Things I Learned Last Night

Things I Learned Last Night

By Jaron Myers and Tim StoneComedyEducationHistory
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  • Bob Lazar
    Bob Lazar has been noted as making some of the most audacious and outright unbelievable claims in recent history. If you can believe what Bob Lazar claims then it could change the way you think about everything. It was his claims that put area 51 in the limelight after all. UFOs and alien life were both popular topics prior to Lazar, however, his stories have given steam to conspiracy theorists for decades. This is the story of Bob Lazar's mysterious former employer.

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    1 hr 10 min
  • Identical Strangers
    Imagine meeting a total stranger that looked exactly like you do, now imagine experiencing that unreal phenomenon twice. This is exactly what happened to three brothers in the early '80s. Under unlikely circumstances, these triplets were separated at birth and reunited as college students. After relishing in the excitement the brothers uncovered their terrifying truth behind their separation. It is a story full of secret experiments and an endless barrage of lies.

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    45 min
  • The Voynich Manuscript
    Want to talk about a really weird book? Well, do we have a book for you! The Voynich Manuscript is the definition of an enigma. Named after the book salesman who found it, the Voynich Manuscript is an almost unbelievable document full of odd doodles and writings in some unknown language. Theories include secret codes, innocent journals, ancient civilizations, and aliens. Yes, it's always aliens.

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    51 min
  • Tulip Mania
    At the height of Tulip Mania investors and collectors alike were willing to spend just amount any price for a single bulb. The value of one tulip at the peak of the bubble surpassed that of homes of the day. In fact, these little flowers had enough buying power to purchase not one but five homes. It was an unbelievable rise in value that consequently created generational wealth for a few lucky individuals. On the flip side of this metaphorical coin, though, others squandered generations of wealth.

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    51 min
  • The American Dream
    Since the ribbon cutting of the Mall of America many other real estate investors have tried to mimic the colossal project. One such attempt has just recently begun its belabored opening in late 2020. The American Dream Meadowlands had all the potential in the world. The problem: it took 26 years for developers to complete the project.

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    52 min
  • The Cat Daddy (TILLN Bonus)
    We recently had a clip from our show get over 7 million views on TikTok! Which means a lot of you joined our show because you saw that clip. Here's the full audio of the Cat Daddy Voicemails and we hope you stick around for future episodes!

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    17 min
  • Castle Bravo
    When it comes to Nuclear bombs there's large and then there's Castle Bravo. On March 1st, 1954 the United States detonated the largest Thermonuclear weapon in the world. The Castle Bravo explosion wouldn't be topped for nearly 10 years. To this day, it holds the spot as the largest explosion ever caused by the United States and sits as the fifth largest man-made detonation of all time.

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    43 min
  • 'Oumuamua
    On October 19th, 2017 Robert Weryk turned to a new part of the sky with the Pan-STARRS telescope at Haleakalā Observatory in Hawaii and spotted something that would change his life. Scientists have long pondered the possibility of Interstellar Travel. Even though, Weryk might not be the first astronomer to discover how to travel outside our solar system he just might be the first astronomer to discover evidence of Interstellar Travel. No, it's not Aliens. Actually, it might be Aliens. This is 'Oumuamua.

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    50 min
  • The Demon Core
    The Demon Core had the potential to be one of the most dangerous devices of the 20th century. In a stroke of luck, it wasn't used for it's original purpose. However, its path of destruction was just beginning.

    This week on Things I Learned Last Night, Tim teaches Jaron about the third atomic bomb: Rufus. Listen to this episode to learn why it was never used, what was really going on behind closed doors at the Los Alamos research labs, and why the bomb earned its new name The Demon Core.

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    33 min
  • Göbekli Tepe
    Göbekli Tepe is an Archeological site in Turkey that could change everything we know about, well everything. This ancient monolith predates all the major wonders of the world by thousands of years. What's more is the early engineers at the build site showed an understanding that far exceeded what was previously believed to be understood in that day. This dig site could change the way we think about human history.

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    1 hr

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