Erudition

In this episode, you’re going to learn about a woman who managed to survive all three catastrophes that befell the sister ships the Olympic, Britannic, and the Titanic. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn just what happened to Howard Hughes’ vast estate after he died, given he left no will and had no known direct descendents. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn the fascinating origin of the word “abracadabra” and the important medical role this mystical word was used for through most of recorded history. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn about the many human skeletons recently found buried under Ben Franklin’s house and how they got there. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn about the near 70 year long saga of Elmer McCurdy’s body, and how it ultimately ended up on the set of a popular TV show. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn about the first openly gay Major League Baseball player, who also happens to have the distinction of performing the first documented high-five, and who ultimately popularized this now ubiquitous celebratory slap while he was with the LA Dodgers. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn whether there is any truth to the notion that the Bermuda Triangle is a ship and plane graveyard. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn why January 1st is considered the first day of the New Year in many parts of the world, along with a lot of other interesting facts about how the modern calendar came to be. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn how the tradition of singing Auld Lang Syne on New Year’s Eve got started and who originally composed the song in the first place. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn how the tradition of “dropping the ball” on New Year’s Eve in Times Square got started. [TRANSCRIPT]

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