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In 2008, Television sucked because the Writers Guild went on strike for 100 days and all everyone got out of it was more reality television. Back in 1958, China went through The Great Leap Forward by taking a great push back on the local bird population. In 2018 - they both ended up on the 29th episode of Ready, Set, Fail! Listen, Subscribe, FAIL!

With the start of the NFL season, we got two football fails for your earholes! First we have the story Notre Dame Linebacker Manti Te'o who went through of a hell of a season when he had a girlfriend that went from to dead to alive to imaginary? And back in the early 80s, the NFL had a competing Football league -- well in reality they were only competing when Trump came into the picture. Listen, Subscribe, FAIL!

If you've been to McDonald's, you've probably heard of their Monopoly game and never won it, but don't worry it's not your fault! And he wasn't Blackbeard or Jack Sparrow or any other pirate you've heard of - because he was the worst one, The Gentleman Pirate. It's RSF #27! Take a listen, subscribe, rate, FAIL!

Before it was made famous in Back to The Future, the DeLorean was a laughing stock in the car business. And early in World War II, a Nazi plot was hatched to infiltrate America and commit terror, it was all going according to plan until it was never going according to plan. Tune in to RSF #26! Subscribe, listen, rate, FAIL!

Its a grim week on RSF. We discuss the Deadliest Man-made Natural Disaster that wiped out an entire Italian village in the 1960s. And while it may sound more sinister than its name, the story of the Demon Core is one of grave death and some simple carelessness. RSF #25, listen, rate, subscribe, and stay alive!

In 1975, The U.S. Congress and President Ford signed the Metric Conversion Act, so why are we still using feet and pounds and miles? And he and his brothers may be stars, but one foolish act and a trumpian father got LiAngelo a guest spot on the podcast. Take a listen, rate, and subscribe to Ready, Set, Fail!

It was the highest funded Kickstarter campaign for a video game and yet they just kept asking for more money. And when Henry Ford imagined a utopian city for his newest factory in Brazil, he probably should have consulted some Brazilians. Find out why on this week's episode of Ready, Set, Fail!

When all we had was literally every source out there to fact check all the news and politics, there was Verrit, a totally unbiased, not ferret-based company. And you may have noticed that America was in the news recently over breast milk formula, but did you ever hear about The Nestle Formula Scandal that led to the malnourishment of countless babies worldwide? It's a tough pill to swallow this week on Ready, Set, Fail!

Its the largest ancient ruins south of the Sahara and for centuries Europeans tried to prove it could have never been built by native Africans. And if you've ever had a broken down car or a bizarre business adventure or a large pit of money... then its time you learned where the phrase came from! Cheers to finally being able to drink, it's RSF #21!

It's Ready, Set, Fail's 20th episode! To celebrate, we're doing 20 speed fails for all those little crazy stories that didn't make the cut for full episodes. 20 for 20 baby!