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The Mystery of STENDEC
Episode 231
We still don't know the significance of this mysterious final transmission of an airliner just before its crash.
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DDT: Secret Life of a Pesticide
Episode 230
DDT can be both a killer of birds and a savior against malaria. Rarely is a question as black and white as we'd like.
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Speed Reading
Episode 229
Speed reading classes claim to be able to turbocharge your words per minute. Save your money; it doesn't work.
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My Favorite Things
Episode 228
A few of my favorite moments looking back on 228 Skeptoid episodes.
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Boost Your Immune System (or Not)
Episode 227
Although a lot of products promise to boost your immune system, there is actually no such thing.
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The Brown Mountain Lights
Episode 226
A ghost light in North Carolina has people scratching their heads, but researchers solved it a century ago.
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Beware the Bilderberg Group!
Episode 225
The annual meeting of the Bilderberg Group is not to plan global domination.
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Alien Downpour: The Red Rain of India
Episode 224
News agencies have long promoted a 2001 red rainfall as alien, but a better explanation was already there.
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The Frog in the Stone
Episode 223
Stories of living frogs being found encased in solid rock have a more interesting (and reality-based) explanation.
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Toil and Trouble: The Curse of Macbeth
Episode 222
The Curse of Macbeth should make Shakespeare's play too dangerous to perform, but science tells us for sure.
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