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Lithuanian Book Smugglers Vs. The Russian Empire
The Yule Lads Terrified Children Across Iceland
The Infamous Aurora UFO Incident of 1897
How The Evil May Day of 1517 Became the Perfect Propaganda Opportunity
Day Drinkers (Sort of) Helped Stop Cholera in London
The Much-Maligned Reign of Swedish Queen Maria Eleonora
Weird Ways People Used to Communicate, Part II: Smoke Signals and Bottled Messages
Weird Ways People Used to Communicate, Part I: Only a Pigeon Away
That Time A Dead Guy Won an Olympic Medal
Julia Barnett Rice Waged an Elitist War on Noise
Ridiculous History Presents: A History of "Adult" Toys, Part 2
ERidiculous History Presents: A History of "Adult" Toys, Part 1
EThe Cobra Effect, Part 2: Four Pests and a Disastrous Success
The Cobra Effect, Part 1: Snakes, Rats, and Unintended Consequences
British Suffragettes Knew Jūjitsu
A Tale of Two Hansons: Busting Myths About the 'First' US President
Did Soldiers in World War I Really Team Up to Fight Wolves?
Slum Tourists: When Wealthy People Toured Chinatown ‘For Fun’
That Time Victorians Treated Seaweed like Pokemon
Valentine's Day Is So Much Weirder Than We Thought
Weirdest Celebrity Busts, Part II: Mr. David Lee Roth and a Drunken John Wayne
Weirdest Celebrity Busts, Part I: Nixon Smuggled Weed, Arbuckle Was Innocent
CLASSIC: X-Rays, Songs and Soviets: The Stilyagi Story
Tossed Popcorn, Part 2: Chaplin was a Jerk, Brando was Insane
Tossed Popcorn, Part 1: The Wizard of Oz and the Titanic
Peter Freuchen: Explorer, Raconteur, Movie Star and War Hero
Did Honduras and El Salvador Really Go to War over Soccer?
The US Literally Had Nazi Summer Camps
The Emperor of the United States
The Trans-Saharan Ostrich Expedition of 1911
That Time Everyone Tried To Outlaw War
CLASSIC: Who Solves Murders in Antarctica?
The Lil Ice Age Was Way Less Cute Than It Sounds
Nub City: Florida's Infamous Amputation Scam
London's Tiger King, Part Two: Charles Jamrach Becomes a Problematic Hero
London's Tiger King, Part One: When Exotic Animal's Were The Hottest Flex
The Atlantropa Project, Part Two: What Happened to the Supercontinent?
The Atlantropa Project, Part One: Saving Europe via Supercontinent
People Used Bed Bugs as Medicine for Thousands of Years
The US Literally Threw Pianos From Planes During World War II
The Sinister Side of Little Orphan Annie, Part Two: Drink Your Ovaltine
The Sinister Side of Little Orphan Annie, Part One: Parents Were Terrified
CLASSIC: How White America Tried To Destroy Chinese Restaurants
Russia’s Real-life Ice Queen, Part 2: Weird, Brutal Flexes
Russia’s Real-life Ice Queen, Part 1: The Tsar is a Jerk
That Time a Baboon Worked for the Railroad
Austin and the Texas Archives War
King for a Week: The Strange Story of Otto I
The Bloody Tale of the Sausage War
Modern Thanksgiving, Part Two: Sarah Josepha Hale Finally Gets Her Wish
Modern Thanksgiving, Part One: A Culture War
How Haunted Houses Became A Thing
New England versus Vampires, Part Two: Desperation and Desecration
New England versus Vampires, Part One: The Brutal, Terrifying Life of Early Colonists
Ada Lovelace, Part Two: The Analytical Engine
Ada Lovelace, Part One: How Lord Byron’s Daughter Became a Tech Visionary
The King of Scotland Got Real Weird with Language Experiments
The Rum Riot of Portland, Maine
The Love of Candy Almost Drove a Cactus Extinct
The Australian Prison Break of 1876, Part 2
The Australian Prison Break of 1876 Part 1
37 Days of Peril, with Alex Williams
Robert Smalls Stole A Confederate Ship and Sailed to Freedom, Part Two: From Slavery to Congress
Robert Smalls Stole A Confederate Ship and Sailed to Freedom, Part One: Planning the Heist
Sky Pilot: The Man Who Brought Religion to Lumberjacks
CLASSIC: Butter: Protestantism's Secret Ingredient?
Ridiculous Live: The Humor and the Heavy
Flu Julia: The Con Artist Nurse That Made Bank Off Of Misery
History's Dumbest Criminals, Part 2
EHistory's Dumbest Criminals, Part 1
EThat Time People Were Terrified of Libraries
Ostracism: How Ancient Greeks Handled Uncool Politicians
Military Cats, Part 2: Simon Saves the British
Military Cats, Part 1: Spies and Mascots
That Time People Rioted Over a Hot Air Balloon
An Alabama Town Built a Statue Honoring the Insect that Almost Destroyed It
A Prince and His Poodle: The Supernatural Adventures of Rupert and Boy
How One Guy Made Europe Fall In Love With Potatoes
Weird Courtship Rituals, Part Two
Weird Courtship Rituals, Part One
A Brief History of Underwear
One Guy Was Certain Telepathic Snails Would Replace Telegraphs
The Duke of Portland Hated People and Loved Tunnels
Where do Lemonade Stands Come From?
Painless Parker and the Dental Circus
The Rise and Fall of Curative Plane Flights
That Time People Paid Rent With Eels
The Miracle of the Gulls: A Cricket War
A History of Pregnancy Cravings, Part 2: Stereotypes, Superstitions and Science
A History of Pregnancy Cravings, Part 1: Pickles and Ice Cream
The Carrington Event, Part II: Attack of the Sun!
The Carrington Event, Part I: The Sun is Acting Strange
Loveday: Henry VI's Well-intentioned, Terrible Attempt at Making Peace
Classic: Why do British lawyers wear wigs?
That Time Al Capone Ran A Soup Kitchen
The Phantom Barber of Pascagoula
Joseph Bonaparte, Cryptid Hunter
The Mystery of the Devonshire Colic
The Troubling, Hidden History of Turpentine
A Race Across the World: From New York to Paris in 1908