7
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| S2018E33 |
Frederick Banting and the Relatively Recent Discovery That Has Saved Hundreds of Millions of Lives
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February 3, 2018
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5
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| S2018E34 |
Dr. William Brydon and the Massacre of Elphinstone's Army
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February 4, 2018
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7
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The Truth About Lord Paget and His Leg
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February 5, 2018
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8
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| S2018E36 |
The Revenge of Han van Meegeren, One of the Great Art Forgers of All Time
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February 6, 2018
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7
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| S2018E37 |
The Truth About Legendary Highwayman Dick Turpin
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February 8, 2018
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11
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| S2018E38 |
The Man Who Was Nominated for the Nobel Prize 84 Times, But Never Won
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February 9, 2018
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8
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| S2018E39 |
The Curious Case of the Fruit That Transforms Sour to Sweet
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February 12, 2018
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4
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| S2018E40 |
The Fascinating Tale of the "Witch of Wall Street"
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February 13, 2018
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12
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| S2018E41 |
The Man Who Captured Four Armed German Soldiers With an Empty Gun
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February 14, 2018
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4
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| S2018E42 |
The Pivotal WWII Gun That Nobody Wanted to Put Down: The Plumber's Nightmare
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February 15, 2018
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7
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| S2018E43 |
England's Secret Weapon: The Two Million Ton Megacarrier Made of Ice
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February 16, 2018
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14
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| S2018E44 |
Why Do People Eat Whale Poop?
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February 17, 2018
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11
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| S2018E45 |
Havildar Bhanbhagta Gurung's Knife Wielding WWII Assault
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February 19, 2018
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7
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| S2018E46 |
Who Invented the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Game?
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February 19, 2018
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7
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| S2018E47 |
What's Up With the Bizarre Hollywood Phenomenon of "Twin Films"?
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February 20, 2018
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11
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| S2018E48 |
The Remarkable Life of the Colorful Female Aviator Pancho Barnes
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February 21, 2018
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8
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| S2018E49 |
How Long Would a Person's Heart Have To Be Stopped Before Medics Wouldn't Try to Revive Them?
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February 22, 2018
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13
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| S2018E50 |
That Time Snoop Dogg Tried to Rent an Entire Country
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February 23, 2018
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7
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| S2018E51 |
Late for the Olympics: The Amazing Story of Kipchoge Keino
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February 24, 2018
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5
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| S2018E52 |
Is Water Fluoridation Bad for You?
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February 25, 2018
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12
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| S2018E53 |
The Man on the Raft: The Story of Poon Lim
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February 26, 2018
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8
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| S2018E54 |
What is the First Known Joke?
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February 27, 2018
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5
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| S2018E55 |
That Time Annie Oakley Offered to Put Together an All Female Sniper Team
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February 28, 2018
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8
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| S2018E56 |
Gravy Stockings and TNT Hair Dye: The Fascinating Fashions of WW2
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11
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| S2018E57 |
Where Does the Word Doohickey Come From?
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March 2, 2018
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4
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| S2018E58 |
The Curious Case of Spider Rain
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March 3, 2018
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4
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| S2018E59 |
Why Does the Yolk of an Overcooked Hard Boiled Egg Turn Green
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March 4, 2018
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3
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| S2018E60 |
The Curious Case of Gregory Packer - The Everyman
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March 5, 2018
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9
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| S2018E61 |
Why are Grandfather Clocks Called That?
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March 6, 2018
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4
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| S2018E62 |
Why Was Tuberculosis Called Consumption?
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March 7, 2018
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2
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| S2018E63 |
Peanuts and Peeing on a Bus: The Traditions of Going to Space
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March 8, 2018
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7
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| S2018E64 |
The Tale of the Man Who Nearly Drowned While Falling from the Sky
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March 10, 2018
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7
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| S2018E65 |
Why Don't Birds' Legs Freeze
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March 11, 2018
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4
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| S2018E66 |
Is it Possible to Cash Oversized Novelty Prize Checks?
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March 12, 2018
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5
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| S2018E67 |
When Did People Start Using Punctuation?
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March 13, 2018
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7
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| S2018E68 |
Where Did the Word Meme Come From?
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March 14, 2018
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3
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| S2018E69 |
Will Hospitals Give Back an Amputated Limb If You Ask For It?
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March 15, 2018
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11
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| S2018E70 |
Has There Ever Been an Actual Case of Someone Being Pelted With Tomatoes During a Performance
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March 17, 2018
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12
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| S2018E71 |
What Happens When You Donate Your Body to Science and How Do You Do This?
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March 19, 2018
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17
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| S2018E72 |
That Time a 73 Year Old Frank Sinatra was Offered the Leading Role in Die Hard
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March 20, 2018
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3
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| S2018E73 |
The London Garrotting Panic
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March 21, 2018
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7
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| S2018E74 |
Saburō Sakai: The Samurai of the Skies
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March 22, 2018
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7
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| S2018E75 |
The Real Doc Holliday
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March 23, 2018
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8
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| S2018E76 |
Apparently We've All Been Pronouncing UFO Wrong
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March 24, 2018
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10
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| S2018E77 |
The Curious Case of Merkins - aka The Vagina Wig
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March 27, 2018
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6
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| S2018E78 |
Who Invented the Fahrenheit and Celsius Temperature Scales?
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March 28, 2018
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5
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| S2018E79 |
Wyatt Earp: The Great American... Villain?
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March 29, 2018
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15
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| S2018E80 |
The Nazis, Hitler, The Internet, and Godwin's Law
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March 30, 2018
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5
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| S2018E81 |
A Cake or a Biscuit? - The Lengthy and Expensive Saga of the Jaffa Cake
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April 1, 2018
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6
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| S2018E82 |
The Surprisingly Recent Invention of the T-Shirt
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April 4, 2018
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8
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| S2018E83 |
Do Words Get Removed from a Dictionary When People Stop Using Them?
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April 5, 2018
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18
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| S2018E84 |
Child Actors and Coogan's Bill
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April 6, 2018
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4
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| S2018E85 |
Bathing with a Friend - The Drought of 1976
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April 7, 2018
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6
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| S2018E86 |
From Desert to Party Central: The Birth of Las Vegas
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April 8, 2018
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7
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| S2018E87 |
Bonsai!!!
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April 9, 2018
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5
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| S2018E88 |
How Do Muslims Face Mecca When Praying in Space?
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April 10, 2018
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7
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| S2018E89 |
Heroin Was Created by the Makers of Aspirin
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April 11, 2018
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10
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| S2018E90 |
Have Your Cake and Eat It Too
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April 13, 2018
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6
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| S2018E91 |
The Curious Case of Ferret Legging
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April 14, 2018
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3
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| S2018E92 |
How Did Harry Houdini Actually Die?
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April 16, 2018
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7
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| S2018E93 |
What is the Longest Possible Prison Sentence for a Single Crime?
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April 17, 2018
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6
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| S2018E94 |
The Debauched (and Fascinating) Life of Gordon Bennett
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April 18, 2018
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20
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| S2018E95 |
Stalin and His Size
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April 19, 2018
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7
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| S2018E96 |
Betting It All on a Spin
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April 20, 2018
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6
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| S2018E97 |
Why is US Paper Money Green?
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April 21, 2018
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14
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| S2018E98 |
Who Invented the Konami Code?
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April 22, 2018
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3
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| S2018E99 |
The Curious Case of the Murder Tree
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April 23, 2018
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7
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| S2018E100 |
Did People Ever Really Put Crocodiles in Moats?
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April 24, 2018
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11
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| S2018E101 |
Does the President Get Sick Days?
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April 25, 2018
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13
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| S2018E102 |
Is It Actually Possible to Be Allergic to Exercise?
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April 26, 2018
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13
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| S2018E103 |
Are the Snozzberries in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Referring to Male Genitalia?
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April 27, 2018
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6
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| S2018E104 |
"Hold My Beer!" - The Story of Tommy Fitz and His Drunken Bet
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April 28, 2018
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6
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| S2018E105 |
Why are There No B Batteries?
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April 29, 2018
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4
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| S2018E106 |
How Switzerland Managed to Remain Neutral with WWI and WWII Raging Around Them
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April 30, 2018
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18
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| S2018E107 |
So, When Did We Start Introducing Sentences with 'So'?
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May 1, 2018
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4
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| S2018E108 |
That Time Coca Cola Tried to Introduce Vending Machines that Charged More on Hot Days
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May 2, 2018
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11
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| S2018E109 |
Was Trial By Combat Ever Actually a Thing?
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May 3, 2018
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11
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| S2018E110 |
Why Don't Human Cannonballs Die When Shot Out of the Cannon?
