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1751: "The Wasps That Know Your Face"
Episode 1751
Interesting Things with JC #1751: "The Wasps That Know Your Face" – Northern paper wasps recognize individual nestmates by their faces. Change a fami…
2 months, 1 week ago
1750: "Trebizond"
Episode 1750
Interesting Things with JC #1750: "Trebizond" – Ships carry coffee, copper, cloth, salt, and other goods through Trebizond while steep roads climb fr…
2 months, 1 week ago
1749: "Ouzel Lake and the Dangers of Alpine Swimming"
Episode 1749
Interesting Things with JC #1749: "Ouzel Lake and the Dangers of Alpine Swimming" – Ouzel Lake can look inviting after a 4.9-mile summer hike, but th…
2 months, 1 week ago
1748: "Follow the Leader"
Episode 1748
Interesting Things with JC #1748: "Follow the Leader" – August 18th, 1998 a legendary album dropped. Korn’s original Follow the Leader CD starts with…
2 months, 1 week ago
1747: "Davy Crockett Before the Legend"
Episode 1747
Interesting Things with JC #1747: "Davy Crockett Before the Legend" – Davy Crockett was becoming a legend while he was still alive. He claimed 105 be…
2 months, 1 week ago
1746: "Julie Newmar"
Episode 1746
Interesting Things with JC #1746: "Julie Newmar" – Julie had already won a Tony and trained for years in ballet before playing Catwoman, then used th…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
1745: "The Wow! Signal"
Episode 1745
Interesting Things with JC #1745: "The Wow! Signal" – A radio telescope in Ohio detected a powerful narrowband signal from the direction of Sagittari…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
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 months, 2 weeks 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…
2 months, 2 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…
2 months, 2 weeks ago