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The Treasures of the Copper Scroll
Episode 896
This greatest of all imaginable treasures from the Dead Sea Scrolls probably never existed.
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The Hottest Temperature on Earth
Episode 895
Is the world record highest air temperature a solid measurement, or might it be invalid?
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The Klerksdorp Spheres
Episode 894
Are these remarkable stones natural, or proof of an ancient advanced civilization?
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Finding the Lost Tribesmen: Aure and Aura
Episode 893
Were these two men from an Amazon tribe that had been massacred, or could their story be explained more simply?
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The UFO That Wasn't Swamp Gas
Episode 892
A look into the origin story of swamp gas as the explanation for UFOs.
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How to Change a Conspiracy Theorist's Mind
Episode 891
A roundup of the ways that work — and that don't work — to help a conspiracy theorist free himself from the rabbit hole.
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Skeptoid Scared Straight
Episode 890
In which I issue yet another round of corrections to past episodes.
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Handling Fentanyl: A Touchy Topic
Episode 889
Popular wisdom tells us that just touching fentanyl can produce a lethal overdose. What's the fact and what's the fiction?
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On the Trail of the Mapinguari
Episode 888
Are ground sloths that somehow survived their extinction responsible for cryptid sightings in the Amazon?
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The Hard Fall of the Nephilim
Episode 887
Did giants really walk the Earth in our recent past?
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