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May 4, 2018
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8
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| S2018E111 |
Reuel Colt Gridley and the Most Expensive Bag of Flour in the World
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May 5, 2018
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4
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| S2018E112 |
Charles Dickens' Sledge Hammer for the Poor Man's Child
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May 6, 2018
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19
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| S2018E113 |
About That Musk...
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May 7, 2018
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5
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| S2018E114 |
Elaine Benes: Real Life Daughter of a Billionaire
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May 8, 2018
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3
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| S2018E115 |
Is Honey Vegan?
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May 9, 2018
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7
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| S2018E116 |
Don Draper in a Spacesuit
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May 10, 2018
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17
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| S2018E117 |
Lincoln's Patent
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May 12, 2018
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6
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| S2018E118 |
That Time it Rained Meat...
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May 13, 2018
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5
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| S2018E119 |
Did People in the Middle Ages Really Throw Fecal Matter Out of Their Windows?
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13
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| S2018E120 |
The Curious Case of the Gun Knife
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May 15, 2018
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5
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| S2018E121 |
Why Do the Village People Dress Like That?
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May 16, 2018
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11
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| S2018E122 |
Who Invented Nachos and Why are They Called That?
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May 17, 2018
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10
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| S2018E123 |
Why Does One Bad Apple Spoil a Bunch?
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May 18, 2018
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3
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| S2018E124 |
The Curious Case of John Dalton's Eyeballs
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May 19, 2018
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4
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| S2018E125 |
The Curious Case of the Backflipping Bird: The Parlor Roller
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May 20, 2018
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4
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| S2018E126 |
The Most Decorated Dog of WWI
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May 21, 2018
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4
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| S2018E127 |
What Does it Mean When a Show Gets Syndicated?
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May 22, 2018
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5
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| S2018E128 |
That Time Someone Burned a Million British Pounds for... Reasons
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May 23, 2018
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4
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| S2018E129 |
Why Do We Say "Sic 'Em" to Dogs to Get Them to Attack
|
May 24, 2018
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3
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| S2018E130 |
Has Anyone Ever Tried to Pay for Something with a Briefcase Full of Cash?
|
May 25, 2018
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10
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| S2018E131 |
The Bum Brigade
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May 26, 2018
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8
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| S2018E132 |
The Angel of Death
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May 27, 2018
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9
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| S2018E133 |
The Silver Lining of the Worst Movie Ever Made
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May 28, 2018
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9
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| S2018E134 |
That Time Oxford Students and Townsfolk Battled Over a Pint and the Hilarity That Ensued
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May 29, 2018
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9
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| S2018E135 |
The Bizarre Story of the Sex.com Heist...
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May 30, 2018
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27
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| S2018E136 |
Why is Humpty Dumpty Always Depicted as an Egg?
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May 31, 2018
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5
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| S2018E137 |
June 1, 1974: Dr. Henry Heimlich and His Beagles
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June 1, 2018
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15
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| S2018E138 |
Why Do Athletes Dump Gatorade on Their Coaches (and Who Invented Gatorade)
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June 1, 2018
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10
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| S2018E139 |
How do They Decide Who Gets to Guard the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?
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June 2, 2018
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10
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| S2018E140 |
The Curious Case of the Campden Wonder
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June 3, 2018
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12
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| S2018E141 |
June 4, 1855: The Camel Corps
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June 4, 2018
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7
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| S2018E142 |
The Chicken Heated Nuclear Land Mine (Oh yes, totally a real thing)
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June 4, 2018
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9
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| S2018E143 |
June 5, 1995 - The Curious Case of Dead Duck Day (Seriously, just click, this is absurdly hilarious)
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June 5, 2018
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8
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| S2018E144 |
The Snakeman Who Was Bitten Nearly 200 Times and Lived to Be 100
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June 5, 2018
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9
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| S2018E145 |
The Curious Case of Alexis St Martin (June 6, 1822)
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June 6, 2018
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10
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| S2018E146 |
What Causes Toenails to Turn Yellow?
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June 6, 2018
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4
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| S2018E147 |
F*&k the Draft (June 7, 1971)
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June 7, 2018
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8
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| S2018E148 |
The Panama Canal and Its Amazing Locks
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June 7, 2018
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13
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| S2018E149 |
That Time the U.S. Postal Service Tried Missile Mail (June 8, 1959)
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June 8, 2018
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11
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| S2018E150 |
Why Are Haphazardly Built Things Called "Jury Rigged"?
