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Victorian Mummy Mania and Sundry Weirdness
Season 1 Episode 439
Mummia, mumia, or originally mummy referred to several different preparations in the history of medicine, from "mineral pitch" to "powdered human mummies". It originated from Arabic mūmiyā "a type of…
Published on 14 hours ago
The Vasa
Season 1 Episode 438
Vasa (previously Wasa) (Swedish pronunciation: [²vɑːsa] ⓘ) is a Swedish warship built between 1626 and 1628. The ship sank after sailing roughly 1,300 m (1,400 yd) into her maiden voyage on 10 Augus…
Published on 1 week ago
Exxon Valdez
Season 1 Episode 437
The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a major environmental disaster that occurred in Alaska's Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989. The spill occurred when Exxon Valdez, an oil supertanker owned by Exxon…
Published on 2 weeks ago
How I Survived a Wedding in a Jungle That Tried to Eat Me Alive
Season 1 Episode 436
https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/essays/jungle-wedding/
Published on 3 weeks ago
Olestra / Olean
Episode 435
Olestra (also known by its brand name Olean) is a fat substitute food additive that adds no metabolizable calories to products. It has been used in the preparation of otherwise high-fat foods, thereb…
Published on 4 weeks ago
Pluto
Episode 434
Pluto (minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object to direc…
Published on 1 month ago
Patreon Bonus Episode Teaser - July Bonus - My Immortal Fan Fiction
This is a teaser episode of our Patreon Bonus Episode. This is the first few minutes of that particular episode to let non-patrons sample that content.
You can become a patron here: http://patreon.…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Defenestration
Season 1 Episode 433
Defenestration (from Neo-Latin de fenestrā[1]) is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window.[2] The term was coined around the time of an incident in Prague Castle in the year 1618 wh…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Moving Day
Episode 432
Moving Day was a tradition in New York City dating back to colonial times and lasting until after World War II. On February 1, sometimes known as "Rent Day", landlords would give notice to their tena…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Mark Twain
Episode 431
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United St…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago