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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…
2 months, 2 weeks 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…
2 months, 2 weeks 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…
2 months, 3 weeks 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…
2 months, 3 weeks 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…
2 months, 3 weeks 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 …
2 months, 3 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…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
1734: "Tattoo Ink and Your Lymph Nodes"
Episode 1734
Interesting Things with JC #1734: "Tattoo Ink and Your Lymph Nodes" – Tattoo ink doesn't always stay in your skin. Your immune system carries some of…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
1733: "Can Rams Get Brain Damage?"
Episode 1733
Interesting Things with JC #1733: "Can Rams Get Brain Damage?" – Bighorn rams survive violent head-on crashes that would devastate most animals, yet …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
1732: "Sir Bryan Thwaites - The Man Who Changed How We Learn Mathematics"
Episode 1732
Interesting Things with JC #1732: "The Man Who Changed How Britain Learned Mathematics" – A Cambridge mathematician leaves a prestigious research car…
2 months, 4 weeks ago