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June 8, 2018
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6
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| S2018E151 |
Why Do Baseball Managers Wear the Team's Uniform Instead of a Suit Like In Other Sports?
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June 9, 2018
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7
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| S2018E152 |
Mark Twain's Hilarious Thoughts on the Science of Onanism: aka Masturbation
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June 10, 2018
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7
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| S2018E153 |
The Truth About Pelorus Jack
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June 11, 2018
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14
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| S2018E154 |
The People Who Want to Become Amputees
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June 12, 2018
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8
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| S2018E155 |
The World's Most Elusive Bird
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June 13, 2018
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6
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| S2018E156 |
That Dude from All Those T-Shirts (June 14, 1928)
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June 14, 2018
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7
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| S2018E157 |
The Mysterious Kugelpanzer: The German Designed, One Man Spherical Tank
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June 14, 2018
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11
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| S2018E158 |
First!!! (June 15, 1877)
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June 15, 2018
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5
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| S2018E159 |
The Remarkable Nellie Bly and Her Adventure in a Mad House
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June 15, 2018
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8
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| S2018E160 |
The Mystery of the Forest Swastika and the Origin of the Symbol
|
June 16, 2018
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8
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| S2018E161 |
FACT OR FICTION - A Young Bill Murray Was Arrested for Carrying 10 Pounds of Marijuana
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June 18, 2018
|
3
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| S2018E162 |
That Time John Lennon Almost Beat a Man to Death (June 18th)
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June 18, 2018
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6
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| S2018E163 |
That Time One Tulip Cost More than a House
|
June 18, 2018
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8
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| S2018E164 |
Can Anyone Try to Climb Everest?
|
June 19, 2018
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12
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| S2018E165 |
Why Do People Think Abner Doubleday Invented Baseball?
|
June 20, 2018
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11
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| S2018E166 |
What Ever Happened to the Creator of Calvin and Hobbes?
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June 21, 2018
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9
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| S2018E167 |
June 22: Inventing A Hole
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June 22, 2018
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4
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| S2018E168 |
Michael Bay and Got Milk
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June 22, 2018
|
5
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| S2018E169 |
The Not-So-Holy Order of the Friars of St Francis of Wycombe
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June 23, 2018
|
7
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| S2018E170 |
Can Men Really Test Positive on a Pregnancy Test?
|
June 24, 2018
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5
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| S2018E171 |
Can Ambulance Drivers Get Speeding Tickets?
|
June 26, 2018
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4
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| S2018E172 |
Why are Teachers Associated with Apples?
|
June 27, 2018
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5
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| S2018E173 |
Where Do the Words 'Flotsam' and 'Jetsum' Come From?
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June 28, 2018
|
4
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| S2018E174 |
Killing Rasputin (June 29 1914)
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June 29, 2018
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7
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| S2018E175 |
Who Invented Computer Passwords? (And the Guy That Made Them Suck)
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June 29, 2018
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14
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| S2018E176 |
Do People Really Fish With Dynamite?
|
July 1, 2018
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8
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| S2018E177 |
Does Mountain Dew Really Lower Sperm Count?
|
July 2, 2018
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8
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| S2018E178 |
Has a Major English Dictionary Ever Spelled an Entry Name Incorrectly?
|
July 3, 2018
|
5
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| S2018E179 |
Can a Vice Presidential Candidate Really Be Elected President?
|
July 5, 2018
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7
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| S2018E180 |
How Were Kamikaze Pilots Chosen?
|
July 6, 2018
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11
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| S2018E181 |
Banning the Death Penalty
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July 7, 2018
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14
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| S2018E182 |
How Many Words for Snow Do "Eskimos" Really Have?
|
July 8, 2018
|
8
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| S2018E183 |
On The Far Side
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July 9, 2018
|
8
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| S2018E184 |
Anna Jarvis' Big Mistake
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July 10, 2018
|
6
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| S2018E185 |
The North's Air Force During the American Civil War
|
July 11, 2018
|
6
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| S2018E186 |
Why Are Alternate Names Called Nicknames?
|
July 13, 2018
|
3
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| S2018E187 |
The Hand of Faith Gold Nugget
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July 14, 2018
|
6
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| S2018E188 |
One Down, Five To Go
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July 15, 2018
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4
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| S2018E189 |
Disney's Perfect Town
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July 17, 2018
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9
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| S2018E190 |
Brewing Beer in Your Digestive Tract
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July 18, 2018
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8
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| S2018E191 |
How Did Cereal Become a Staple Breakfast Item?
