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Genghis Khan dies | August 18, 1227

Genghis Khan’s death (AD 1227): An unsolvable riddle or simply a pandemic disease?

Republican voters show leniency toward moral misconduct by party members, study finds

The banana apocalypse is coming. Can we stop it this time?

Dinosaur killer was a rare asteroid from unusually far away, study shows

Customers who save on electric bills could be forced to pay utility company for lost profits

British Pub Really Sells Beer Named 'Osama Bin Lager'?

Georgia mayor faces felony charges after investigators say he stashed alcohol in ditch for prisoners

If the top 1% of Americans paid the full amount of taxes they owed, it would raise $175 billion a year.

Warren Buffett on Class Warfare, 'It's My Class, the Rich Class, Making War, And We're Winning'?

No, Walz Didn't Get Stomach Pumped After 'Neigh-borhood Dare Gone Wrong'

People at Trump rallies mocking IVF with fake Vance sperm

Historic Negotiations With Big Pharma to Lower Drug Prices Will Save $1.5 Billion

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In this episode of Half-Cocked Tales, the hosts discuss various topics including the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, the fascination with organized crime, and the potential dangers of artificial intelligence and nuclear bombs. They then move on to the challenge of deciphering the Vesuvius scrolls, the dangers of contaminated 'Real Water’. As always there’s “Fact Checkin’ Time”, where guests try to tell which news headlines were fact checked stories and which weren’t. To end the discussion, the hosts examine the benefits of Tai Chi for high blood pressure. They mention a study from the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences that found Tai Chi to be more effective in reducing high blood pressure than other forms of aerobic exercise. The hosts express their surprise and interest in this finding and discuss the positive effects of Tai Chi on the body and mind. They also mention the accessibility and simplicity of Tai Chi compared to other forms of exercise.

Saint Valentine's Day Massacre

Escalation Risks from Language Models in Military and Diplomatic Decision-Making

Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize awarded: we can read the scrolls!

Jury awards $130m to Nevada residents who suffered extreme liver damage

Puppy Bowl 2024 is not a live event like Super Bowl LVIII

Fact Check: Putin Defends Hitler's Invasion of Poland in Carlson Interview

'Woke' Garth Brooks Kicked Out of Toby Keith's Tribute Show?

Israel is holding up food for 1.1 million Palestinians in Gaza, the main UN aid agency there says

Trump gave NATO allies warning: Spend more or he'd let Russia 'do whatever they want'

We may have just lost Trinidad and Tobago.

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Mountain Meadows Massacre - Wikipedia

Plants can talk. Yes, really. Here’s how.

Who is Imane Khelif? Algerian Olympic boxer facing gender outcry

We celebrated Michael Phelps’s genetic difference

Pasco WA mom loses money in virtual kidnapping scam

Historic Prisoner Swap Frees Americans Held in Russia After Years-Long, Multi-Nation Diplomacy

Viral Turkish Shooter Yusuf Dikec Picked Up Sport After Argument with Ex-Wife? | Snopes.com

Argentina vs Morocco: Olympic soccer gets off to violent start, fans rush the field | AP News

Marathon-Brand Cigarettes Were 'Official' Cigarette of 1984 Olympics? | Snopes.com

Why Old Sports Photos Often Have a Blue Haze | PetaPixel

2024 Presidential Election First Without a Biden, Clinton or Bush on Ballot Since '76? | Snopes.com

40 out of 44 (91%) of Trump's hand-selected cabinet members have NOT endorsed him.

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This week we talk about 

The Whiskey Rebellion

Signs of Martian Life

Pyramids may have been built with hyrdaulicsWater Built

G20 and Taxing the Ultra rich

Curing Parkinsons Symptoms

Whiskey Rebellion

NASA rover finds major surprise on Mars — and scientists are excited

Egypt’s first pyramid was constructed using hydraulic lift

Plan to tax super-rich divides at G20 meet in Rio

Who is getting paid and how in the landmark settlement of NCAA antitrust cases

True Story of Iowa Man Who Paid For Dozens of People's College Educations

Fact Check: Starbucks Founder Schultz Did NOT Say Boycotts Had Sent Company Into 'Critical' Decline In July 2024

Harley-Davidson sparks boycott call for going 'totally woke' with DEI policies

Strange love: 13 animals with truly weird courtship rituals

Male Koalas 'Bellow' Loudly at Night to Attract Females, Instead of Pursuing Mates?

Severe Shaking in Parkinson’s Patient Calms Down in Just 6 Days With New Drug –Watch the Transformation

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This week Amber takes us back in time to examine the secret language of Polari, we talk about the discovery of pure sulfur crystals on mars and an Archaeologist who has traced a ritual back 12,000 years. Fact Checkin’ Time has rounds involving Lobsters, Crowdstrike, and Joseph Smith. The show ends with a feel good story about a German man cured of HIV.

