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The Awful Crimes of Georgia Tann
Short Stuff: The Sad, Strange Tale of Margaret Schilling
The Power of the Wind
Selects: Special Effects: A Short History
Hitchhiking: Two thumbs out!
Short Stuff: The Amazing Tale of Juliane Koepcke
The Dubious Science of Arson Investigation
Selects: How Famines Work
Testosterone and Estrogen: Wondrous Hormones
Short Stuff: Straitjackets
The 1977 Women's Conference That Changed America
Selects: All the Gold In Fort Knox: Meh
The Everglades: Wowee
Short Stuff: Knock on Wood
Greedflation Is Real
Selects: Who is The Man of the Hole?
The Pulitzer Prize: A major award!
Short Stuff: Ramree Island Crocodile Massacre
Love Canal: Even Dirtier Than It Sounds
Selects: MOVE: Or When the Philly Police Dropped a Bomb on a Residential Neighborhood
Peanuts (the comic) Part II
Short Stuff: Mariko Aoki Phenomenon
Peanuts (the comic) Part I
Selects: How Dyslexia Works
The Alien Abduction Phenomenon of the Mid-20th Century
Short Stuff: Skittles and TIO2
Leave Brutalism Alone!
Selects: The Science of Break-Ups
The Smiley, Stubborn Llama
Short Stuff: Roly Poly...Bugs?
Multitasking: Working slower with worse results
Selects: The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti
Wireless Electricity: When Can We Unplug Our TVs?
Short Stuff: Smudging: Not just for hippies
Haile Selassie: Statesman, Colonizer, God?
Selects: How Zero Population Growth Works
The Story of the Nuclear Boy Scout
Short Stuff: Benin Bronzes
Ray and Charles Eames: More than Chairs
Selects: Geodesic Domes: The Wave of the Future That Wasn't
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Short Stuff: The Original Snake Oil Salesman
What Americans Ate When There Were No Food Laws
Selects: The Unabomber: Misguided to say the least
What's the Pygmalion Effect?
Short Stuff: School Bus Yellow
Clue(do): Third Best Board Game Ever
Selects: How Disgust Works
The History of Las Vegas
Short Stuff: Wainscoting: When Half a Wall is Enough
The Harrowing Story of the North Hollywood Shootout
Selects: A List Of Games You Would Surely Lose to a Computer
Esperanto: Tre Mojosa
Short Stuff: Hot Cold Plunge
The Strange Unsolved Murder of Ken McElroy
Selects: Is yogurt a miracle food?
Jonestown
Short Stuff: Frozen Dead Guy
Dry Cleaning: Not Really Dry(!)
Selects: History's Greatest Traitors
How Cranes Work
Short Stuff: NYT Bestseller List
Kenton Grua: Grand Canyon Legend
Selects: Dr. Seuss: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The 2000 Presidential Election: A Real Cluster
Short Stuff: Blueprints
SYSK Live in Nashville: The Biosphere II Experiment
Selects: Nuclear Semiotics: How to Talk to Future Humans
How Primitive Will Our Descendants Find Us?
Short Stuff: Scheele's Green
How Snails Work
Selects: How Fireplaces Work
The 2023 SYSK Ho-Ho-Holiday Spectacular!
Short Stuff: Christmas Lights
Beanie Babies: Reigning Toy Craze Champion
Selects: Star Wars Holiday Spectacular
Selects: How Dictators Work
What was the Skeleton Army?
Short Stuff: Pickles
The Matewan Massacre
Selects: What were the Freedom Schools?
The Murder of John Lennon
Short Stuff: Boba Tea
The Life and Works of J.D. Salinger
Selects: Beavers: Tail Slapping Fun
You Down With OED?
Short Stuff: The Zipper Merge
Plate Tectonics Are What Makes Earth Inhabitable
Selects: NYC Water: An Engineering Marvel
The Wreck of the Costa Concordia
Short Stuff: Magnetic Pole Switcheroo
Legs! Legs! Legs! (The Periodic Table)
Selects: E.T.: Is It Really the Worst Video Game of All Time?
Diners: The Most American Establishment?
Short Stuff: Liberty Bell
The Tragic Death of Natalie Wood
Selects: Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?
How Scuba Works
Short Stuff: Petrified Wood
Things We Believed Before the Scientific Method