This week, Elon Musk’s flamethrower may help during an alien invasion, why do people buy internet traffic, podcasts are great places to advertise, and Billy Mitchell is a cheater. Then in the paranormal segment, it’s DB Cooper, conspiracies on YouTube, the full moon does nothing, mass hysteria, and the Zone of Silence.
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- The Boring Company is really pushing the definition of “Flamethrower” | Ars Technica
The Publisher of Newsweek And The International Business Times Has Been Buying Traffic And Engaging In Ad FraudPodcast Listeners Really Are the Holy Grail Advertisers Hoped They'd Be | WIREDDonkey Kong scoreboard strips Billy Mitchell’s high score claims [Updated] | Ars TechnicaWhy Can't This World Record Be Beaten? "The Impossible Speedrun" - YouTubeDaring Fireball: Actual Headline From NBC News: ‘Can Self-Taught Rocket Scientist Mike Hughes Prove Earth Is Flat?’Technical difficulties delay Mad Mike Hughes' rocket launch near Amboy - Route 66 NewsNew on D.B. Cooper: Private investigators say he was CIA'Fiction is outperforming reality': how YouTube's algorithm distorts truth | Technology | The GuardianDebunking the Myth That Earthquakes and Full Moons Are Linked - The New York TimesCuba’s sonic attacks show us just how susceptible our brains are to mass hysteria.Exploring Mexico’s Zone of Silence, Where Radio Signals Fail and Meteorites Crash - Atlas ObscuraMapimí Silent Zone – Ceballos, Mexico - Atlas ObscuraHow UFO Reports Change With the Technology of the Times | History | SmithsonianAudioboom / Our Strange Skies