Erudition

In this episode, you’re going to learn about a rather unique scientist by the name of Geoffrey Pyke and the steady stream of decidedly “interesting” ideas and inventions he churned out over the years. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn how flies manage to land on the ceiling and how they are able to thumb their noses at gravity by walking around there. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn just what is the Hokey Pokey all about and its evolution into one of the world’s more recognizable songs. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn about the bizarre story of an Australian truck driver named Bill Morgan, and what highly improbable events resulted in him being front-page news. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn who really was the first to successfully circumnavigate the world. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn about who invented margarine and what Napoleon III had to do with it. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn about the little talked about exploding dogs of WWII. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn about the origin of the phrase “once in a Blue Moon,” which originally didn’t mean what it means today. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn about a relatively popular superhero from the 1960s who recharged his super powers by lighting up a smoke, as well as about many other “interesting” lesser known superheroes today. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn about a time when actress Michelle Pfieffer accidentally joined a cult and how she was roped into it without realizing. [TRANSCRIPT]

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