In Southern Indiana, the United States Government has set aside a 53,000 acre forest for a singular purpose: to support the maintenance of ONE 227-year old warship. In this episode, we talk about purpose-planted forests, Constitution Grove and the history of the U.S.S. Constitution. 

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Actor Nicholas Cage is well-known as an eccentric guy, and his many bizarre collections are a testament to that reputation. But in 2007, Cage bought a rare dinosaur skull that got him in trouble with the government of Mongolia. In this episode, we talk about his collections, the skull purchase, the A-List actor he outbid, and the unfortunate result of the purchase. Then we chat with Comedian and Mindreader, Eric Dittelman.

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When the Greeks fought for their independence from the Ottoman Turks in 1821, they began the war with a siege of the Acropolis - one of their most revered and historically significant sites. And when the Turks ran out of bullets, they started dismantling the blocks of the Parthenon to make more bullets. In an attempt to save the structure, the Greeks came up with a very unusual idea. In this episode, we talk about this Greek legend, and then speak with Nikki the Death Doula!

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A recent government auction listed a "1989 Airstream Executive Air Coach" with little to no details about its history. Internet sleuths soon discovered that the RV was an important part of space exploration history! 

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Originally released October 11, 2021. "Anti-Mask" rants have taken over school board meetings, city council meetings, airplanes and stores throughout America. But did people act like this during the Flu Pandemic of 1918? In this episode, we examine what happened during the "Spanish Flu" when mask mandates were put into effect. Then we chat with Comedian Kelly Collette for the quick quiz!

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We've been fortunate to have some amazing guests over the last couple years! In this episode, we feature some highlights from some of our interviews with those guests! In this episode: John Fugelsang, Eric Dittelman (and his mother), Shannon and Scott from the Song Salad Podcast, Alison Kent, Nan Rothschild and Hal Sparks!

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Originally released on January 25th, 2021. I recently learned that historians credit a 1968 James Brown concert with saving the city of Boston from riots after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In this special episode, I tell the story of the Boston Garden Concert and how it almost never happened. Then we quiz my friend Josh Quillen.

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When construction workers were on top of the giant pyramid in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, they discovered a small metal box welded to the structure. Inside, they were shocked to find a small crystal skull. The story of how the skull got there has become Memphis Legend. In this episode, we talk about the Crystal Skull of Memphis and then chat with Musician "Danny Moon" Dan Malone.

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When Edgar Allan Poe wrote his only novel in 1838, he included a grim story about a young cabin boy who was killed and eaten at sea so that other sailors could survive. 46 years later, an uncanny coincidence took place. This episode is all about the case of Richard Parker. We welcome back Comedian and Writer Jay Black to the show to play the quick quiz!

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This episode was first released May 23, 2022. In 1945, a wooden plaque of the "Great Seal" was given to the United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union. It hung on the wall by his desk for years until it was discovered in 1951 to be a secret Soviet listening device. In this episode, we tell the story of "The Thing" or "The Great Seal Bug" and how it came to be. Then we chat with musician Daniel Malone!

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For more than 100 years, there were plans to cut a canal through the middle of the Florida Peninsula. It would have allowed a huge shipping lane from the Gulf to the Atlantic Ocean. But despite a dozen starts and stops, it was never completed. In this episode, we talk about the canal, its demise, its remnants and the important conservation effort that ended it. Then we chat with Lance Thompson for the quick quiz!

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With the death and funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, we revisit our 22nd episode all about the Royal Family. In 1969, Queen Elizabeth II and her family were followed around by a film crew for a special documentary to provide a behind-the-scenes look at the Royal Family. While the public loved it, the Queen did not and it was banned forever. Until last year, when it was leaked to the internet. In this episode, we talk about the documentary and quiz my friend Lance Thompson! 

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Was it a social experiment gone wrong? Or did it produce results exactly as intended? In 2014, robotics and communications scholars developed hitchBOT, a hitchhiking robot. It made its way across Canada, Germany and The Netherlands, but couldn't make it 2 weeks in the USA without being destroyed. In this episode, we  tell the story about the life and death of the hitchhiking robot, then play the quick quiz with Comedian Glen Tickle.

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In Memory of my Father-in-Law, this episode was one of his favorites. It was first released in July of 2021. Despite the United States Mint not being established until 1792, the first American coin struck for circulation was actually designed in 1787 by none other than Benjamin Franklin. But why did it feature the words "Mind Your Business?" In this episode explore the coin known as the "Fugio Cent" and then quiz comedy writer Jimmy Mak!

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Originally released October 5, 2020. Using the bathroom in space has never been easy. And since the early NASA space missions of the 1960s, engineers have been solving this problem in ingenious ways. In this episode, we explore some of the many ways Astronauts have been able to go number 1 and 2. And we call Comedy Magician Erik Tait to see if he know what we've just learned!

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In Ancient Greece, the incredible athlete known as Theagenes of Thasos was so successful, his legend of being unbeaten followed him into the afterlife. But is it true that even his depiction in a bronze statue fought his battles? In this episode, we talk about the Ancient Greek legend of Theagenes and then play the Quick Quiz with Mindreader, Eric Dittelman! 

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For decades, the story about the woman who sued McDonald's because her coffee was too hot has been used as an example of frivolous lawsuits. But the truth is much different than the legend! In this episode, we explore this case in detail and learn that you may have heard it all wrong! Then we play the quick quiz with Magician, Peter Boie! 

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In 1939, as many as 22,000 Americans met for a Nazi rally in New York's Madison Square Garden. It was an event of the German-American Bund and attendees cheered while listening to anti-semitic, Nazi-sympathizing speeches. It's hard to believe that this type of thing could happen in America, but it's true. In this episode, we examine the event and then play the quick quiz with International Award-Winning Magician, Erik Tait.

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On the isolated island community of Tangier, Virginia, the residents speak with a dialect that is entirely unique. It's part southern drawl, part "brogue," and some have claimed it's a relic dialect left over from the first English settlers to the area in the 1600s. But is that true? In this episode, we learn about the region, its dialect and the reason for this strange accent. Then we play the quick quiz with my wife Alison!

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For our 100th episode, we're talking about the awful fire that happened in Dublin, Ireland in 1875. It resulted in 13 people dying, but none of them from the fire! Every person reportedly died from alcohol poisoning! In this episode, we talk about the fire and then play a special version of the quick quiz with Comedian Dan Wilbur!

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Did a radio broadcast about Aliens cause mass Hysteria in America in 1938? The Internet Says...maybe. Orson Welles's radio performance of H.G. Wells's War of the Worlds has become infamous as causing panic throughout the U.S. when people thought it was a real news report. But is the story overblown? In this episode, we talk about the radio play and its reception. Then we play the quick quiz with Jethro and Matt from the Drunkard's Walk Podcast!

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For more than 40 years, a strange, Stonehenge-like monument with a mysterious creator stood in a field in rural Georgia. It was inscribed with instructions for humanity. On July 6, 2022, someone destroyed them with an explosive. In this episode, we talk about the Guidestones, their creator and some of the strange theories about them. Then we play the quick quiz with Mindreader and Author, Jonathan Pritchard!

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Alexander Abian was a brilliant math professor at Iowa State University. But he had one crazy idea: that all of the problems of the world could be solved by DESTROYING THE MOON. In this episode, we talk about Abian's plan in detail, why it wouldn't work, and then discuss a secret government project to actually nuke the moon! We are joined by Brandon Anderson to play the qiuz game!

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In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, men were expected to wear straw hats in the summer, but switch to felt hats in mid-September. If a man didn't switch to felt, mischievous youths would enjoy knocking the hat off and smashing it on the ground. Hat-Smashing got so bad in September of 1922, it led to riots throughout lower Manhattan. In this episode we talk about the Straw Hat Riots and then talk with Comedian and Actor Hal Sparks!

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Billy Mitchell is often referred to as the Father of the United States Air Force. He was the first one to suggest that airplanes could be used to drop bombs on enemy naval ships. But a recent visit to a museum with my father illuminated a really bizarre fact: Billy Mitchell predicted the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 17 years before it happened. In this episode, we learn all about Billy Mitchell, military aviation history and his amazing prediction. Then we chat with Comedian Jay Black, who joins us live from a cruise ship gig!

