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Wiki University — 202 episodes

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Pepsi Number Fever: The Biggest Marketing Blunder of the 90's

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Aloha: A force that holds together existence

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Silkies: Part chicken, part dog, all swag

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Success Kid: The Meme of All Memes

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Is China the totalitarian regime everyone says it is or is a clean, crime-free utopia?

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Shaboozey: From trap house beginnings to country star

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Volcanic Lightning:

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Would you suckle from your wolf mother's teet?

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Ten Cent Beer Night - Another Cleveland Disaster!

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Why does Toyota make the best cars?

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The Day San Francisco Rallied for Bat Kid

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The Exciting Sport of Pedestrianism!

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The Frito Bandito: The racist mascot adored by Mexican Americans

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Boston's Great Molasses Flood: Molasses can move baby!

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Ryan Reynolds: Easily the Hottest Man Alive

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Are chicken guns the most exciting weapon ever invented?

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The PTA Dad who was also a serial killer

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History’s Hidden Hangovers: The Eggnog Riot

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Nancy Regan's dirty secret, Banishment rooms, and Ninja Turtles

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What to do with your wife's extra breast milk...

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The Crocs marathon world record, the history of PEZ, and the Flintstones

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Dark Tourism: Fun Family Vacations at the Concentration Camps!

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Are women REALLY more wonderful than men?!

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The story of MLB's short king, Eddie Gaedel

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Rumpology, the study of dat A$$

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The CIA's adorable attempt to infiltrate the Kremlin

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The rouge wife who propelled Mercedes Benz to the top!

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What is Ambergris and why is it so valuable?

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The Crazy Story behind 1904 Olympic Marathon

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The Benton Fireworks Disaster of 1983

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The Cleveland Torso Murders: A real whodunit

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How many pounds of horse meat should you eat per day?

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Olfactory Fatigue: Do you also love the smell of gasoline?

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The Fight of the Century: Jack Johnson vs. a chubby white dude

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Tongan Castaways, Credit Scores, and Yelp

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Why do the Japanese adopt full grown adults?

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Why is leather so darn sexy?

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How did Ronald Regan try to sweep gays under the rug?

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Why are sad people so creative?

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We're living to 150! Who's in?

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Rapid Fire Wiki: Beautiful People, the Kennedys, and a 15yr Ponzi Scheme

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Rapid Fire Wiki: Acid House Parties, Jujutsu, and getting drunk on Horse Necks

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Support All Women: The History of the Sports Bra and Spandex

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Helen Duncan: The woman who barfed up egg whites and ghosts

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But why does a cat land on it's feet?

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Is it time to buy property on Mars?

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Cincinnati Chili: A Midwest Delicacy

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Nominative Determinism: Can your name dictate who you become?

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The Great Emu War of 1932: MOUNT UP!

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Why do we stay up late for no reason at all?

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What can you cook inside of a dishwasher and how do they work?

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The Mexican Music of Cold War Yugoslavia: Yu-Mex

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The Flying Ford Pinto and Comedians who Died on Stage

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Chiropractors: Glorified back crackers or actual science?

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The Deadly Christmas Flood of 1717

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The Real Rudolph: Drunk, Philanderer, and Involved in Pearl Harbor

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The Crazy Attempted Assassination of Teddy Roosevelt

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Buzkashi: Afghanistan's Unbelievable National Sport

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The tiger who grew up in a Harlem apartment: Ming of Harlem

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Tacoma smells like a fart, let's find out why

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Razzle Dazzle: The bizarre camouflage inspired by Zebras

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Marsupials: Fanny packs of the animal kingdom

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Rerelease: JFK, Castro, and the Exploding Shell

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Ford Pinto: The story of the exploding car

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The Twinkie Defense: How a junk food addiction led to murder!

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He preserved his corpse bride for seven years

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Who keeps the mail that never gets delivered?

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Do you only eat chicken tendies? You might be a neophobe!

