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Ridiculous History Presents: A History of "Adult" Toys, Part 2
While it's a taboo subject in the modern day, it turns out people have been improvising ways to pleasure themselves since, well, the dawn of history.…
4 years, 3 months ago
Ridiculous History Presents: A History of "Adult" Toys, Part 1
While it's a taboo subject in the modern day, it turns out people have been improvising ways to pleasure themselves since, well, the dawn of history.…
4 years, 3 months ago
The Cobra Effect, Part 2: Four Pests and a Disastrous Success
The Cobra Effect - a particularly extreme form of unintended consequences - isn't limited to India and Vietnam. In China, the technically successful …
4 years, 3 months ago
The Cobra Effect, Part 1: Snakes, Rats, and Unintended Consequences
Back in the days of the British Raj, colonial leaders had a problem: Delhi was overrun with snakes. And not just any snakes -- cobras. These dangerou…
4 years, 3 months ago
British Suffragettes Knew Jūjitsu
As activists in the UK fought for the right to vote (and divorce, and inherit land), they ran into increasingly brutal actions on the part of police …
4 years, 3 months ago
A Tale of Two Hansons: Busting Myths About the 'First' US President
It's no secret that people in the US often tend to mythologize the Founding Fathers -- so it shouldn't come as a surprise that people also, often, cl…
4 years, 3 months ago
Did Soldiers in World War I Really Team Up to Fight Wolves?
World War I was a bloody, terrifying conflict for everyone involved -- and not just humans. In today's episode, Ben, Noel and Max accidentally run in…
4 years, 4 months ago
Slum Tourists: When Wealthy People Toured Chinatown ‘For Fun’
It’s true — back in the day, wealthy residents of cities from London to Chicago would pay for tours of disadvantaged communities, the same way that y…
4 years, 4 months ago
That Time Victorians Treated Seaweed like Pokemon
Europe's Victorian Era was, in many ways, a study in contradiction. While society in general championed independent scientific research, institutions…
4 years, 4 months ago
Valentine's Day Is So Much Weirder Than We Thought
Valentine's Day is a pretty normal holiday in the US and several other countries, and other parts of the world have similar holidays, focused on appr…
4 years, 4 months ago