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July 19, 2018
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14
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| S2018E192 |
The Pope Who Wrote a Romance Novel
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July 23, 2018
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5
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| S2018E193 |
A Successful Failure - Inventing Coca-Cola
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July 24, 2018
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7
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| S2018E194 |
How the Weird British Tradition of Putting Topless Women on the Third Page of Newspapers Got Started
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July 25, 2018
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12
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| S2018E195 |
Mutual Exploitation: Hollywood and the US Military
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July 26, 2018
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5
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| S2018E196 |
Number 9
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July 27, 2018
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14
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| S2018E197 |
How Did XOXO Come to Mean Hugs and Kisses?
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July 28, 2018
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6
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| S2018E198 |
Robbing Wham
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July 30, 2018
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6
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| S2018E199 |
The Queen of Thieves
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July 31, 2018
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10
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| S2018E200 |
The Cult That Made Your Grandmother's Fine Silverware
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August 1, 2018
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13
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| S2018E201 |
The Tale of the Topless Petticoat Duel
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August 2, 2018
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5
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| S2018E202 |
The Dog Who was an Official Prisoner of War
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August 3, 2018
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6
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| S2018E203 |
What Ever Happened to Actor Rick Moranis?
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August 4, 2018
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4
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| S2018E204 |
Why is Pomp and Circumstance Played at Graduations?
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August 6, 2018
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6
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| S2018E205 |
Surviving a 2 Mile Fall Without a Parachute and a 10 Day Trek Alone in the Peruvian Rainforest
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August 7, 2018
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7
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| S2018E206 |
How the Five Day Work Week Became Popular
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August 8, 2018
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5
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| S2018E207 |
The Truth About the First Academy Awards and the Dog Rin Tin Tin
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August 9, 2018
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6
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| S2018E208 |
The Quest for the Four Minute Mile
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August 11, 2018
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13
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| S2018E209 |
Pomp and Circumstance and the Trouble with Heirs
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August 13, 2018
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16
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| S2018E210 |
NASA and Their Real Life Space DJs
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August 14, 2018
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6
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| S2018E211 |
The Real Red Baron
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August 15, 2018
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15
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| S2018E212 |
Visions of Rat Infested Pizza - Atari's Chuck E Cheese's
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August 17, 2018
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5
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| S2018E213 |
Can You Really Sign Things in a Legally Binding Way By Just Writing a Big X
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August 18, 2018
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9
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| S2018E214 |
Landing on the Summit of Everest
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August 20, 2018
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8
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| S2018E215 |
The Secret Message in Lincoln's Pocket Watch
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August 22, 2018
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11
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| S2018E216 |
What Causes the Lump in the Back of the Throat When We Cry (And Why Do We Cry)
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August 23, 2018
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7
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| S2018E217 |
What Ever Happened to Ronald McDonald? (And the Bizarre Rules for Those Playing the Character)
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August 24, 2018
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20
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| S2018E218 |
What Ever Happened to Miss Cleo the TV Psychic?
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August 27, 2018
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12
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| S2018E219 |
The M247 Tank and Its Propensity to Lock on to Latrines...
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August 28, 2018
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15
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| S2018E220 |
The Real Reason Why Garfield Isn't Funny...
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August 29, 2018
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15
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| S2018E221 |
Has Anyone Ever Had Surgery to Remove a Live Explosive From Their Body?
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August 30, 2018
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14
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| S2018E222 |
Can the Police Commit Crimes While Undercover?
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August 31, 2018
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14
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| S2018E223 |
That Time Parisians Ate the Zoo...
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September 3, 2018
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3
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| S2018E224 |
The Curious Case of Ronald Opus
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September 4, 2018
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5
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| S2018E225 |
What was the First Horror Movie?
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September 5, 2018
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7
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| S2018E226 |
Ken Griffey Jr - From Attempted Suicide to MLB Superstar
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September 6, 2018
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6
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| S2018E227 |
Forgotten History: Houdini on Trial
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September 7, 2018
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4
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| S2018E228 |
Where did the Dunce Cap Come From?
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September 8, 2018
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7
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| S2018E229 |
Where Did the Word Bimbo Come From?
