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Men of Stone (Pt 2)

12/21/2021

 
Throughout the 19th Century, The United States was absolutely barraged by tales of petrified stone men: ancient giants, missing links, careless miners, unfortunate souls and one Civil War hero, General Thomas Francis Meagher.
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Men of Stone (Pt 1)

12/7/2021

 
In 1897, a Montana prospector discovered something valuable in The Missouri River. Not gold, not silver, not even copper. It was the petrified body of a missing Civil War hero, General Thomas Francis Meagher.
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It's a Secret to Everyone, Too

11/30/2021

 
Our second annual dive into the hidden world of The Constant Secret Feed.

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Something from Nothing

11/16/2021

 
Be the most popular kid on the block with these fantastic new tricks! Produce bees from lions! Frogs from mud! Scorpions from bricks! This week we're taking on the oldest and most widely believed bullshit of all: spontaneous generation.
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Lucy Lightfoot

11/2/2021

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Lucy Lightfoot went missing in 1831, and was later found alive and well... in 1364.

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Long Story Short (Pt 3)

10/19/2021

 
A long story, made short, and then long again, is finally ready to end. Join us for part three, the story of one guy who singlehandedly solved the most difficult problem in human history. Sort of. Kinda. Not really. But a little bit!
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Long Story Short (Pt 2)

10/5/2021

 
In part two, we've got an enormous naval disaster, a long-shot con-job, some far-fetched inventions, and some of the most famous scientists to ever lived, all unified by that most difficult of human problems: how to find one's longitude

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Long Story Short (Pt 1)

9/21/2021

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Humanity has tackled a lot of hard problems over the last few thousand years--from medicine to physics to splitting tips. But the most difficult question we've ever answered is our subject this week: where are we?

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Trivial

9/6/2021

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Today we've got a potpourri of smaller stories: invasive bird spies! Cunning robberies! Booby traps! MULES! Listen in!
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Are Whales Fish?

8/24/2021

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In 1818, New York City was gripped by the trial of the century. At stake was $75, the regulation of a multimillion dollar industry, and the answer to the question on everyone's mind: were whales fish?

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