| S2021E01 |
The British Almost-Kamikazes of World War II
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January 10, 2021
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10
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| S2021E02 |
What Happened to the Members of the Fellowship After The Lord of the Rings
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January 13, 2021
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12
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The Complex Contradictions of Chindogu - The Japanese Art of Useless Inventions
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January 14, 2021
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9
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| S2021E04 |
The Nazi War Crime That Shocked Even the Nazis
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January 15, 2021
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16
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| S2021E05 |
We Still Don’t Know How Bicycles Work
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January 20, 2021
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11
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The Obscenely Successful Obsolete Sailing Ship and Its Daring Captain Who Terrorized the High Seas
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January 25, 2021
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18
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| S2021E07 |
How Does Nuclear Waste Disposal Work
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January 26, 2021
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16
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| S2021E08 |
Can Humans Breathe Liquid Like in The Abyss
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January 28, 2021
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10
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| S2021E09 |
The World War II Warship that Disguised Itself as a Tropical Island to Try to Escape the Enemy
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February 1, 2021
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8
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| S2021E10 |
That Time an American President Killed a Man in Cold Blood and Got Away With It Scot Free
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February 2, 2021
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12
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| S2021E11 |
Has Anyone Ever ‘Cut the Red Wire’ to Defuse a Bomb and What is It Really Like to Be on a Bomb Squad
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February 3, 2021
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15
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| S2021E12 |
How do The Persians Teach Alexander the Great and When in History Did He First Become Great
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February 4, 2021
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18
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| S2021E13 |
The Steampunk Flight Simulator That Helped Win World War II
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February 5, 2021
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15
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| S2021E14 |
The Curious Case of the 300 MPH Personal Jet Submarine
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February 9, 2021
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8
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| S2021E15 |
The Cancer Pandemics Spread By Bites and Mosquitoes
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February 10, 2021
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11
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| S2021E16 |
How Do We Know How Old Things Like Dinosaur Bones Are
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February 15, 2021
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12
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| S2021E17 |
What's Up with Those Bird Beak Plague Masks
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February 17, 2021
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10
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| S2021E18 |
The Ludicrously Dangerous Submarine that Somehow Became the First Sub to Sink Another Ship in Combat
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February 18, 2021
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18
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| S2021E19 |
How Bicycles Caused the Downfall of the British Empire
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February 23, 2021
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16
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| S2021E20 |
How Two Guys are the Reason We Eat What We Eat for Breakfast
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February 26, 2021
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14
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| S2021E21 |
That Time Some Psychiatrists Pretended to be Mentally Ill to Prove Psychiatrists Don't Know Anything
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February 27, 2021
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19
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| S2021E22 |
The Fascinating Story Behind the Molotov Cocktail and How It Got Its Name
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February 27, 2021
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10
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| S2021E23 |
The Mad Aussie Who Stung Himself and his 9-Year-Old Son With a Deadly Creature FOR SCIENCE!!!
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February 28, 2021
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14
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| S2021E24 |
Sooo… is it pronounced Gif or Jif
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March 3, 2021
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12
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| S2021E25 |
Why Is the English Alphabet in the Order That it Is
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March 4, 2021
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16
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| S2021E26 |
The Real Reason We Call a Software Glitch a Bug
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March 8, 2021
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11
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| S2021E27 |
The 18th Century Chess Robot That Defeated Napoleon, Ben Franklin, and Countless Others
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March 10, 2021
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15
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| S2021E28 |
The Curious Case of the Crypt of Civilization
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March 15, 2021
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16
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| S2021E29 |
Sooooo... Will a Frog Actually Allow Itself to be Boiled Alive if You Raise the Temperature Slowly
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March 17, 2021
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9
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| S2021E30 |
Is There Such a Thing as a Sound or Smell So Strong it Can Kill You
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March 20, 2021
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12
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| S2021E31 |
Why Do We Want to Squeeze/Bite/Pinch Cute Stuff So Badly?
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March 22, 2021
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9
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| S2021E32 |
Why Were So Many British and American Warships in World War I Painted Like Zebras
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March 23, 2021
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17
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| S2021E33 |
The Eccentric, Murdering Photographer Who Gave us the Movies
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March 25, 2021
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12
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| S2021E34 |
The Curious Case of the Extreme Sport Mensur
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March 26, 2021
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10
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| S2021E35 |
The Curious Case of the German and Japanese Cities in America During World War II
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March 27, 2021
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11
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| S2021E36 |
That Time a Teenager Built a Nuclear Reactor in His Backyard
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March 28, 2021
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12
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| S2021E37 |
The Bizarre World War II Plan to Score a Major Victory for the Allies
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March 29, 2021
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14
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| S2021E38 |
The Greatest Last Stand You've Never Heard Of
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March 30, 2021
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13
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| S2021E39 |
The Red Devil - The Only Axis Prisoner to Escape from North America And Make It Back to Germany
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April 1, 2021
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15
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| S2021E40 |
Where Did Goth Teen Subculture Come From and Why is it Associated With Roman Invaders
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April 12, 2021
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15
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| S2021E41 |
The Original Uber Eats - India's Amazing 131-Year-Old Dabbawala Industry
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April 14, 2021
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10
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| S2021E42 |
The Curious Case of the Cat that was Turned Into a Living Telephone FOR SCIENCE!!!!!!