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September 10, 2018
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5
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| S2018E230 |
How Many Hamsters Do You Need to Power a House and Would This Be Cheaper Than Coal Power
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September 11, 2018
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17
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| S2018E231 |
Who was the Granny Smith that Granny Smith Apples are Named After?
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September 12, 2018
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3
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| S2018E232 |
The Curious Case of Shizo Kanakuri's 1912 Olympic Marathon Run
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September 13, 2018
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7
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| S2018E233 |
Why Do We Say "I was Beside Myself"?
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September 14, 2018
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2
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| S2018E234 |
What Causes 'Wil-o-the-Wisps"?
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September 15, 2018
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3
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| S2018E235 |
The Space Needle and its Giant Ball of Flame
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September 17, 2018
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3
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| S2018E236 |
Can You Really Just Go Online and Order a Wife from Some Other Country?
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September 18, 2018
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17
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| S2018E237 |
Do People Who Resort to Cannibalism in Survival Situations Get in Trouble?
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September 20, 2018
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13
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| S2018E238 |
What's Actually In a Camel's Hump?
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September 21, 2018
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6
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| S2018E239 |
Do Egg Whites Actually Make a Good Burn Treatment?
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September 22, 2018
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6
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| S2018E240 |
Galloping Gertie and a Three-Legged Dog...
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September 24, 2018
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4
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| S2018E241 |
Good Grief: A Peanuts Tale
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September 26, 2018
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20
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| S2018E242 |
What Really Causes Chemtrails?
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September 26, 2018
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9
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| S2018E243 |
How Did Rickrolling Start? (And Did Rick Astley Really Only Make $12 Off the Meme)
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September 27, 2018
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10
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| S2018E244 |
Does Diplomatic Immunity Really Make It So You Can Get Away with Murder?
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September 28, 2018
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18
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| S2018E245 |
That Time a Soldier Was Awarded a Posthumous Medal While Still Alive
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September 29, 2018
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8
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| S2018E246 |
Inventing the Zamboni
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October 1, 2018
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7
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| S2018E247 |
Is it Actually that Rainy in Seattle?
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October 2, 2018
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3
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| S2018E248 |
Why are Grape Nuts Called That When They Don't Contain Grapes or Nuts
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October 3, 2018
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5
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| S2018E249 |
Why Do We Get Allergies?
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October 4, 2018
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15
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| S2018E250 |
The CIA's Undetectable Poison Dart Gun
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October 5, 2018
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5
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| S2018E251 |
How to Make a Proper Cup of Tea (According to famed Englishman George Orwell...)
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October 6, 2018
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13
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| S2018E252 |
That Time Teddy Roosevelt Got Shot in the Chest But Gave a 90 Minute Speech Anyway
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October 8, 2018
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10
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| S2018E253 |
Why Does Soda Taste Better When Carbonated vs. Flat?
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October 9, 2018
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3
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| S2018E254 |
What are the Longest Odds on a Sporting Event that Ended up Having to Be Paid Out
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October 10, 2018
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5
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| S2018E255 |
From Oswald to Mickey: The Birth of Disney
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October 11, 2018
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7
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| S2018E256 |
The Surprising Number of Legal Rules Pertaining to Displaying a United States Flag
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October 13, 2018
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7
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| S2018E257 |
The Greatest Year in Gaming History
|
October 15, 2018
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5
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| S2018E258 |
Why Do People Stick Out and Bite Their Tongues When Concentrating?
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October 16, 2018
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7
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| S2018E259 |
Why are Women Called Sluts, Dames, Broads, and Chicks?
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October 17, 2018
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7
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| S2018E260 |
The Origin of the Bigfoot Legend
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October 19, 2018
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5
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| S2018E261 |
When the Universe Hates You...
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October 20, 2018
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7
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| S2018E262 |
What Happens if you Renounce Your Citizenship But Don't Belong to Another Country When You Do It?
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October 22, 2018
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15
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| S2018E263 |
What's Pink Bubblegum Supposed to Taste Like?
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October 23, 2018
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10
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| S2018E264 |
Getting Millions of Air Miles Free: The Dollar Coin Scheme
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October 24, 2018
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9
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| S2018E265 |
That Time a Luftwaffe Pilot Risked His Own Life to Save an American Bomber
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October 25, 2018
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9
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| S2018E266 |
That Time Pi was Almost Legally Changed to 3.2 or 4
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October 26, 2018
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5
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| S2018E267 |
Why are White People Called Caucasian?
|
October 27, 2018
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7
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| S2018E268 |
Why Do We Say Costs Can be Footed By Someone?
|
October 28, 2018
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3
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| S2018E269 |
The Japanese Battleship with Guns that Weighed More than Entire American Battleships...
