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The Murder of John Lennon (link not available)
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Dec 7 2023
Short Stuff: Boba Tea
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Dec 6 2023
The Life and Works of J.D. Salinger
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Dec 5 2023
Selects: Beavers: Tail Slapping Fun
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Dec 2 2023
You Down With OED?
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Nov 29 2023
Short Stuff: The Zipper Merge
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Nov 29 2023
Plate Tectonics Are What Makes Earth Inhabitable
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Nov 28 2023
Selects: NYC Water: An Engineering Marvel
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Nov 25 2023
The Wreck of the Costa Concordia
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Nov 23 2023
Short Stuff: Magnetic Pole Switcheroo
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Nov 22 2023
Legs! Legs! Legs! (The Periodic Table)
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Nov 21 2023
Selects: E.T.: Is It Really the Worst Video Game of All Time?
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Nov 18 2023
Diners: The Most American Establishment?
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Nov 16 2023
Short Stuff: Liberty Bell
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Nov 15 2023
The Tragic Death of Natalie Wood
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Nov 14 2023
Selects: Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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Nov 11 2023
How Scuba Works
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Nov 9 2023
Short Stuff: Petrified Wood
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Nov 8 2023
Things We Believed Before the Scientific Method
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Nov 7 2023
Selects: Are Election Laws Designed to Suppress Voting?
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Nov 4 2023
The Harlem Globetrotters: American Treasures
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Nov 2 2023
Short Stuff: White Dog Poop
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Nov 1 2023
The 14th Annual Halloween Spooktacular!
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Oct 31 2023
Selects: How Mummies Work
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Oct 28 2023
Naked Mole Rats: A Face Only a Mother Could Love
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Oct 26 2023
Short Stuff: Bed Sheet Ghosts
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Oct 25 2023
The Compton Cafeteria Riot
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Oct 24 2023
Selects: Where Did Trick-Or-Treating Come From?
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Oct 21 2023
Kindness: Do It
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Oct 19 2023
Short Stuff: Candy Corn
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Oct 18 2023
The Criminal Father of Criminology
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Oct 17 2023
Selects: Pain Scales: Yeeeow!
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Oct 14 2023
How Intellectual Property Works
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Oct 12 2023
Short Stuff: Longyou Caves
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Oct 11 2023
Parasocial Relationships: That Podcaster is Your Friend!
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Oct 10 2023
Selects: How Motion Sickness Works
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Oct 7 2023
How Andy Warhol Worked
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Oct 5 2023
Short Stuff: Rhodium
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Oct 4 2023
Night of the Grizzlies
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Oct 3 2023
Selects: How Air Traffic Control Works
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Sep 30 2023
Revenge: Bitter, Not Sweet
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Sep 28 2023
Short Stuff: The Dakota
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Sep 27 2023
The Amazing Life of Christine Granville
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Sep 26 2023
Selects: Cockney Rhyming Slang: Beautiful Gibberish
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Sep 23 2023
Kombucha: Fizzy Goodness
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Sep 21 2023
Short Stuff: Origin of Math Signs
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Sep 20 2023
10ish Worst Business Decisions Ever
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Sep 19 2023
Selects: How Floods Work
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Sep 16 2023
The Hyatt Regency Skywalk Disaster
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Sep 14 2023
Short Stuff: Why Spilling Salt is Unlucky
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Sep 13 2023
Axolotls: The Smiling Salamander from Mexico
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Sep 12 2023
Selects: How Space Stations Work
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Sep 9 2023
Native American Reservations
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Sep 7 2023
Short Stuff: History of OK
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Sep 6 2023
The Made-up Disease of Syndrome K
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Sep 5 2023
Selects: Body Odor: You Stink
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Sep 2 2023
Laurens Hammond: The Non-Musical Genius Who Changed Popular Music
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Aug 31 2023
Short Stuff: Evil Eye
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Aug 30 2023
Fordlandia: Brazil Isn't Michigan
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Aug 29 2023
Selects: How Toy Testing Works
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Aug 26 2023
Plant Migration
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Aug 24 2023
Short Stuff: Saturn's Rings
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Aug 23 2023
Farmer's Almanac: Literature to Poop To
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Aug 22 2023
Selects: How Music Sampling Works
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Aug 19 2023
The Mysterious Disappearance of the Franklin Expedition
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Aug 17 2023
Short Stuff: Edward Mordake
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Aug 16 2023
How We’re Learning to Talk to Animals
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Aug 15 2023
Selects: How Magnets Work
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Aug 12 2023
Xenobiotics
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Aug 10 2023
Short Stuff: History of English
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Aug 9 2023
Dear Diary...
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Aug 8 2023
Selects: Rainbows: Delighting humanity since forever
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Aug 5 2023
The Last Meal Ritual
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Aug 3 2023
Short Stuff: NATO Alphabet
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Aug 2 2023
BPD: The Worst Disorder or Not a Disorder at All?
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Aug 1 2023
Selects: What's the deal with Stradivarius violins?
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Jul 29 2023
MAD Magazine: A Tribute
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Jul 27 2023
Short Stuff: Blue Highway Signs
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Jul 26 2023
Learning a Foreign Language
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Jul 25 2023
Selects: Nirvana: Not The Band
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Jul 22 2023
Magic Eye Illusions
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Jul 20 2023
Short Stuff: Pie-In-The-Face Gag
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Jul 19 2023
Insomnia: Why you can't sleep
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Jul 18 2023
Selects: How Police Lineups Work
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Jul 15 2023
How PCP Works
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Jul 13 2023
Short Stuff: Père-Lachaise Cemetery
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Jul 12 2023
Birth Order: So nice, we did it twice
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Jul 11 2023
Selects: How Bats Work
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Jul 8 2023
James Beard: Food Legend
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Jul 6 2023
Short Stuff: Hollywood Sign
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Jul 5 2023
How Trucking Works
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Jul 4 2023
Selects: What Makes Lead So Poisonous?
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Jul 1 2023
Butterflies: Caterpillars with Wings!
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Jun 29 2023
Short Stuff: Fahrenheit or Celsius
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Jun 28 2023
Caterpillars: Nature's Magicians
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Jun 27 2023
Selects: How Ocean Currents Work
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Jun 24 2023
How Afrofuturism Works
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Jun 22 2023
Short Stuff: Chia Pet
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Jun 21 2023
Large Language Models and You
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Jun 20 2023
Selects: SYSK Live: Back When Ford Pintos Were Flaming Deathtraps
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Jun 17 2023

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