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Back to SearchWhy Historically People Thought Your Teeth Could Explode
In the 19th Century, a Pennsylvania dentist called WH Atkinson came across a condition that sounds like the stuff of nightmares. Writing in The Dent…
3 months, 1 week ago
History of Everything: Venezuela is a Basket Case
Venezuela is experiencing severe hardship due to a complex collapse of its economy, institutions, and political system, driven by a combination of ec…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
History of Everything: Aztecs in Asia, Woman Giving Birth to Rabbits, and Hot Chocolate
And welcome back to the history of everything podcast. Specifically welcome back to what is our end of the 2025 year listener special where we take …
4 months, 1 week ago
Everyone Hates King John: The War of The Barons
The First Barons' War erupted in the early 13th century, primarily due to King John's unpopular reign, characterized by heavy taxation, military fail…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Xenophon and The Great Journey of 10,000 Mercenaries
In the year 401 BCE, 10,000 Greek mercenaries became stranded in the heart of the Persian Empire. Betrayed and without their employer Cyrus the Young…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Who put the FUN in Funeral?
Let's face it. Death is kind of scary and really sucks. But different people around the world throughout all of human history have come up with answe…
5 months ago
Why The Emperor of Japan was a GOD
Hello my friends and welcome back to the history of everything podcast live from japan. Well truthfully it is not live. We did plan on doing a big gr…
5 months, 1 week ago
Why Madagascar Collapsed from Endless Corruption and Bulls**t
Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina was toppled in a military coup that capped weeks of youth protests over poverty, power outages and a lack of opp…
5 months, 1 week ago
The Ustase and the Darkness of Croatia
Croatia is a land with a rich and vast history going back over 2000 years. However it was not really an independent country until the 1990s as for 10…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Hey Kids, Do You Want To Crash A Train?
Today, people use the phrase "train wreck" to describe a disaster from which you cannot tear your eyes. More than a century ago, clever hucksters spo…
6 months ago