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October 29, 2018
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10
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| S2018E270 |
That Time Coca Cola Released a New Product Just to Spite Pepsi...
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October 30, 2018
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10
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| S2018E271 |
How Were Raisins Made Before Seedless Grapes?
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October 31, 2018
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5
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| S2018E272 |
What Happens When Stars Lose Their Oscars?
|
November 1, 2018
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5
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| S2018E273 |
That Time Soviet Scientists Made Two Headed Dogs
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November 2, 2018
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14
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| S2018E274 |
Why Don't Fire Hydrants Freeze and Burst During Winter?
|
November 3, 2018
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4
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| S2018E275 |
Why Some Cheeses Come in Wheels and Others in Blocks
|
November 4, 2018
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4
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| S2018E276 |
Where Did the Expression A Penny for Your Thoughts Come From?
|
November 5, 2018
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4
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| S2018E277 |
Badass: The Legend of Lofty Large
|
November 6, 2018
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9
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| S2018E278 |
Don't F&ck with Me Fellas! This Ain't My First Rodeo
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November 7, 2018
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3
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| S2018E279 |
Breaking Into the Queen's Bedroom
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November 8, 2018
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4
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| S2018E280 |
Why Do American Football Quarterbacks Say 'Hut Hut Hike!'
|
November 9, 2018
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5
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| S2018E281 |
Who Invented the Vacuum Cleaner?
|
November 10, 2018
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8
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| S2018E282 |
What Happens to Your Stuff When You Get Sent to Prison for Life?
|
November 12, 2018
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13
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| S2018E283 |
Does the Ocean Continually Get Saltier?
|
November 13, 2018
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11
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| S2018E284 |
Why Isn't Beer Sold in Plastic Bottles?
|
November 14, 2018
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6
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| S2018E285 |
From Sorcerer to Clergyman to Pirate to Admiral: The Remarkable Life of Eustace The Monk
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November 16, 2018
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4
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| S2018E286 |
The Bloody History of the Barber Pole
|
November 17, 2018
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10
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| S2018E287 |
Can the Flu Vaccine Give You the Flu?
|
November 18, 2018
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22
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| S2018E288 |
Are Airplane Black Boxes Really Black?
|
November 19, 2018
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10
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| S2018E289 |
Why Didn't Chewbacca Get a Medal in Star Wars a New Hope
|
November 20, 2018
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8
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| S2018E290 |
Did Booby Traps Really Exist in Ancient Egyptian Tombs?
|
November 21, 2018
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11
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| S2018E291 |
Biggest Ever: The Amazing H-4 Hercules
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November 22, 2018
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11
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| S2018E292 |
That Time Detroit Gave Saddam Hussein the Key to the City
|
November 23, 2018
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5
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| S2018E293 |
Do Paper Toilet Seat Liners Actually Protect You from Diseases?
|
November 24, 2018
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3
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| S2018E294 |
Why Do Roosters Crow in the Morning?
|
November 25, 2018
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5
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| S2018E295 |
Should it Be Math or Maths?
|
|
10
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| S2018E296 |
Why Can't You Have Fences Over a Certain Height in the Front or Backyard?
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November 27, 2018
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6
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| S2018E297 |
That Time an Accidental Plague Nearly Killed Everyone in World of Warcraft
|
November 28, 2018
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9
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| S2018E298 |
What's the Deal with the Bizarre Clothes at Fashion Shows?
|
November 29, 2018
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7
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| S2018E299 |
Can You Really Legally Land a Helicopter in a Fast Food Parking Lot?
|
November 30, 2018
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13
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| S2018E300 |
Why Did Old Timey Boxers All Pose for Photos With the Same Silly Stance
|
December 1, 2018
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9
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| S2018E301 |
Why Week: Why are Mosquitoes More Attracted to Some People than Others?
|
December 1, 2018
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8
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| S2018E302 |
Why Week: Why are Special Days Called 'Red Letter Days'?
|
December 2, 2018
|
4
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| S2018E303 |
How We Make (and Made) Color - [A Collaboration with Google Arts and Culture]
|
December 3, 2018
|
16
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| S2018E304 |
Why Week: Why Do Celebrities Walk on Red Carpet at Special Events?
