That Happened

That Happened

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That Happened episodes

  • 2.03 The Vanilla Plant Problem

    Horticultural experts attempted to pollinate vanilla and failed for half a century...until it was solved by the most unlikely person. Find out who with Red & Scoot :)


    Music is thanks to the incredibly talented and amazing Teresa Suydam!!


    Sources:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla#:~:text=Aztecs%20from%20the%20central%20highlands,later%20inspired%20modern%20hot%20chocolate.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Albius

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X18307557

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8963535/

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/bittersweet-story-vanilla-180962757/

    https://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/cooking-tips-techniques/what-is-vanilla-extract#:~:text=Vanillin%20is%20the%20source%20of,bean%20is%20also%20a%20flavor.

    https://monchynaturalproducts.com/news/vanilla-global-market-report-july-2024/

    https://web.archive.org/web/20090107200326/http://reunion.rfo.fr/article52.html

    https://web.archive.org/web/20081005060731/http://www.afcam.org/Doc_illustration/CodeNoir/ARTICLES1A10.htm

    https://web.archive.org/web/20081003025824/http://reunion.rfo.fr/article534.html

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    1 hr 20 min
  • 2.02 Nuking the Moon

    The US Air Force is at it again...and this time they're going to nuke the moon? Get the wild story and actual historical records from Red & Scoot's That Happened.


    Music is thanks to the incredibly talented and amazing Teresa Suydam!!


    Sources:

    http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/histind/E3/E3orig.htm

    http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/histind/E3/Eobjects.htm

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_A119

    http://www.cosmoworld.ru/spaceencyclopedia/programs/index.shtml?e-3.html

    https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2024/03/04/project-a119-the-plan-to-nuke-the-moon/#:~:text=Project%20A119%2C%20spearheaded%20by%20the,successes%20in%20the%20Space%20Race.

    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-18-mn-31395-story.html

    https://web.archive.org/web/20121024035155/https://www.iol.co.za/news/world/russia-wanted-nuclear-bomb-on-moon-1.4078

    https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5kUqAAAAIBAJ&pg=5584,131807

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    1 hr 17 min
  • 2.01 Childbirth: The Myth of Birthing on Beds

    Turns out...giving birth in a comfortable bed is not normal. Find out why it started as we compare myths to history, involving Louix XIV, his doctor, and his many women.


    Music is thanks to the incredibly talented and amazing Teresa Suydam!!


    Sources:

    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/21158912_Francois_Mauriceau_1637-1709_and_maternal_posture_for_parturition

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Mauriceau

    https://evidencebasedbirth.com/evidence-birthing-positions/

    https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Diseases_of_Women_with_Child_and_in/1kRgAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PR1&printsec=frontcover

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justine_Siegemund

    https://www.history.com/news/royal-birth-traditions-marie-antoinette-meghan-markle

    https://www.iflscience.com/theres-a-really-creepy-reason-why-women-mainly-give-birth-lying-down-64107

    http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.77.5.636

    https://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12884-020-2726-4#:~:text=Conclusion,the%20mother%20and%20her%20baby.

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    1 hr 53 min
  • 1.30 Fall of the Bison

    Opposite Day That Happened! Scoot tells Red what happened to the Bison...and why is it still happening?


    Music is thanks to the incredibly talented and amazing Teresa Suydam!!


    Sources:

    https://greateryellowstone.org/

    https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/what-happened-to-the-bison.htm

    https://www.doi.gov/blog/15-facts-about-our-national-mammal-american-bison

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    1 hr 17 min
  • 1.29 Animals on Trial

    Rats, weevils, and pigs...get their own lawyers? Today Red & Scoot learn about the history of animals defending themselves in the courthouse.


    Music is thanks to the incredibly talented and amazing Teresa Suydam!!


    Sources:

    https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/bugs-and-beasts-before-the-law/

    https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofame56ameruoft/page/410/mode/2up?view=theater

    https://www.gutenberg.org/files/43286/43286-h/43286-h.htm#Page_18

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEd4CfptUEI

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    1 hr 6 min
  • 1.28 Fyodor Tolstoy & the Orangutan

    Is he a villain or a clown? You decide today as we discuss the adventures of prankster Fyodor Tolstoy with Red & Scoot.


