Episodes

March 13, 2024

Dutch East India Company

The United East India Company (: Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie , abbreviated as VOC, Dutch: ) and commonly known as the Dutch East India Company, was a and the first in the world. Established on 20 March 1602 by the a…
March 6, 2024

Horace Greeley

Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an American newspaper editor and publisher who was the founder and  of the . Long active in politics, he served briefly as a congressman from New York and was the...
Feb. 28, 2024

Seaworld

SeaWorld is an American  chain with headquarters in . It is a proprietor of , , , and rehabilitation centers owned by  (one park will be owned and operated by Miral under a license). The parks...
Feb. 21, 2024

The Edgewood Experiments

From 1948 to 1975, the  conducted   at the  facility in . The purpose was to evaluate the impact of low-dose  agents on  and to test , , and . A small portion of these studies...
Feb. 14, 2024

Al Capone

Alphonse Gabriel Capone (; January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nicknames "Scarface" and "Snorky", was an American  and businessman who attained notoriety during the  as the co-founder and...
Feb. 7, 2024

1769 Transit of Venus

A transit of Venus across the  takes place when the   passes directly between the Sun and a , becoming visible against (and hence obscuring a small portion of) the . During a , Venus can be seen...
Jan. 31, 2024

Isabella of France

Isabella of France (: Louve de France), was  as the wife of King , and de facto  of England from 1327 until 1330. She was the youngest surviving child and only surviving daughter of  and ....
Jan. 24, 2024

Celestial Seasonings and Other Culty Companies

Celestial Seasonings Mo Siegel, Peggy Clute, Wyck Hay, and Lucinda Ziesing started gathering and flowers in the mountains around Boulder and selling them to local in 1969.
Jan. 17, 2024

Cleopatra

Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (: Κλεοπάτρα Θεά Φιλοπάτωρ lit. Cleopatra "father-loving goddess"; 70/69 BC – 10 August 30 BC) was Queen of the of from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler. A member of the , she was...
Jan. 10, 2024

Julius Cesar

Gaius Julius Caesar (, ; Latin: ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a  general and statesman. A member of the , Caesar led the Roman armies in the  before defeating his political...
Jan. 3, 2024

The Amish

The Amish (; : Amisch; German: Amische), formally the Old Order Amish, are a group of traditionalist    with  and  origins. They are closely related to  churches, a...
Dec. 27, 2023

Poisoned Booze

Several stories including: In 1927, most of the industrial alcohol in the United States had been poisoned under the order of the government. The government had created a blend that contended with the bootleggers’ chemists.
Dec. 20, 2023

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is a 1925  by American writer . Set in the  on , near New York City, the novel depicts  narrator 's interactions with mysterious millionaire  and Gatsby's obsession to...
Dec. 13, 2023

The Terra Nova Expedition,

The Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition to which took place between 1910 and 1913. Led by Captain , the expedition had various scientific and geographical objectives. Scott …
Dec. 6, 2023

Large Hadron Collider

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest and highest-energy . It was built by the  (CERN) between 1998 and 2008 in collaboration with over 10,000 scientists and hundreds of universities and laboratories...
Nov. 29, 2023

Highest falls survived without a parachute

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Nov. 22, 2023

Howard Hughes

Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American aerospace engineer, businessman, filmmaker, investor, philanthropist, and pilot. He was best known during his lifetime as one of the most influenti…
Nov. 15, 2023

Failed Products, Part 2

The Museum of Failure is a museum that features a collection of failed products and services. The touring exhibition provides visitors with a learning experience about the critical role of  in  and encourages...
Nov. 8, 2023

The Divorce Colony

The Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier is a nonfiction book by April White. Published by  in 2022, The Divorce Colony examines the role of  as a destination...
Oct. 25, 2023

Pete Evans

Peter Daryl Evans (born 29 August 1973[]) is an Australian chef, and former television presenter, who was a judge of the competitive cooking show . Evans has been heavily criticised for  about , promoting conservative...
Oct. 18, 2023

Weird Measurements

An unusual unit of measurement is a that does not form part of a coherent , especially because its exact quantity may not be well known or because it may be an inconvenient multiple or fraction of a base unit. Many of the u…
Oct. 11, 2023

Terrible Realty Television

Reality television is a  of  that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s wit…
Oct. 4, 2023

Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, 190? – May 10, 1977) was an American actress. She started her career as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on . Crawford was signed to a motion...