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The Santa Claus Association
Episode 1265
In the 1920s, Christmas was becoming a big deal. Christmas was becoming highly commercialized, and the Santa Claus that we know today was being estab…
2 years, 2 months ago
All About Snow
Episode 1264
If you live anywhere away from tropical latitudes, you might have experienced snow. In fact, depending on where you live, you might have experienced …
2 years, 2 months ago
Non-Euclidean Geometry
Episode 1263
If anyone has taken some basic mathematics, you are probably familiar with Euclidian Geometry. Euclidean geometry is what most people just call geome…
2 years, 2 months ago
Madrid
Episode 1262
Every major city in the world has its own unique story. Some cities have an ancient history, and others have a more recent founding.
Madrid, the capit…
2 years, 2 months ago
Scurvy (Encore)
Episode 1261
When Europeans began sailing the high seas on extended voyages, the most deadly thing they encountered wasn’t enemy navies, starvation, or even shipw…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Episode 1260
On the evening of April 14, 1865, the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, was shot while attending a play in Washington DC.
The assa…
2 years, 3 months ago
Encyclopedias
Episode 1257
Ever since humans began writing down information, there has been a desire to compile all known information into one single source.
For over two thous…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Acadian Expulsion (Encore)
Episode 1258
Beginning in the 16th century, French settlers crossed the Atlantic to settle in a French colony located in the New World. That colony wasn’t modern-…
2 years, 3 months ago
Potpourri: Incredible Coincidences
Episode 1257
The dictionary defines a coincidence as “A sequence of events that, although accidental, seems to have been planned or arranged.”
We have probably all…
2 years, 3 months ago
Copper
Episode 1256
When humans first learned how to work with metal, the very first metal they used was copper.
Copper was easy to shape, easy to find, and relatively a…
2 years, 3 months ago