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April 16, 2021
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10
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| S2021E43 |
How World War II Made Everybody Think Carrots Were Good for Their Eyes
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April 19, 2021
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10
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| S2021E44 |
Is Stockholm Syndrome Actually a Thing
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April 21, 2021
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12
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| S2021E45 |
If Hitler's Regime was the Third Reich, Who Were the First and Second
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April 23, 2021
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12
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| S2021E46 |
Falling From the Edge of Space - Chuck Yeager's Wild Ride
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April 25, 2021
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15
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| S2021E47 |
That Time an Oregon Free Love Cult Launched the Largest Bioterror Attack in US History
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16
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| S2021E48 |
The Real Q from James Bond and His Ingenious, RealLife Inventions
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April 28, 2021
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14
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| S2021E49 |
The Young War Gamers Who Changed the Course of World War II
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April 29, 2021
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13
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| S2021E50 |
The Man Who Literally Ate an Entire Airplane
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May 3, 2021
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6
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| S2021E51 |
The Immortal Woman Whose Death Changed the World
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May 5, 2021
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18
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| S2021E52 |
That Time a Scientist Stopped a Charging Bullfighting Bull Using Mind Control FOR SCIENCE!!!!
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May 11, 2021
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10
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| S2021E53 |
Germany's Forgotten Genocide - The Early Atrocity that Provided a Blueprint For the Nazis
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May 13, 2021
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19
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| S2021E54 |
Canada's Youngest Aerial Victoria Cross Winner - The Insane Story of Alan McLeod
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May 14, 2021
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12
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| S2021E55 |
That Time a Farmer was Given Ultimate Power Twice and Changed the World By Walking Away Both Times
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May 17, 2021
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12
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| S2021E56 |
The Wild Story of the Biggest POW Camp Breakout of World War II
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May 18, 2021
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15
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| S2021E57 |
The Badass Sergeant Who Instantly Became His Own One Man Army
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May 20, 2021
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8
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| S2021E58 |
That Time a Guy Put Himself Adrift at Sea for 62 Days Without Provisions FOR SCIENCE
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May 25, 2021
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16
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| S2021E59 |
Does the Language You Speak Affect How You Think
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May 27, 2021
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18
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| S2021E60 |
Tickling the Dragon's Tail - The Horrible Heart of a Nuclear Bomb
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May 28, 2021
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13
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| S2021E61 |
Did the US President Ever Actually Have a ‘Big Red Phone’ Connected Directly to Moscow
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May 29, 2021
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12
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| S2021E62 |
The Surprisingly Heated Debate on Whether Hot Water Freezes Faster Than Cold Water
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May 31, 2021
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14
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| S2021E63 |
That Time a Dude Was Given a Nobel Prize for Intentionally Infecting People with Malaria
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June 8, 2021
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12
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| S2021E64 |
The Curious Case of the Solar Powered Sea Slug
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June 10, 2021
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7
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| S2021E65 |
Is Photographic Memory Actually a Thing
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June 11, 2021
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17
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| S2021E66 |
The Gruesome Truth About Pavlov's Dogs (And How His Findings are Commonly Misinterpreted)
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June 14, 2021
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16
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| S2021E67 |
Briefcase of Armageddon - The Exact Sequence of Actions Behind a Hypothetical US Nuclear Attack
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June 15, 2021
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18
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| S2021E68 |
What's Up With the Whole 'Doomsday Clock' Thing
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June 17, 2021
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10
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| S2021E69 |
The Curious Case of the People With Split Brains
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June 21, 2021
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10
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| S2021E70 |
What’s Up With Measuring So Many Things in “Gauge”
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June 23, 2021
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10
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| S2021E71 |
‘Kaputnik’ - America’s Largely Forgotten Disastrous First Attempt to Launch a Satellite
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June 24, 2021
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18
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| S2021E72 |
Kilroy Was Here - The Story Behind One of the First Viral Memes in Modern History
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June 25, 2021
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12
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| S2021E73 |
Where Did Dogs Really Come From
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June 28, 2021
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15
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| S2021E74 |
That Time NASA Tried to Prevent an Extraterrestrial Pandemic
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June 29, 2021
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14
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| S2021E75 |
How Did the Practice of Calling Liberals Left and Conservatives Right Start
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July 5, 2021
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9
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| S2021E76 |
Does Anything Radioactive Actually Glow Bright Green
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July 6, 2021
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10
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| S2021E77 |
Surviving the Sahara Desert with the World's Loneliest Tree
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July 8, 2021
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7
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| S2021E78 |
That Time British Witches Tried to Stop a Nazi Invasion Using Magic
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July 12, 2021