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Colombia's Cocaine Kingpin smuggled 4 hippos onto his estate in the late 70s and now, almost 30 years after his death, they've multiplied into a bloat of more than 100 animals, roaming the Magdalena River Valley and terrorizing citizens and their crops. In this episode, we talk about Colombia's "Cocaine Hippos," then chat with Comedian and Political Commentator John Fugelsang, and we argue as to whether or not hippos can swim.

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BIRDS AREN'T REAL! You may have seen signs at political rallies or internet memes expressing this satirical conspiracy theory. In this episode, we recorded LIVE at the Columbus Arts Festival from the WCBE 90.5 FM booth to tell the story about the Birds Aren't Real movement, how it got started and how it went viral. Then we put the conspiracy theory to the test by talking to a real raptor expert, Joe Dorrian of the Ohio School of Falconry. 

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Originally released August 30, 2021. In 1950, the West-End Baptist Church in Beatrice, Nebraska exploded from a gas leak. The church should have been full of a practicing choir, but it wasn't. This episode examines the curious circumstances that led each and every choir member to be late that day. Then we play the Quick Quiz with Jethro and Matt from the Drunkard's Walk podcast!

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Originally released July 5, 2021. In 1971, Juliane Koepcke's airplane was struck by lightning and broke apart 2 miles above the Peruvian Jungle. Miraculously, she was the only one out of the 92 people onboard to survive. In this episode, we tell the amazing story of how she survived the crash and her journey to find safety.

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Originally released May 24, 2021. In our history, we've had at least 32 "Broken Arrow" incidents: instances of nuclear weapons accidents that don't cause a nuclear war. One of those was in 1958, in which an Air Force B-47 Bomber almost nuked Mars Bluff, South Carolina. In this episode, we talk about the B-47, it's staggering 10% loss rate and the Mars Bluff incident. Then we catch up with actor and podcaster Michael Spedden for the Quick Quiz!

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In 1945, a wooden plaque of the "Great Seal" was given to the United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union. It hung on the wall by his desk for years until it was discovered in 1951 to be a secret Soviet listening device. In this episode, we tell the story of "The Thing" or "The Great Seal Bug" and how it came to be. Then we chat with musician Daniel Malone!

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In the heart of Copenhagen, Denmark, a free-living socialist Utopia has existed for more than 50 years. What started as an abandoned military barracks has become a haven for free-thinkers, hippies artists and tourists where it seems everything is legal. But is it? In this episode, we examine the history and turmoil of Christiania and then chat with Comedian & Juggler, Marcus Monroe!

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The "chokeslam" is the move that wrestlers do where they slam their opponent to the ground after lifting them up by the neck. The rumor is that it was invented by our 16th President, Abraham Lincoln. Could this possibly be true? In this episode, we investigate the origin of the move, it's modern versions and find out the truth. Then we chat with Spoken-Word Artist, (NavThePoet) Nav Singh!

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Was Sammy Davis Jr. a member of the Church of Satan? It's widely known that he converted to Judaism after the auto accident that took his eye, but this week, a listener sent us an article about Sammy Davis Jr. the Satanist. In this episode, we talk about the life of this multi-faceted entertainer and the claim in question. Then we chat with Comedian and Producer of CBus Comedy, Lisa Berry!

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Action Park in Vernon, NJ became known as "Accident Park," "Traction Park," "Friction Park" and "Class-Action Park" because of the many injuries, accidents and even deaths that occurred there. One of the most infamous was the legendary "Cannonball Loop" - a water slide with a loop that was so dangerous, it was shut down almost immediately after it opened. In this episode, we talk about the park, it's owner, many of the rides and "Cannonball Loop." Then we talk with Emmy-Award Winning comedy writer, Joe Janes!

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To avoid conscription into the Roman Army, some Romans adopted the practice of removing their own thumbs! In this short episode, we talk about this bizarre practice!

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Originally broadcast March 8, 2021. There has been one successful coup d’état in American History – a successful violent overthrowing of a city government in 1898. Sadly, it’s a story of violence, politics and white supremacy.  In this episode, we explore an unpleasant chapter of America’s history that not many people know and then lighten the mood with a quiz at the end.

