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The World's Weirdest Sports, Part One: Buzkashī is Where You Fight Over A Dead Goat
CLASSIC: Ancient Mayan Ritual Alcohol Enemas
One Guy Was So Good At Violin That People Thought He Worshipped Satan
Credit Scores are Absolutely Ridiculous
CLASSIC: That Time Vermont Was an Independent Republic
Spontaneous Generation, Part Two: "Broth Science"
Spontaneous Generation, Part One: Mice and Grain
CLASSIC: The Capture of Guam Was Bloodless and Quick, All Due to a Misunderstanding
Ridiculous Royal Deaths, Part 5: A Blind and Bloody Finale (For Now)
Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart was Darn Near Unkillable
CLASSIC: Are All US Presidents Actually Related?
Post-Presidential Careers, Part Two: Adams, Taft, And More
Post-Presidential Careers, Part One: Happy Birthday, Jimmy!
CLASSIC: What's the deal with two-dollar bills?
Mark Twain Was a Terrible Investor, Part Two: Typesetters, Steam Pulleys and Tesla
Mark Twain Was a Terrible Investor, Part One: The Legend of "Josh"
CLASSIC: How James Bond Created a Mexican Dia de los Muertos Tradition
What is Karaoke? Part Two: Going Global; Careful What You Sing
What is Karaoke? Part One: An Origin Story
CLASSIC: Did Richard Nixon Unwittingly Smuggle Drugs for Louis Armstrong?
The Nebraska Episode
Occupy Alcatraz!
CLASSIC: 3 Times Society Refused to Accept New Books on Science
The Ridiculous, Murky Origins of Pasta, Part Two: From Myth to the Modern Day
The Ridiculous, Murky Origins of Pasta, Part One: Basic Ingredients, Delicious Results
CLASSIC: That Time We Erased a (HUGE) Waterfall
Patents Are Absolutely Bonkers: An Origin Story
That Time a Swedish Queen Became So Enlightened, She Quit Being the Queen
CLASSIC: The Poetic Justice of Death by Molten Gold
You Auto-go to the Drive-in, Part Two: Driving In and Out of History
You Auto-go to the Drive-in, Part One: Cars Meet Cinema
CLASSIC: Japan, Baseball and the Curse of the Colonel
The Disturbing History of Last Meals, Part Two: Famous Final Snacks
The Disturbing History of Last Meals, Part One: A Creepy Origin Story
CLASSIC: That Time the US Built a Flying Aircraft Carrier
CLASSIC: Yes, Those are Corpses in the Diorama
CLASSIC: Weird People Who Built Weird Things
CLASSIC: What was the West Point Eggnog Riot?
The Noble -- and Kind of Ridiculous -- History of Butlers
CLASSIC: Lyndon Johnson Chatted on the Phone More than a Teenager
The Founding of the Smithsonian, Part Two: James Gives America a Fortune -- and a Mission
The Founding of the Smithsonian, Part One: The Remains of the James
CLASSIC: Arsenic: The Assassin's Dream Weapon
The Orphan Train: That Time the US Auctioned Children Via Rail
20 Questions: A Ridiculous Crossover, Part Two
CLASSIC: The Killer Marketing Campaign Behind Guy Fawkes
CLASSIC: When Ancient India Beat Machiavelli to the Punch
The Preposterous History of Artificial Flavors, Part Two: Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
CLASSIC: The Rise of Harvey Wiley's Poison Squad
The Preposterous History of Artificial Flavors, Part One: The Vanilla Problem
"Right on," Said the Pope: How the Swiss Guard became the Elite Protectors of the Vatican
CLASSIC: Step Aside, James Bond: The Strange Stories of Espionage Animals
Ottoman Harems Were Disturbing and Ridiculous, Part Two: A Real-life Game of Thrones
Ottoman Harems Were Disturbing and Ridiculous, Part One: Busting Myths
CLASSIC: How Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Influenced Star Trek
Popeye Changed America, Part Two: Popeye Ain't Perfect
Popeye Changed America, Part One: A Breakout Star
CLASSIC: What was the 'Great Stink' of London?
The Constitution is Amazing (and Ridiculous), Part Two: The Game of Amendments
The Constitution is Amazing (and Ridiculous), Part One: A Troubled, Ambitious Origin Story
CLASSIC: How Farmers Built A Barbed Wire Phone Network
Ridiculous Video Game Tie-ins, Part Two: The Olympics and the Great Game of Chex Quest
Ridiculous Video Game Tie-ins, Part One: The Rise of Cool Spot -- and Fall of the Noid
CLASSIC: The Strange Story of Canadian Margarine Bootleggers
Malta: Tiny and Amazing, Just Like The Dog
The Ridiculous History of Credit Cards
CLASSIC: San Francisco's Egg War
Introducing: Sixteenth Minute (of Fame)
Skyscrapers, Part Two: An Arms Race to the Sky
Skyscrapers, Part One: A Guy and a Birdcage
CLASSIC: The Wild West Was Actually Pretty Chill
On Theme, Part Two: The Cyclical Evolution of Music
On Theme, Part One: Ernest Hogan's Success and Regret
CLASSIC: How A Grudge Match Launched the Ford GT40
The QWERTY Keyboard is Purposely Bad
Auction Houses: It's Not *All* Money Laundering
CLASSIC: "Vitamin Donuts" Were A Real Thing
Thomas Nast, Part Two: A Cartoonist Conquers Corruption (and Moves to Ecuador)
Thomas Nast, Part One: The Cartoonist Who Shaped America
CLASSIC: The Rotten, Sausagey Secret Origin of Botox
Books You Can't Read -- By Design!
La Maupin: The Swordfighting Opera Singer of France
CLASSIC: The Weird World of Meat Jell-O (A Gelatin Origin Story)
A History of Roller Coasters, Part Two: Higher, Faster, More Expensive
A History of Roller Coasters, Part One: Early Ups and Downs
CLASSIC: London Made a Train for the Dead
The Page-turning Evolution of the Encyclopædia Britannica
A Ridiculous History of Worcestershire Sauce
CLASSIC: Roald Dahl: Children's Author and Secret Agent
Micronations: How Liechtenstein Became A Country
Why Are There So Many Captain Marvels?
CLASSIC: When did ALL-CAPS type become YELLING?
Look at Us, Late to the Ridiculous History of Easter
Royal Deaths, Part Four: The Unfortunate Lives of Scottish Kings
The Delaware Wedge, Part Two: The Wedge and The Horn
The Delaware Wedge, Part One: A Tiny State with Massive History
Back to the Choo-ture: the Enduring Nostalgia of Model Trains
PEZ: Candy or Anti-smoking Aid?
Mobituaries with Mo Rocca, Part Two: What's Past is Prologue
Mobituaries with Mo Rocca, Part One: Mo Eulogizes The Pager