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11
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| S2021E79 |
That Time Kodak Accidentally Discovered the World's First Atomic Bomb
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July 14, 2021
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9
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| S2021E80 |
The Forgotten 9-Month Battle by International Firefighters to Save the World
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July 15, 2021
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10
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| S2021E81 |
The Secret Codes of Hobos
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July 19, 2021
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9
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| S2021E82 |
A Toolbox in Your Pocket - The History of the Swiss Army Knife
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July 21, 2021
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13
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| S2021E83 |
What’s Up With the Increasingly Popular Practice of Modern Medical Leeches
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July 22, 2021
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10
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| S2021E84 |
The Curious Case of the Sable Island Seal Killer
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July 26, 2021
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13
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| S2021E85 |
Do Real EMP Weapons Actually Exist, or Are They Only a Thing in Movies
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July 30, 2021
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19
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| S2021E86 |
The Extremely Bizarre Engineering Rituals of Canada (And the Fascinating Way They Came to Be)
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July 31, 2021
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14
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| S2021E87 |
The Surprisingly Interesting Debate of Where Outer Space Actually Begins
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August 2, 2021
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15
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| S2021E88 |
Yet Another of Hitler's Ultimate Dick Moves
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August 3, 2021
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11
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| S2021E89 |
The Entirely Mad Around the World Adventure of Half-Safe
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August 5, 2021
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12
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| S2021E90 |
That Time a Science Fiction Writer Accidentally Almost Revealed the Manhattan Project
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August 9, 2021
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13
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| S2021E91 |
How The Invention of Dynamite Ultimately Gave Us Viagra
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August 11, 2021
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12
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| S2021E92 |
Our Fine Finned Friends are Smarter Than You Think
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August 12, 2021
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9
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| S2021E93 |
How Lobbyists from the Auto Industry Invented Jaywalking Shame
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August 16, 2021
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12
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| S2021E94 |
The Gruesome Tale of the Laughing Death Epidemic
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August 18, 2021
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12
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| S2021E95 |
Can You Really Knock Someone Out Harmlessly, Like in the Movies
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August 19, 2021
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16
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| S2021E96 |
Men Against Fire - How the Majority of Soldiers in Every War Steadfastly Refuse to Harm the Enemy
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August 23, 2021
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20
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| S2021E97 |
When and Why did McDonald's Start 'Super Sizing' Meals (Plus - The Myths of 'Super Size Me')
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August 24, 2021
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14
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| S2021E98 |
What's Up With the Snake & Staff Symbol for Medicine
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August 26, 2021
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16
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| S2021E99 |
Is Ring Around the Rosie Really About the Plague
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August 30, 2021
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13
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| S2021E100 |
The One Eyed Barnstormer Who Invented the Space Suit in the 1930s
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August 31, 2021
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17
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| S2021E101 |
A Crisis of Minds - The Fascinating Tale of 'Healing' People... By Destroying Their Brains
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September 3, 2021
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15
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| S2021E102 |
The Top Secret Navy Mission that Accidentally Rediscovered the Titanic
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September 7, 2021
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22
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| S2021E103 |
How to Make Yourself Allergic to Red Meat (Plus Other Ways in Which Ticks are Completely Horrifying)
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September 9, 2021
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11
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| S2021E104 |
Why Do Cicadas Stay Underground for So Long
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September 13, 2021
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12
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| S2021E105 |
The Booze-Soaked Hunting of German U-Boats with One of the Most Successful Authors of All Time
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September 16, 2021
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14
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| S2021E106 |
Jumbo Jet vs. Natural Disaster - The Incredible Story of British Airways Flight 9
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September 22, 2021
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12
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| S2021E107 |
Pachinko - Japan’s Unique Gaming Obsession That is Totally, Definitely Not Gambling
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September 24, 2021
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13
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| S2021E108 |
The Surprisingly Bitter and Occasionally Deadly Fight Over McDonalds' Fries
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September 27, 2021
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14
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| S2021E109 |
That Time the British Tried to Save Its Empire with Peanuts (And the Hilarity that Ensued)
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September 29, 2021
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19
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| S2021E110 |
The Littlest Naval War - Britain's Insane Attempt to End German Domination of a Single African Lake
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September 30, 2021
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15
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| S2021E111 |
The Amazing Hidden Liquid World That Lies Beneath Antarctica
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October 1, 2021
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16
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| S2021E112 |
How the Nazis Teamed Up with IBM for Mass Murder (And How the First Ethical Hacker Fought Back)
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October 6, 2021
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17
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| S2021E113 |
A Murder Mystery, an Airline Bombing, and the Last to Hang in Canada
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October 8, 2021
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11