    Music is thanks to the incredibly talented and amazing Teresa Suydam!!


    Sources:

    https://www.rbth.com/history/327605-russian-nobilitys-most-daring-swashbuckler

    https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B9,_%D0%A4%D1%91%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_Tolstoy_(adventurer)

    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/06/books/six-centuries-of-tolstoys.html

    http://kologriv.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=10

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    1 hr 11 min
  • 1.27 The Clampers

    What was Ephram Bee getting up to and why are his shenanigans still relevant today? Red (and Scoot) will tell you!


    **Apologies for the sound difference at the end of the episode**


    Music is thanks to the incredibly talented and amazing Teresa Suydam!!


    Sources:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_Clampus_Vitus#

    https://www.ephraimbeefestival.com/about-ephraim-bee

    https://www.doddridgecountyheritageguild.com/corliss-f-randolph-on-church-cemete

    https://juliacbulette.com/ecv-history/

    https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-clampers-history-20171110-htmlstory.html

    https://www.ephraimsclampingvipers.com/

    https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1896-01-23/ed-1/seq-3/

    https://archive.org/details/internationalenc00axel/page/70/mode/2up

    https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/us/14california.html

    https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/piece-california-history-karine-schomer/

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    1 hr 41 min
  • 1.26 Shark (Finally) Attacks Human

    Sharks were once considered cuddly creatures that would never harm a human. Find out why and how that changed, alongside Red & Scoot!


    Music is thanks to the incredibly talented and amazing Teresa Suydam!!


    Sources:

    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-michael-schliesser-s/24112892/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Shore_shark_attacks_of_1916

    https://www.app.com/story/news/history/2016/07/01/1916-shark-attacks-day-terror-began/86484828/

    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-joseph/24218879/

    https://web.archive.org/web/20150703224631/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/07/150702-shark-attack-jersey-shore-1916-great-white/

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    1 hr 49 min
  • 1.25 Beethoven: What You Didn't Know

    Get the tea on Beethoven's life and character, right here, alongside Red & Scoot.


    Music is thanks to the incredibly talented and amazing Teresa Suydam!!


    Sources:

    https://www.classicfm.com/composers/beethoven/guides/beethoven-and-mozart/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven

    https://www.ranker.com/list/beethoven-grim-life-facts/philgibbons

    https://www.wrti.org/arts-desk/2020-12-15/these-are-the-quirks-about-beethoven-you-may-not-know

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/when-beethoven-got-booed-and-other-stories-from-musics-weird-history

    https://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/article/a-meeting-of-genius-beethoven-and-goethe-july-1812

    https://www.popularbeethoven.com/beethoven-anecdotes-as-a-tramp-in-jail/

    https://www.popularbeethoven.com/beethoven-anecdotes-a-brain-owner/

    https://www.popularbeethoven.com/beethoven-anecdotes-fool-or-prophet/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._2_(Beethoven)#:~:text=Musicologist%20Robert%20Greenberg%20of%20the,%E2%80%93%20were%20legendary.%20...

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    1 hr 48 min
  • 1.24 SS Gwendolen & the First WWI Naval Battle

    What happens when drinking buddies become wartime enemies? Don't just wonder, find out along with Scoot as we discuss WWI's first naval battle.


    Music is thanks to the incredibly talented and amazing Teresa Suydam!!


    Sources:

    https://jamesfell.substack.com/p/on-this-day-in-history-august-13

    https://ops-normal.org/viewtopic.php?t=6788

    https://www.sentineldriversclub.com/history

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Chauncy_Maples

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Gwendolen#:~:text=SS%20Gwendolen%20(sometimes%20misspelled%20Guendolen,Sphinxhafen%2C%20now%20known%20as%20Liuli.

    http://samilitaryhistory.org/15/p15mayne.html

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    1 hr 7 min

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Learn a new, wild story in history. In this podcast, Red tells Scoot the strangest, funniest, and weirdest stories you've never heard before.

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