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Hanky Codes (Entry 566.EZ1321)
In which we look back at the complex and clandestine history of sexual signaling in gay culture, and Ken thinks a lot of decades have the wrong adjectives. Certificate #34366.
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
Fletcherizing (Entry 478.AC0754)
In which a Victorian food faddist persuades America and Europe to chew each bite of onion over seven hundred times, and John discovers what Woodrow Wilson would look like if he were an embezzler. Cer…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
Deborah Sampson (Entry 1100.JG0512)
In which a patriotic young colonist serves bravely in the American Revolution without anyone realizing she's secretly a woman, and Ken accuses a lot of deadbeat dads of doing murders in Maine. Certif…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
Thomas the Tank Engine (Entry 1300.TI0209)
In which children's love of model trains is reinvigorated in our era by an odd British TV property with an odd British ideology, and John thinks helicopters are probably hippies. Certificate #49600.
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
Sea Silk (Entry 1120.EX3816)
In which surprisingly large mussels provide the world's finest cloth to a shrinking number of old Mediterranean women, and Ken wonders what a Tibetan antelope smells like. Certificate #29379.
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
The 504 Sit-In (Entry 473.LK1413)
In which the Carter Administration waffles so long on a groundbreaking civil rights law that disabled protestors take over a federal building for almost a month, and John considers building a maze fu…
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
Le Pétomane (Entry 926.IS0324)
In which a French baker discovers an unusual muscular ability that makes him an international star, and Ken works on his Kegels mid-recording. Certificate #22584.
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
Pulsars, Discovery of (Entry 1008.IS4713)
In which the discoverer of neutron stars is largely ignored for her achievement, and John wonders about the precise verbiage to summon "Beetlejuice." Certificate #52246.
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
TV Detection Vans (Entry 1351.MT1828)
In which the BBC employs a high-tech surveillance fleet to find out if Britons are seeing Doctor Who illegally, and Ken watches Monday Night Football on Tuesday nights. Certificate #48968.
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
Roald Amundsen's Airship (Entry 1077.JE0113)
In which fifteen men in a dirigible, to say nothing of the dog, conquer the North Pole while arguing all the way, and John wonders if there are Italians on the Moon. Certificate #23607.
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago