1️⃣ Lawns are everywhere and most of us invest a lot of effort in mowing them. The surprisingly fascinating history of grass and how it got into our front yards. 

2️⃣ One sport. Two names. Why Americans say “soccer” - and why the British used to say it, too.

sources:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/history/why-we-mow-lawns

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyexj7dggpo

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When the NCAA Football video game returned a few years ago, it sold over 5 million copies - where did all of that money go? 

In the late 1960s, the creator of a unique color claimed it could reduce violent, hostile, and aggressive behavior. Was he right? 

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1️⃣ Did the water you drank this morning previously travel through the body of some other person or creature? Today we take a journey through the water cycle.

2️⃣ How did soccer’s most stressful ending become a thing?

Sources:

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cr71enxvrd3o

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/has-all-the-water-on-earth-been-peed-before

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1️⃣ The NBA Finals just wrapped up. It was fun to see all the celebrities sitting courtside, but it’s even more fun to find out how much they paid (or didn’t) to sit there. 

2️⃣ Nepal’s time zone is 15 minutes off…. of everyone else in the world. 

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1️⃣ From what gloves to wear at a funeral to not talking with your mouth full, social etiquette has been around for a long time. Are these rules of behavior really about good manners - or something else?

2️⃣ There’s a place on earth that decided it would rid itself of rats - forever. Did it work?

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1️⃣ Chipotle has been in a bit of a controversy over portion sizes. Is Chipotle really giving us less? What could this tell us about brand identity and customer loyalty?

2️⃣ When Spirit Airlines abruptly called it quits, it did more than cause  customers to look for new flights and pilots to look for new jobs - it abandoned a bunch of airplanes. Where did they go?

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1️⃣ In the late 1980s, a claymation band of dried fruit boosted raisin sales and became a nationwide phenomenon. Suddenly, they were gone.  

2️⃣ Aliens? UFOs? We finally know the truth about what went on at Area 51.  Prepare yourselves…

Sources:

https://www.mashed.com/212383/the-real-reason-the-california-raisins-disappeared/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/area-51-aliens-ufos-real-history

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Dave & Jay share an update for the show as Dave heals from a broken jaw.

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1️⃣ We used to walk to the airline gate without a boarding pass. Now we go through bins-and-belts purgatory. How we got here, and why shoes are guilty until proven innocent.

2️⃣ College hoops plays two halves. The pros play four quarters. It’s not random - it’s tradition, politics, broadcasting, with a bit of “we’ve always done it this way.”

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1️⃣ Did you know there’s a number that’s illegal to publish in the US?

2️⃣ We visit the research facility in a remote corner of Alaska that some folks blame for every natural disaster.  

Sources:

https://citationsy.com/blog/illegal-number/

https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0523/HAARP-project-winding-down-Was-it-all-a-huge-conspiracy

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