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Selects: What Were the BONE WARS?
A pair of old timey fossil hunters had a rootin’ tootin’ rivalry that spilled from academic journals into the American Wild West - where fossils were…
9 months ago
What are Blue Zones?
Blue zones are areas where people supposedly have more 100+ year-olds than average. But is it all based on faulty records?
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9 months ago
Short Stuff: 1561 Celestial Event
An amazing case of an early modern mass sighting of UFOs came in Nuremberg, Germany in 1561. Except it wasn’t that at all.
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9 months ago
The History of Orthodontics
Crooked teeth have always been a thing, but it took us a long time to do something about it. Learn about the twisted history of orthodontics today!
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9 months ago
Selects: The Flannen Isles Mystery
In December 1900 three lighthouse keepers vanished without a trace from a deserted island in Scotland. To this day no one knows exactly what happened…
9 months, 1 week ago
Private Equity: Your Ears Will Bleed
Private equity is a business operation where companies are bought and run at their leanest to maximize returns for a handful of investors. It can be …
9 months, 1 week ago
Short Stuff: The Lost (?) Continent of Lemuria
Why aren't there lemurs in Africa? That question created a whole theory about a lost continent. Turns out it's not true.
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9 months, 1 week ago
The Unsolved Murder of Hall and Mills
In 1922, a pastor and his mistress were murdered in New Jersey. Nobody was ever convicted of the crime even though it seems clear who did it.
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9 months, 1 week ago
Selects: How Rape Kits Work
Rape kits are simple forensic evidence collection kits used when someone is sexually assaulted. But the story is deeper than this. Learn all about ra…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Heavy Metal Pt II
In part two of Heavy Metal Week Josh and Chuck break down how specialized heavy metal music has become, talk about some of the great album covers, lo…
9 months, 2 weeks ago