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QAH Episode 142: The Principality of Sealand
Episode 20142
Quarter-Arsed History presents: the very amusing history of Sealand, an unrecognised micronation located on an abandoned military fort off the coast …
4 months, 1 week ago
Episode 391: History's Weirdest Epithets - Part 2
Episode 10391
In this week's episode, meet five more historical figures with strange epithets: Æthelred the Unready, Constantine V Koprónymos, Louis Do-Nothing, Ma…
4 months, 1 week ago
Inventions Episode 51: The Internet
Episode 40051
The internet is not something you just dump something on. It's not a big truck. It's a series of tubes.
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4 months, 1 week ago
QAH Episode 141: The Stone of Scone
Episode 20141
Quarter-Arsed History presents: the story of the Stone of Scone, a block of sandstone upon which Scottish, English, and then British kings and queens…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 390: The Miracle Landing of the Gimli Glider
Episode 10390
In this week's episode, hear the incredible tale of Air Canada Flight 143, when a Boeing 767 ran out of fuel mid-flight and so had to be flown and la…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Inventions Episode 50: The Global Positioning System
Episode 40050
The Global Positioning System began as top-secret military technology, before a series of interesting (and some tragic) events opened up a world of c…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
QAH Episode 140: A Brief History of Morse Code
Episode 20140
Quarter-Arsed History presents: a brief history of Morse code, an encoding and transmission system that helped to transform long-distance communicati…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 389: The First Transatlantic Telegraph Cable
Episode 10389
In this week's episode, hear about the series of ridiculous setbacks and disasters that took place as part of the laying of the first transatlantic t…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Inventions Episode 49: The Personal Computer
Episode 40049
The personal computer is an invention that defines the modern information age, a deeply entrenched part of daily life for billions of people all arou…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
QAH Episode 139: The SS Princess Alice Disaster
Episode 20139
Quarter-Arsed History presents: the story of the SS Princess Alice Disaster, when hundreds of people drowned in raw sewage after two ships collided o…
4 months, 4 weeks ago