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A serious time in the lounge today discussing political assassinations and assassination attempts. Dan, Ron, Amber, and Jaimelyn also play some fact checking time and end with some feel good news involving a new breeding pair of critically endangered Macaws.

Robert F. Kennedy

Indira Gandhi

George Wallace

Cooking oil scandal may prompt China to tighten food safety policies, observers say

McDonald's Chicken McNuggets Made with Silicone Oil?

Inside the 'Nightmare' Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town

Were 19th-Century 'Rectal Dilators' Sold as Headache Cures?

An Arizona museum tells the stories of ancient animals through their fossilized poop

Did a Meteorologist Claim That Icicles Contain Poop?

Two Rare Parrots Sent From Different Zoos So They Might ‘Fall in Love’ and Save Species

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In the lounge this week Dan is joined by Ron and Amber and they talk about the first king of a united England, the end of a year long NASA mars simulation, ants performing surgery and fake Chinese police. In fact checkin’ time Ron faces stories about Water, Japan, and Jeffrey Epstein. The show wraps up with some feel good news about the correlation between Gratitude and Longevity.

Æthelstan - Wikipedia

NASA crew in simulated Mars habitat emerge after a year | AP News

Ants perform life saving operations — the only animal other than humans known to do so | Live Science

Scammed by the fake Chinese police (bbc.com)

Facebook reel correctly claims that babies under six months shouldn’t drink water - Science Feedback

Water bottle: E dirty pass toilet seat? - How you fit stop water bottle from becoming headquarters of dirty - BBC News Pidgin

South Korea and Japan are not offering $75000 for Black Men to impregnate their women - Ghana Fact

With suggestive poses and pets, election campaigning tests Tokyo's patience | AP News

What the Jeffrey Epstein Documents Reveal About Donald Trump (nymag.com)

Kevin Spacey Said 'Young Girls' Were on Epstein Plane He Flew on with Clinton Foundation Members? | Snopes.com

Having Gratitude Linked to Lower Risk of Death Independent of Other Factors, Innovative Study Shows (goodnewsnetwork.org)

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The 1947 Roswell incident, NASA paying to destroy the space station, Pompeii Trilobites, Redbox corporate raided, Fact Checkin' time about Elephants, Cicadas, and China, and finally the resurgance of the Bluefin Tuna.

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This week in the lounge we have an action packed episode discussing The Battle of Little Big Horn, New math that doesn’t need a ‘Big Bang’, a recurring Nova happening soon, and a new dinosaur.

We also talk about a scam that is sending people free packages, play some Fact Checkin’ Time, and end with some feel good news about the Iberian Lynx.

Mathematicians Attempt to Glimpse Past the Big Bang

Nova explosion of nearby star will soon light up Earth's skies

New horned dinosaur species discovered 'largest and most ornate' of its kind ever found

Did you receive an unsolicited Temu or Amazon package? It might be a brushing scam

Iberian Lynx Slinks Back From Brink of Extinction Within Just Two Decades of Conservation

Did a gorilla really pass the same cognitive tests Trump has been bragging about?

Ohio’s Columbus Zoo thought this gorilla was a male – then it gave birth to a baby

The same genetic mutations behind gorillas' small penises may hinder fertility in men

The US Government's Recommended House Temperature Is Going Viral

DeSantis signs bill banning heat protection laws for outdoor workers

FACT CHECK: Bathing, drinking cold water safe in hot weather

Brazilian priest died after tying himself to 1,000 balloons and being found in ocean months later

Historical photos of Brazil mountain don’t disprove sea level rise

Brazilians protest against bill that would make abortion a homicide

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Join Dan in the lounge today as he talks with Ron, Jaimelyn, and the Professor about The Watergate scandal, fruit flies and sleep, diamonds on mercury, a complex “slip and fall” scam, and a new way to fight childhood obesity. Of course, they also play a round of “Fact Checkin’ Time”.

Watergate scandal

Divergent evolution of sleep in Drosophila species

A diamond-bearing core-mantle boundary on Mercury

MS-13, Russian mobsters use migrants in elaborate injury scam

Carol Connors (actress, mother of Thora Birch)

Fact-Check: New York Times Did Not Say Elon Musk’s Starlink Caused Addiction to Porn

Did Rapper T.I. Say He Takes His Daughter to a Doc to Check Her Virginity?

JFK took the virginity of a 19-year-old White House intern in Jackie Kennedy's bed

US Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Said Moon Is Planet and Made Up of 'Gases'?

Does MTG Understand How Electric Vehicles Work?

The Importance of Sleep in Overcoming Childhood Obesity and Reshaping Epigenetics

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