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Bootlegging was an inevitable result of 1920s Prohibition in the U.S. And when the government tried to solve the problem, they ended up with a solution that killed at least 10,000 Americans through poisoned, denatured industrial ethyl-alcohol. In this episode, we tell the story and then talk with Comedian Leslie Battle!

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Did people in Victorian England eat mummies!? Was the flesh from mummies used for paint? In this episode, we talk about medical cannibalism, bad science and mummification. Then we chat with host of the The Opinion Science podcast, Dr. Andy Luttrell! 

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Can you imagine having an extra month between June and July?! In the "International Fixed Calendar," that's exactly what was proposed in the 1920s. The only organization to adopt this 28-day-a-month calendar was Kodak, who kept it up all the way until 1989! In this episode, we talk about the Kodak calendar and chat with Comedian Glen Tickle!

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Tsutomu Yamaguchi was one of the only people to survive both the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. He was the only one officially recognized as a double survivor by the Japanese government. In this episode, we tell his remarkable tale of survival. Then we chat with comedian Dan Wilbur.

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In this special "The Internet Says it's NOT True" episode, we talk about a dubious claim about The Beatles: That when they made their renowned appearance on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964, crime was virtually non-existent in NYC for one hour. We talk about the appearance and get to the bottom of the claim.

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The Marathon at the 1904 Summer Olympics was SUPER WEIRD. One man was chased off course by wild dogs. One man was intentionally poisoned. Another ate bad fruit and fell asleep. Several were severely dehydrated. The apparent winner was disqualified. And all of this happened because Russia started a war. In this episode, we talk about the 1904 Saint Louis Summer Olympics and then play the quick quiz with Jimmy Mak!

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The Internet has been blowing up recently with people who can't believe this claim: That the phrase "Bucket List" originated with the 2007 Rob Reiner buddy film of the same name. In an apparent "Mandela Effect," or mass false memory, everyone seems to think they've been using the phrase in their lives long before 2007. In this episode, we talk about other examples of the Mandela Effect, and find out the truth about the origin of the "Bucket List." Then we play the quick quiz with Comedian Lisa Berry!

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Dodger Stadium seats 56,000. It's the 3rd oldest, and the largest stadium in Major League Baseball. But the story of how - and where - it was built is a difficult tale of the displacement of an ethnic minority community. This episode explores the history of Chavez Ravine and how a Mexican-American community was destroyed in the 1950s. We play the quick quiz with Comedian and Magician Harrison Greenbaum.

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Prior to the Civil War, the United States Army experimented with using Camels to transport cargo through the American West. The program would have been considered largely successful if it weren't for the war. In this episode, we tell the story about how the camels were acquired, tested and the unlikely person who spearheaded the endeavor. Then we chat and play the quiz game with Las Vegas magician Mat Franco!

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An Art Historian from Budapest, Hungary was watching a film with his granddaughter when he recognized a painting in the background. It was a long-lost missing masterpiece from Róbert Berény. In this episode, we tell the story of how the 1928 painting disappeared from Hungary and reappeared on the silver screen. Then we play the quiz game!

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Before he was Donald Trump's Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows was involved in a Young-Earth-Creationist Dinosaur Dig with homeschooled children. The expedition turned up several incredibly rare fossils - a newsworthy story that led to a documentary, "Raising the Allosaur: The True Story of a Rare Dinosaur and the Home Schoolers Who Found It." But did the politician and the people who led the expedition lie about their claims? In this episode, we tell the bizarre story and get down to the strange truth. Then we play the quiz game with comedian and screen-writer Jay Black!

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We've all heard of "Flat Earth Theory." But in the early 1800s, a man named John Cleves Symmes, Jr. spread his ideas far and wide, to anyone that would listen: That the Earth was hollow inside and habitable within. Did this theory actually get the support of U.S. President John Quincy Adams? In this episode, we'll find out and then we'll chat with podcast regular, mindreader Eric Dittelman!

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In 1975, The CIA revealed that it had developed a top-secret weapon for the purpose of giving its target a heart-attack - in some cases without even knowing they'd been hit with anything. In this episode, we talk about the Church Commission hearings that led to this discovery and others, then play the quick quiz with "Evolution of Dance" sensation, Judson Laipply!

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