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In this episode, you’re going to learn about a little-known woman who rose from being a prostitute to arguably the most successful pirate in history and who ultimately managed to retire and get off, not only scot-free, but elevated to nobility. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn when and why humans started shaving various parts of our bodies, including why women started shaving their legs and armpits. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn the slightly stomach turning origin of the world’s most expensive cup of coffee.  You’re also going to learn a surprising truth about professional wine tasters, as well as why coffee “beans” aren’t actually beans. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn about one of the more bizarre and little known chapters in the Beatles’ storied history- when they were continually pelted with Jelly Beans and were powerless to stop it. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this Weekend Why episode of the podcast, you’re going to learn why it is that blueprints were once commonly printed on blue paper.

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In this Weekend Why episode of the podcast, you’re going to learn why it is that coupons sometimes have a very small cash value listed.

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In this episode, you’re going to learn about how one of the most common and most frequently used office products in the world almost never saw the light of day owing to a series of rejections while it was being developed and then being nearly wholly rejected by consumers when it was first released to the public. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn what exactly makes a constellation a constellation, and about how one of the most popular star configurations in the world isn’t actually a constellation, despite it being called such in common vernacular.

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In this episode, you’re going to learn exactly how trick candles work and what makes them different from normal candles in terms of their makeup.

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In this episode, you’re going to learn why we call certain things “the big cheese” as well as the scientific reason golf balls have dimples.  In the Bonus Facts, you’re also going to learn the origin of several other food related phrases like cakewalk and “egg someone on,” which interesting enough has nothing to do with eggs. [TRANSCRIPT Big Cheese | Golf Balls]

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