Stuff You Missed in History Class

Billie Burke is known today for one iconic movie role, but in the early 20th century, she was incredibly successful and very famous. Her life [Read more]

The Hawk’s Nest Tunnel Disaster involved thousands of workers being exposed to silica dust, and many continued to get sick and die for years after [Read more]

The 2018 episode covers the day the last known Carolina parakeet died at the Cincinnati Zoo, as well as the stories of two other endlings, [Read more]

Tracy talks about the lengthy articles in law review journals that she read regarding the Insular Cases. Holly discusses why there are flavored sparkling waters [Read more]

The desire to replicate natural effervescence led a lot of people to try to figure out how to carbonate water. But Jacob Schweppe was able [Read more]

The Insular Cases are SCOTUS cases regarding rights of people in U.S. territories. They’re considered U.S. citizens from birth, but they don’t have the same [Read more]

This 2018 episode covers Buddy Bolden, often referred to as the first jazz performer. But his life story, cluttered by lack of documentation and misinformation, [Read more]

Holly and Tracy talk about the furor over Ming the clam, and why it’s irrational for most people. Tracy continues the discussion of the problems [Read more]

It took a while to figure out the cause of milk sickness. One woman often gets credit for solving the mystery, but does that story [Read more]

These animals have been marking time largely unaware of all the ups and downs and intrigues of humanity. And stories about them often have more [Read more]