Pineapples are refreshing and great on pizza. Don't argue with me. 
The reason we have pineapples in almost every grocery store and on pizza is a long story.

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About Early Hawaii

Map of Counties Not Invaded by Great Britain

About Sanford Dole

About the Bayonet Constitution

About Hawaii Becoming a State

About James Dole

An Overview of the Dole Company

About Lanai

About the Pizza

John Green Talking About Hawaiian Pizza Among Other Things

Music by Medeski, Martin & Wood, Blue Wednesday, and Oddisee

Catch new, delightfully handcrafted, farm-to-table, bottled at the source episodes every other week. Coming to headphones, speakers, and Amazon Echoes near you.

Don't worry. I plan on coming back sometime, but for now, I thought I'd take a break. It's been a pleasure y'all.

Advertising is a really big industry, so Mr. Tungate sums it up with the high points of how big companies have changed in the way they sell their stuff - whatever it is.

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A link to Mr. Tungate's fine books

That Planet Money Episode

It's a bunch of floppy clocks, so what? The Persistence of Memory is much more than meets the eye, just like our subconscious minds.

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The Persistence of Memory

The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory

Salvador Dali was Hallucinating

About Salvador Dali

About Surrealism

The Surrealist Manifesto

Some Interpretations of Dali’s Themes 

The Dance of Time Sculptures

It all started with small, experimental aircraft, but today it attracts hundreds of thousands of people and billions of dollars of flying stuff. The full details are free, and it's as simple as pressing the play button.

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Population of Oshkosh

About Paul Poberezny

The beginning of AirVenture

The Oshkosh runway stats... if you're into that

EAA Timeline

It's Batman. Do I need to say anything else? He went from ominous to benign to old and menacing. Listen to learn more.

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A link to a really nerdy website.

Here’s a Freakonomics episode about persuasion - if you’re into that.

About the Comics Code Authority

About the Batmobile

A List of the Batman Movies

Despite all the criticism, there's a lot that unites Scouts in BSA. It's lasted 110 years, so here's to 110 more. Don't give up on Scouting.

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A solid timeline

About Lord Baden-Powell

Tale of The Unknown Scout

Scout troops before Boy Scouts

About Sea Scouts

About Venturing

When Boy Scouts went bankrupt

About Girl Scouts vs. Boy Scouts

Should we call it... tulipnomics?

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The basic Wiki page for Tulip Mania

About the mosaic virus

About the Thirty Years’ War

A recent history of flower markets

About the Aalsmeer Flower Auction

Mmmm. . .  American cheese. 
Invented in Switzerland? Listen to find out.

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How cows got to America

A brief overview of American Cheese history

About early cheese manufacture in America

About Cheez Whiz

 FDA Cheese Regulations (good luck)

Planet Money's Big Government Cheese