Short Stuff: Origin of Math Signs
Have you ever stopped mid-pencil mark and realized to your astonishment where the plus sign came...
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10ish Worst Business Decisions Ever
It’s easy (and kind of fun) to laugh at the misfortune of CEOs and other high up business types...
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Floods happen when more water is introduced to an area than can be quickly removed. That's about...
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The Hyatt Regency Skywalk Disaster
In 1981 America suffered the worst accidental structural collapse in its history. Listen in today...
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Short Stuff: Why Spilling Salt is Unlucky
Face it, when you spill salt your life goes totally off the rails, maybe even forever....
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Axolotls: The Smiling Salamander from Mexico
It’s a listener request! Axolotls are one of the more amazing animals roaming the planet right...
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Selects: How Space Stations Work
It seems like we largely take it for granted these days, but the fact that we have humans living...
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Today we dive into the history and current state of Native American reservations. This serves as...
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Is OK the best word? It's certainly one of the most versatile. Check the interesting history of...
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The Made-up Disease of Syndrome K
In WWII, Italy went through its own Jewish Holocaust, terrible at first then horrific as the...
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Chuck and Josh end up making reduxes of past episodes on things like sweating and deodorant in...
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Laurens Hammond: The Non-Musical Genius Who Changed Popular Music
Laurens Hammond invented the Hammond organ and in the process changed music history. But he was...
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You've seen the evil eye. Many Middle Eastern cultures have a long history with it. Learn how to...
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Fordlandia: Brazil Isn't Michigan
Henry Ford tried to build a Midwestern American town in the Amazon rainforest in the 1920s. It's...
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Selects: How Toy Testing Works
It's every kid's dream - a job playing with toys that pays in toys. It's a real thing and has...
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Climate change is having sweeping effects on our climate and this is changing the world, not just...
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Friends, treasure Saturn’s rings while they are young. They won’t be around forever. See...
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Farmer's Almanac: Literature to Poop To
The Farmer's Almanac has a long rich history that is more than just moon phases and long-term...
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Selects: How Music Sampling Works
Today music sampling is a common practice, especially in electronic or hip-hop music. But how...
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The Mysterious Disappearance of the Franklin Expedition
One of the great Arctic mysteries was the disappearance of the ill-fated Franklin Expedition in...
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