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1744: "The Lemon Juice Heist"
Episode 1744
Interesting Things with JC #1744: "The Lemon Juice Heist" – McArthur Wheeler robs Pittsburgh banks with lemon juice on his face because he believes s…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
1743: "The Dunning-Kruger Effect"
Episode 1743
Interesting Things with JC #1743: "The Dunning-Kruger Effect" – Low performers overestimated their scores, but the famous “Mount Stupid” graph wasn’t…
3 weeks ago
1742: "The Milk Hill Spiral"
Episode 1742
Interesting Things with JC #1742: "The Milk Hill Spiral" – In a wheat field on Milk Hill, 409 separate circles form a six-sided spiral across roughly…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
1741: "The Night Hip-Hop Was Born"
Episode 1741
Interesting Things with JC #1741: "The Night Hip-Hop Was Born" – At a Bronx party in 1973, DJ Kool Herc notices that dancers come alive during the sh…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
1740: "Forty Six and 2"
Episode 1740
Interesting Things with JC #1740: "Forty Six and 2" – Tool’s “Forty Six & 2” starts with a shadow shedding its skin, moves through wounds being reope…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
1739: "R&B in the Rain"
Episode 1739
Interesting Things with JC #1739: "R&B in the Rain" – The Temptations use rain to hide a man’s tears, but later R&B records keep putting people in th…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
1738: "The Swiss Army Knife Parcel Hook"
Episode 1738
Interesting Things with JC #1738: "The Swiss Army Knife Parcel Hook" – A small hook on the back of many Swiss Army Knives was designed to carry heavy…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
1737: "Susan and Phil"
Episode 1737
Interesting Things with JC #1737: "Susan and Phil" – A woman enters a Fort Worth topless bar because she needs money, but the bouncer watching the do…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
1736: "NFL Training Camp"
Episode 1736
Interesting Things with JC #1736: "NFL Training Camp" – Every NFL team starts training camp with 90 players, but every practice removes someone from …
4 weeks ago
1735: "The SpaceX Rocket That Crashed on the Moon"
Episode 1735
Interesting Things with JC #1735: "The SpaceX Rocket That Crashed on the Moon" – A spent SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage drifted through space for more t…
4 weeks, 1 day ago