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Victory in Death

Frank Hayes must have been excited as he climbed into the saddle on 04 June 1923. While the 35-year-old horse trainer...

Written by Erika Nesvold • 04 Aug 2016 • Read/Listen →

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Mind-warping Knowledge

Before London taxi drivers are allowed to convey paying customers in their renowned black cabs, they must be ‘of good...

Written by Matt Castle • 06 Jul 2016 • Read/Listen →

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The Cantaloupe Peril

Serving your melon with a layer of prosciutto around it may simply seem like one of the many lovely contributions of...

Written by J. A. Macfarlane • 01 Jul 2016 • Read/Listen →

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Unpresidented Situation

The framers of the United States Constitution explicitly forbade the United States from granting titles of nobility i...

Written by Alan Bellows • 27 Jun 2016 • Read/Listen →

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The (Very Brief) Republic of Rose Island

In the late 1960s, an Italian engineer named Giorgio Rosa oversaw the construction of an artificial platform in the A...

Written by Marisa Brook • 24 Jun 2016 • Read →

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Mobilis In Mobili

A 1930s effort to reach the Earth's northernmost point via antiquated submarine.

Written by Gustaf Hildebrand • 14 Jun 2016 • Read/Listen →

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Law Suit

In 1993, in an effort to avoid bad press, a zoo in Toluca, Mexico sought to quickly and quietly replace a gorilla tha...

Written by Alan Bellows • 10 Jun 2016 • Read/Listen →

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All Together Now

In 1964, The Beatles traveled across the pond for a series of tour dates that would be their first in North America....

Written by Monica Traphagan • 08 Jun 2016 • Read/Listen →

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Vicary-ous

Market researcher James Vicary became well-known for a 1957 study attesting to the efficacy of subliminal advertising...

Written by Marisa Brook • 03 Jun 2016 • Read/Listen →

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The Prince of Icebergs

In October 1977, the city of Ames, Iowa hosted the International Conference on Iceberg Utilization. The conference wa...

Written by Christine Ro • 01 Jun 2016 • Read →

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