Episodes
Jan. 15, 2025
Pizzagate
So we actually recorded this last week on Monday so one of the last paragraphs of the episode has outdated info in it. The Pizzagate guy was killed by police during a traffic stop after allegedly pulling out a gun and pointi…
Jan. 8, 2025
Pythagoras
Pythagoras of Samos (: Πυθαγόρας; 570 – c. 495 BC), often known as Pythagoras, was an ancient , , and the eponymous founder of . His political and religious teachings were well known in and...
Jan. 1, 2025
The Host's Fictional Bios
This episode was inspired by our tall tales episode. We each take a crack a writing another host's fictional bio. This was supposed to be a Christmas Episode but was delayed.
Dec. 25, 2024
The Holy Prepuce (Foreskin) and Other Relics
The Holy Prepuce, or Holy Foreskin ( præputium or prepucium), is one of several , consisting of the removed during the . At various points in history, a number of churches in Europe have claimed to...
Dec. 18, 2024
Snarky Restaurant Reviews
Two mean reviews. One from the Sydney Morning Herald on Coco Roco...and the other from the New York Times on Guy's American Kitchen & Bar.
Dec. 11, 2024
Pong
Pong is a –themed arcade , featuring simple , manufactured by and originally released on 29 November 1972. It is one of the earliest ; it was created by as a training exercise assigned to him...
Dec. 4, 2024
Competitive Eating, Takeru Kobayashi, and Joey Chestnut
Competitive eating, or speed eating, is a sport in which participants compete against each other to eat large quantities of food, usually in a short time period. Contests are typically eight to ten minutes long, although som…
Nov. 27, 2024
Sleeping Beauty
The earliest known version of the tale is found in the narrative , written between 1330 and 1344. Another was the poem Frayre de Joy e Sor de Paser. wrote another, "" for his collection , published posthumously in...
Nov. 20, 2024
The Sinking of the Whaleship Essex
Essex was an American from , , which was launched in 1799. On November 20, 1820, while at sea in the southern under the command of Captain , the ship was attacked and sunk by a . About 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) from …
Nov. 13, 2024
Carlos Kaiser
Carlos Henrique Raposo (born 2 April 1963), commonly known as Carlos Kaiser, is a Brazilian and former who played as a .[] Although his abilities were far short of professional standard, he managed to sign for numerous tea…
Nov. 6, 2024
Crazy Patents
A patent is a type of that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an of the invention. In most countries, patent rights.…
Oct. 30, 2024
Mickey Barreto - An NYC Real Estate Loophole Story
For five years, a New York City man managed to live rent-free in a landmark Manhattan hotel by exploiting an obscure local housing law.
Oct. 23, 2024
Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins (born 26 March 1941) is a British , , and author. He is an of , and was in the from 1995 to 2008. His 1976 book popularised the , as...
Oct. 16, 2024
Siege Weapons and Fortifications
A is a used to destroy such as , , and . A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a designed for the defense of territories in , and is used to establish rule in a...
Oct. 9, 2024
Pied Piper and the Children's Crusade
The legend dates back to the . The earliest references describe a piper, dressed in multicoloured ("") clothing, who was a rat catcher hired by the town to lure rats away with his magic . When the citizens refused to pay for…
Oct. 2, 2024
Project 57
Project 57 was an open-air nuclear test conducted by the United States at the in 1957, following , and preceding . The test area, also known as Area 13, was a 10 miles (16 km) by 16 miles (26 km)...
Sept. 25, 2024
Sun Wukong the Monkey King
Sun Wukong (: 孫悟空, Mandarin pronunciation: ), also known as the Monkey King, is a literary and religious figure best known as one of the main characters in the 16th-century Chinese novel . In the novel, Sun Wukong is a monke…
Sept. 18, 2024
Hulk Hogan, the Love Sponge, and Peter Thiel
Bollea v. Gawker was a lawsuit filed in 2013 in the in , , delivering a verdict on March 18, 2016. In the suit, Terry Gene Bollea, known professionally as , sued , publisher of the website, and several Gawker employees and…
Sept. 11, 2024
Human Greetings and Congratulation Rituals
A handshake is a globally widespread, brief or in which two people grasp one of each other's hands, and in most cases, it is accompanied by a brief up-and-down movement of the grasped hands. Customs surrounding handshakes …
Sept. 4, 2024
The Ice Bowl
The 1967 NFL Championship Game was the 35th , played on December 31 at in . Because of the adverse conditions in which the game was played, the rivalry between the two teams, and the game's dramatic climax, it has been...
Aug. 28, 2024
The Barefoot Bandit- Colton Harris Moore
Colton Harris Moore (born March 22, 1991) is an American former . He was charged with the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars in property, including several small aircraft, boats, and multiple cars, all committed while…
Aug. 21, 2024
Jeanne Calment
Jeanne Louise Calment (French: ; 21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997) was a French and, with a documented lifespan of 122 years and 164 days, the whose age has been verified. Her attracted media attention and medical...
Aug. 14, 2024
JBS Haldane and the X-Craft
John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (; 5 November 1892 – 1 December 1964), nicknamed "Jack" or "JBS", was a British-Indian scientist who worked in , , , and . With innovative use of , he was one of the founders of . Despite his l…
Aug. 7, 2024
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake ( and best known for in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580. This was the first English circumnavigation, and second circumnavigation overall. He is also known for participating in the...