Offbeat History: The Great Moon Hoax of 1835, Part 2
The second part of this offbeat revisit! As the New York Sun’s series of astonishing moon discoveries concluded, most people recognized that it was a [Read more]
The second part of this offbeat revisit! As the New York Sun’s series of astonishing moon discoveries concluded, most people recognized that it was a [Read more]
This offbeat 2015 episode covers a series of 1835 news articles about some utterly mind-blowing discoveries made by Sir John Herschel about the lunar surface. [Read more]
It’s a 2019 show about urine! Spoiler alert: Hennig Brand discovered phosphorous by boiling pee. But he was trying to do something else: He thought [Read more]
Back in 2014, we tackled SPAM’s story. This famous Hormel Foods product was invented in the 1930s to make use of a surplus of shoulder [Read more]
In October 2017, we talked about mysterious prints that looked like hoof marks appeared all over the English seaside county of Devon in February 1855. [Read more]
We continue out offbeat 2015 story. Once the effort to import hippos to the U.S. got the backing of a politician, two men with intertwined [Read more]
An offbeat episode from 2015: In 1910, the U.S. a meat shortage, and a water hyacinth overgrowth problem. The obvious solution to the dilemma: Import [Read more]
The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was founded in 1943, and it went on for years after WWII. These women were athletes, some of whom [Read more]
Zanzibar is a relatively tiny place, but its place in history is significant, largely because of its geographical position. Its value as a trading port [Read more]
This 2011 episode from previous hosts Sarah and Deblina covers an often-requested topic. Shakespeare is typically associated with cultural sophistication rather than violent bouts of [Read more]
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