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Awful Candy, Part Two: Peeps, Licorice, Wax Lips and More
Awful Candy, Part One: Tootsie Rolls Saved the War -- and Divided the World
It Is Literally Time For The Leap Year Episode
The Ridiculous History of Hot Sauce
CLASSIC: Why does the Guinness Beer Company Track World Records?
20 Questions: A Ridiculous Crossover, Part One
Tecumseh's Curse, Part Two: Boy, It's Tough to be President
Tecumseh's Curse, Part One: Rise of The Prophet
History Is Absolutely Riddled With Famous Mistranslations
Stuff That Got Left Over, Part Two: Hot Tubs, The Last Shantyman, President Taft Had Pet Cows
The Puzzler Returns, Part Two: A Field Trip to the CIA
The Puzzler Returns, Part One: Puzzles and Spies
A Boeing Wonderland, Part Two: A Fake Rooftop City For All!
A Boeing Wonderland, Part One: A Magician Tries to Camouflage Entire Airfields
Calvin Coolidge Was Super Weird...and Surprisingly Cool
The Ridiculous History of Baseball Caps: How One Hat Traveled the World
Breeching: A Weird Historical Obsession with Children's Pants
The Salton Sea: How A Little Whoopsie Turned into Ecological Disaster
CLASSIC: Digging Up James K Polk (For the Third Time)
CLASSIC: The Atomic Whoops: When the US Air Force Bombed South Carolina
The History of Soda Pop is So Weird, Part Two: Nostalgia is a Heck of a Drug
The History of Soda Pop is So Weird, Part One: The Saga of Spicy Water
The Puzzler, Part Two: Waldo, Rubik, and More
The Puzzler, Part One: The Crossword Moral Panic
Christmas Has A Dark Side: The Krampus Episode
A House Divided: Various Times Congress Tried to Beat the Snot Out of Each Other
Scientists Who Were Horrifically Persecuted, Part Two: Alan Turing
Serious Diseases with Seriously Funny Names, Part Two: Rickets, Brain Fever, and Maple Syrup
Serious Diseases with Seriously Funny Names, Part One: Dropsy
Oh Man, James Joyce was a Dirty Dude!
EWhat's the Deal with Turkey on Thanksgiving?
Tammany Hall: America's Early Puppet Masters
The Hoover Dam is Ridiculous, Part Two: The Audacity!
The Hoover Dam is Ridiculous, Part One: Man Versus Nature
CLASSIC: Waging War With Hallucinogenic Honey
CLASSIC: Ben Franklin Tried To Reinvent the Alphabet
CLASSIC: When the Puritans Canceled Christmas
How Did Trick-Or-Treating Become a Thing?
The Tangled History of Topiary, Part Two: That Shrub Is Looking at Me Funny
The Tangled History of Topiary, Part One: The Ancient Art of Fancy Plants
Scientists Who Were Horrifically Persecuted, Part One
The Crappy, Commodious History of Toilets
Aaron Burr, Part Two: The Fall of a Guy Nobody Liked
Aaron Burr, Part One: The Rise of a Guy Nobody Liked
Introducing: McCartney A Life in Lyrics
Royals Who Died on the Toilet: Our Classiest Episode Yet
That Time Indiana Tried to Change Pi
Why Don't People Wear White After Labor Day?
Michigan Has Its Own Bermuda Triangle
The Road to Modern Basketball, Part Two: How Dribbling Became A Thing
The Road to Modern Basketball, Part One: Naismith and "The Incorrigibles"
The 10th President's Grandson is Alive Today
Stuff That Got Left Over: Nukes
Ralph Nader Versus Big Auto
CLASSIC: Baguettes and Vacation: France versus Bakers
Everyone Was Covered in Poop: A Grimy History of Soap
Behind the Logo: The Story of the Nike Swoosh
The Architecture of Spite, Part Three: The Pie House and a Scorned Argentine
The Architecture of Spite, Part Two: Macy's and The Skinny House
The Ridiculous History of Intellectual Property, Part 2: When Things Get Weird
The Ridiculous History of Intellectual Property, Part 1: The Ancient Past
World War II's Alaskan Front: The Aleutian Island Campaign
Micronations: The Amazing Story of Vatican City
The FBI versus Hip-Hop
The Inventor of the Saxophone Had Some of the World's Worst Luck
Animals On Trial, Part 2: Legal Personhood "Goes Wild"
Animals On Trial, Part 1: Tons of Animals Went to Kangaroo Courts
Broken Arrows, Part 2: In Which Actions Have Consequence
Broken Arrows, Part 1: Whoops, Where's Our Nuke?
New Providence: That Time Pirates Had A Government
Tons of People Married Their First Cousins
Lost Media, Part 2: The Magnificent Ambersons
The Ridiculous History of "Snake Oil"
Badass of the Week, Part 2: Rise of the Kung Fu Werewolf
Badass of the Week, Part 1: An Origin Story
That Time Abe Lincoln Trolled His Way Into a Real-life Duel
The Creation of (and Backlash Against) Father's Day
Colorado's Ridiculous, Disturbingly Corrupt 1904 Election, Part Two: Everyone Resigns
Colorado's Ridiculous, Disturbingly Corrupt 1904 Election, Part One: Let's Jump Off The Train
How Horrible Chocolate Helped Win World War II
Micronations: How a Guy Got Ran Out of Town and Created San Marino
The Library of Congress is Full of Super Weird Stuff
That Time A Guy Literally Bought The London Bridge
We Got Super Into Toy Cars, Part Two: Rivalry and Nostalgia
We Got Super Into Toy Cars, Part One: Matchbox versus Hot Wheels
Why The Creator of Mother's Day Got So Mad About Mothers' Day
Micronations: Monaco is More than a Casino!
Fonts They Love to Hate, Part Two: Papyrus, Times New Roman and Beyond
Fonts They Love to Hate, Part One: Origins of Comic Sans
Even More Ridiculous Royal Deaths
A (Completely Different) History of Sampling: Free Stuff
A History of Sampling, Part Two: Creativity in Court
A History of Sampling, Part One: An Origin Story
How Did Monster Trucks Become a Thing?
The Ridiculous, Scrumptious Desserts of Mardi Gras
The Amazing History of Japanese Toys, Part Two: The World Takeover
The Amazing History of Japanese Toys, Part One: A Serious Business
The Weird Journey of the $2 Bill
The Fascinating History of Ice Cream Trucks
The Strange Tale of Charles Entertainment Cheese, Part Two: Betrayal and Nostalgia