|
December 3, 2018
|
5
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| S2018E305 |
The Surprisingly Interesting Story Behind Strawberry Fields Forever
|
December 4, 2018
|
5
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| S2018E306 |
Why Week: Why Do Fish Float Upside Down When They Die?
|
December 4, 2018
|
3
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| S2018E307 |
Why Does Standing in One Place Make Your Legs More Sore Than Walking?
|
December 5, 2018
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4
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| S2018E308 |
Why Week: Why Do Racehorses Have Such Weird Names?
|
December 5, 2018
|
6
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| S2018E309 |
How Much is an Oscar Worth?
|
December 6, 2018
|
7
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| S2018E310 |
Why Week: Why Does Yellow Mean Cowardly?
|
December 6, 2018
|
4
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| S2018E311 |
Why Do Daft Punk Dress Like Robots?
|
December 7, 2018
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6
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| S2018E312 |
Why Week: Why is Snow White Given Snowflakes are Clear
|
December 7, 2018
|
4
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| S2018E313 |
The Surprisingly Poor Fresh Prince of Bel Air
|
December 8, 2018
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7
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| S2018E314 |
That Time Snakes, Monkeys, Crocodiles, Rats, and a Gorilla Took Over a Ship
|
December 10, 2018
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5
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| S2018E315 |
Where Does the Practice of Pouring One Out for Your Homies Come From?
|
December 11, 2018
|
9
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| S2018E316 |
Why Do Blind People Wear Sunglasses?
|
December 12, 2018
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5
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| S2018E317 |
Sword Fight Impregnation [Fact Quickie]
|
December 13, 2018
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| S2018E318 |
That Time a New York Yankee Faced Off Against an Ostrich in a Spaghetti Eating Contest
|
December 13, 2018
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7
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| S2018E319 |
The Parasitic Poop Twig (Fact Quickie)
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December 13, 2018
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| S2018E320 |
Basically, Your Friends are Better Than You (Fact Quickie)
|
December 14, 2018
|
1
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| S2018E321 |
Tom Waits vs the World Of Advertising
|
December 14, 2018
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8
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| S2018E322 |
The Crab Blood Worth $60,000 Per Gallon and the Truth About Spider Blood
|
December 16, 2018
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6
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| S2018E323 |
Why Do Americans Call It Soccer Instead of Football? (Fact Quickie)
|
December 16, 2018
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| S2018E324 |
The Badass Story of the First Helicopter Pilot to Receive the Medal of Honor
|
December 17, 2018
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8
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| S2018E325 |
The Fascinating Story of Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels' Salaries on Dumb and Dumber
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December 17, 2018
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2
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| S2018E326 |
Can Sea Captains Really Officiate Legally Binding Marriages?
|
December 18, 2018
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8
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| S2018E327 |
From The Greatest Gift to a Wonderful Flop
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December 19, 2018
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1
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| S2018E328 |
Terrifying Fluffy Bunnies
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December 19, 2018
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9
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| S2018E329 |
Do People Who Get Knighted by the Queen Get Anything for It?
|
December 20, 2018
|
12
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| S2018E330 |
Calling an Artillery Strike on Your Own Position: The Badass that was John R Fox
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December 21, 2018
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4
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| S2018E331 |
The Rose
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December 21, 2018
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| S2018E332 |
That Voice (Fact Quickie)
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December 22, 2018
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| S2018E333 |
What Does the Dangly Thing in the Back of Your Throat Do?
|
December 24, 2018
|
6
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| S2018E334 |
The Only US Mainland Casualties of WWII
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December 26, 2018
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5
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| S2018E335 |
Ben Franklin and the U.S. Postal Service
|
December 27, 2018
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5
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| S2018E336 |
How Do Blind People Know When They're Done Wiping? (Fact Quickie)
|
December 27, 2018
|
1
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| S2018E337 |
That Time a Guy Tried to Build a Utopia for Mice and it all Went to Hell
|
December 28, 2018
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7
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| S2018E338 |
That Time Lincoln Came Inches from Being Assassinated a few Months Before He was Assassinated
|
December 29, 2018
|
5
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| S2018E339 |
Is Eating Your Boogers Good for You?
|
December 30, 2018
|
7
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| S2018E340 |
The Billion Dollar Company Founded by Two Teenagers with a Bicycle...
season finale
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December 31, 2018
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2
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