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| S2021E114 |
The Greatest Air Race of All Time (That Helped Develop the Global Airline Industry)
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October 13, 2021
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15
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| S2021E115 |
The Most Disastrous Space Mission Ever Executed
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October 15, 2021
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18
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| S2021E116 |
That Time Some British School Girls Tricked the Creator of Sherlock Holmes Into Believing in Fairies
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October 20, 2021
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17
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| S2021E117 |
The Impossibly Badass Story of Mills' Marauders and the Battle of Grytviken
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October 22, 2021
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11
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| S2021E118 |
The Flying Bandit and One of the Greatest Gold Heists in History
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October 25, 2021
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15
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| S2021E119 |
The Bizarre Story of the World's Greatest Hoarders
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October 26, 2021
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13
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| S2021E120 |
Twilight Sleep: The Horrifying Way In Which Early 20th Century Women Gave Birth
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October 27, 2021
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13
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| S2021E121 |
How World War II Created One of the World’s Most Popular Soft Drinks
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October 28, 2021
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12
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| S2021E122 |
Removing Butts: The Bizarre Early 20th Century Obsession with Removing Random Body Parts
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October 30, 2021
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19
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| S2021E123 |
Argentina's Secret Nazi Fusion Lab
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November 2, 2021
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17
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| S2021E124 |
What Actually Defines an Assault Rifle, and Who Invented Them?
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November 8, 2021
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20
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| S2021E125 |
That Time When a Shortage of Sausage and Beer Killed 1,000 People and Toppled an Empire
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November 10, 2021
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12
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| S2021E126 |
The Frequency Illusion: When You Suddenly Can't Stop Seeing That Thing You Just Learned About
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November 12, 2021
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11
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| S2021E127 |
The Secret Cold War Project Behind the Roswell UFO Incident
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November 16, 2021
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18
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| S2021E128 |
That Time US Scientists Injected Plutonium Into People Without Their Knowledge
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November 18, 2021
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20
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| S2021E129 |
How a World War II Famine Helped Solve a 2,000-Year-Old Medical Mystery
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November 20, 2021
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11
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| S2021E130 |
How Close Did the Nazis Actually Come to Building an Atomic Bomb?
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November 22, 2021
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21
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| S2021E131 |
Harry Houdini, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and the Crusade Against Spiritualism
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November 24, 2021
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23
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| S2021E132 |
How Much Radiation Can the Human Body Take? And Are Dental X-Rays Actually Safe?
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November 26, 2021
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17
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| S2021E133 |
That Time Canada Tried to Build an Actual Flying Saucer
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November 29, 2021
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17
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| S2021E134 |
Is Genuine Multiple Personality Disorder an Actual Thing? Or Just a Hollywood Invention for Movies?
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November 30, 2021
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23
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| S2021E135 |
Who's a Good Boy? The Honors Won by Our Bravest Furry and Feathered Warriors
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December 6, 2021
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17
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| S2021E136 |
The Curious Case of Cargo Cults and the Truly Bizarre Rituals that Manifested
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December 8, 2021
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14
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| S2021E137 |
That Time an Entire French Town Went Insane
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December 14, 2021
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17
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| S2021E138 |
The Actual “Assassins” Were Not What You Think
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December 15, 2021
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12
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| S2021E139 |
That Time the British Pitted a Few Canoeing Commandos against a Fleet of Nazi Ships... And Won
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December 16, 2021
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15
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| S2021E140 |
The OG Fascist Symbol That is Still Found Everywhere
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December 17, 2021
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14
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| S2021E141 |
Amazon Versus Diapers: A Modern Battle for Sales Supremacy
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December 20, 2021
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8
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| S2021E142 |
The Mysterious and Fascinating World of ‘Numbers Stations’
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December 22, 2021
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15
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| S2021E143 |
The Last War Chief: Joe Medicine Crow's Astonishing Feats of Badassery During World War II
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December 23, 2021
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11
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| S2021E144 |
Inventing Chemical Warfare What is Nerve Gas Anyway, and Who Invented it
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December 24, 2021
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20
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| S2021E145 |
Dance Until You Die: The Perverse Depression Era Fad of Dance Marathons
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December 27, 2021
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12
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| S2021E146 |
Cultivator No. 6: Winston Churchill’s Trench-Digging White Elephant
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December 28, 2021
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16
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| S2021E147 |
How do Silencers Work, and How Silent Do They Actually Make Guns?
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December 29, 2021
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18
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| S2021E148 |
When Does a Hill Become a Mountain?
season finale
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December 31, 2021
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