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1722: "Does Hair Grow Back Thicker if You Shave It?"
Episode 1722
Interesting Things with JC #1722: "Does Hair Grow Back Thicker if You Shave It?" – Freshly shaved hair feels thicker because the razor leaves every s…
3 months, 1 week ago
1721: "The Naming of Cleveland"
Episode 17241
Interesting Things with JC #1721: "The Naming of Cleveland" – A surveying party names a new settlement after General Moses Cleaveland even though he …
3 months, 1 week ago
1720: "The Name That Turned a City into a Canvas"
Episode 1720
Interesting Things with JC #1720: "The Name That Turned a City into a Canvas" – A New York City teenager writes the same name across all five borough…
3 months, 1 week ago
1719: "Drop D Tuning"
Episode 1719
Interesting Things with JC #1719: "Drop D Tuning" – A guitarist lowers one string by two semitones, and power chords that once required multiple fing…
3 months, 1 week ago
1718: "The Moment New York Set the Style"
Episode 1718
Interesting Things with JC #1718: "The Moment New York Set the Style" - Discover how Eleanor Lambert’s 1943 "Press Week" broke the fashion world’s re…
3 months, 1 week ago
1718: "Why Is There a Gap in the Toilet Seat?"
Episode 1718
Interesting Things with JC #1718: "Why Is There a Gap in the Toilet Seat?" – Airports, restaurants, offices, and highway rest stops all use toilet se…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
1716: "The Legendary Jim Kilts"
Episode 1716
Interesting Things with JC #1716: "The Legendary Jim Kilts" – Gillette had missed earnings expectations for 14 straight quarters, yet most of its exe…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
1715: "Hunny, Bunny, and the Twins Who Married the Twins"
Episode 1715
Interesting Things with JC #1715: "Hunny, Bunny, and the Twins Who Married the Twins" – Identical twins Hunny and Bunny meet identical twins Elliot a…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
1714: "When Gut Bacteria Escape"
Episode 1714
Interesting Things with JC #1714: "When Gut Bacteria Escape" – Bacteroides fragilis lives normally inside the colon until the intestinal wall breaks …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
1713: "How Do You Catch Legionnaires' Disease?"
Episode 1713
Interesting Things with JC #1713: "How Do You Catch Legionnaires' Disease?" – Fifty-four people are diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease in two Manha…
3 months, 2 weeks ago