Episodes
May 7, 2025
The Moon
The Moon is 's only . It Earth at of 384399 km (238,854 mi; about 30 times ). The Moon's orbital period () and rotation period () are by Earth's at 29.5 Earth days, making of the Moon always face Earth. The Moon's pull on Earth is the...
April 30, 2025
Security incidents involving Barack Obama
, the 44th , was involved in multiple security incidents, including several assassination threats and plots, starting from when he became a presidential candidate in 2007. protection for Obama began after he received a death threat in 2007, while...
April 23, 2025
The Chameleon - Frédéric Pierre Bourdin
Frédéric Pierre Bourdin (born 13 June 1974) is a French serial the press has nicknamed "The Chameleon". He began his impersonations as a child and claims to have assumed at least 500 false identities; three being teenage .
April 16, 2025
Elmer McCurdy - The Worlds Worst Outlaw
Elmer J. McCurdy (January 1, 1880 – October 7, 1911) was an American who was killed in a shoot-out with police after robbing a train in in October 1911. Dubbed "The Bandit Who Wouldn't Give Up", his body was first put on display at an Oklahoma...
April 9, 2025
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie Elizabeth Parker (October 1, 1910 – May 23, 1934) and Clyde Chestnut "Champion" Barrow (March 24, 1909 – May 23, 1934) were American who traveled the with during the , committing a series of...
April 2, 2025
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis (: Crisis de Octubre) in Cuba, or the Caribbean Crisis (: Карибский кризис, : Karibskiy krizis), was a 13-day confrontation between the governments of the...
March 26, 2025
The OSS (Office of Strategic Services)
The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was an of the during . The OSS was formed as an agency of the (JCS) to coordinate espionage activities behind enemy lines for all branches of the . Other OSS functions included the use...
March 12, 2025
Audie Murphy - The Most Decorated Combat Soldier of WW2
Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) was an American soldier, actor, and songwriter. He was widely celebrated as the most decorated American combat soldier of , and has been described as the most highly decorated enlisted...
March 5, 2025
The Little Mermaid
"The Little Mermaid" (: Den lille havfrue), sometimes translated in English as "The Little Sea Maid", is a written by Danish author . Originally published in 1837 as part of a collection of fairy tales for children, the story follows the...
Feb. 26, 2025
The Battle of Cartagena de Indias
The Battle of Cartagena de Indias (: Sitio de Cartagena de Indias, 'Siege of Cartagena de Indias') took place during the 1739 to 1748 between and . The result of long-standing commercial tensions, the...
Feb. 19, 2025
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Feb. 5, 2025
Ghost Ships
A ghost ship, also known as a phantom ship, is a with no living crew aboard; it may be a fictional vessel, such as the , or a physical found adrift with its crew missing or dead, like the . The term is sometimes used for ships...
Jan. 29, 2025
Bonus Army
The Bonus Army was a group of 43,000 – 17,000 veterans of in , their families, and affiliated groups – who gathered in , in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service bonus certificates. Organizers called the...
Jan. 22, 2025
Chrome Tab Cleanout
Tom cleans out his unrelated chrome tabs on interesting wikipedia articles.
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 pointing it at police. This...
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 some competitions can...
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...