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Death on the Dance Floor: The Dancing Plague of 1518

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How to ward off the evil eye and the fascinating history of the middle finger

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Tradwives and the Amazing Story of a Non-trad Woman

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An Environmental Disaster for Charity: Balloonfest '86

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Trailblazing Women, Infamous Mystery, and the Evolution of Insurance!

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Dwayne The Rock Johnson: The hardest example of soft power

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Eleanor Roosevelt Literally Caged a Baby

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Horror, Exploitation, Gore, and the Nastiest of Films

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Boaty McBoatface is the reason the internet can't be in charge of anything

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Dudes are taking over baby showers

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Harry R. Truman: The guy who fought a volcano and tried to drown his wife

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The Infinite Monkey Theorem

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Two Thumbs Up! The best rating system of all time?

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Remember Trapper Keepers?

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Chinese Restaurant Syndrome, MSG and the Illicit Restaurant Oil Trade

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Nature deficit disorder and parents living in fear!

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Wife Carrying and Swaffelen: Romance is in the air!

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The Stanford Marshmallow Experiment: Are you into edging?

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How to get away with murder...be pragmatic about it?

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Filipino Love Language: Balikbayan Boxes, Munster Cheese, and the history of Black People in Ireland

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The story of a WWII soldier who refused to surrender for 30 years

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Brad Pitt Disease and the origins of moshing

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African Pygmies, George Washington, and the truth about canola oil

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Why is California experiencing so much rain?

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Are you nostalgic for a different time?

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Vivian Westwood: The trailblazer behind Pharrell's big hat

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We learned about bat bombs!

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Polar and grizzly bears are hooking up and having babies!

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Why do paper cuts hurt so much?

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The Secret to Life: Live, Laugh, Love, and Kegels!

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Class Review: The Mummers to Dyatlov Pass Incident

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We learned about the best skinned cat recipe and how tape recorders work

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Can you even say "Astrology" without rolling your eyes?

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The History of Pole Vaulting

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The Kidnapping of Woollarawarre Bennelong

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Crab Mentality, Deadman's Switch and getting the last word

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Do you load your toilet paper like a dingbat?

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Dog Fart Roller Coaster, the best ride of all time

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Were you ever paid to eat dog food? Pica: the lesser known eating disorder

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The Miraculous Life of Mike the Headless Chicken

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How many balloons does it take to fly? The story of Lawn Chair Larry

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The New Jersey Devil and Napoleon's brother Joey Bones

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The man who was struck by lighting seven times

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What's the 411 on South of the Border?

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Who is the Most Kissed Woman of All Time?

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What's the Smelliest Classic Movie Scene?

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The Mad Gasser and Godwin's Law: Gotta break a couple eggs to make a nuke

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The Great Mill Disaster: Dust can explode?!

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We learned about the Southport Sockman and Morganna the Kissing Bandit

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Smell-O-Vision to Chemtrail Conspiracy and Charles Barkley did what?

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The Killing Stone to Mario: Mario's last name was....

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Annie Oakley to Human Cannibalism: SPRING BREAK!!!!

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Missing Milk Carton Kids to the Mitochondrial Eve: Do you remember Tub Girl?

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Kiss your 11 herbs and spices: The Blarney Stone to the Curse of the Colonel

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Who's your leather daddy? The Guillotine to Umarell

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GIVE ME YOUR BLOOD: Henrietta Lacks to Samuel "The Traitor" Slater

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Type in code TB to get your Draft Kings reward: Circadian Rhythm to Doc Holliday

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The Dunning Kruger Effect to Skijoring: Are you dumber than you think?

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Who Ate All the Pies to Food Pyramid

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Toynbee Tiles to Waffle House Index: My boys need more syrup!

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Spite House to Sleep Paralysis: Bring in the storm troopers!

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Kentucky Meat Shower to Mermaids: How's a mermaid poop?

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The Mummers just can't quit blackface: Mummers Parade to the Dyatlov Pass Incident

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Wartime Blackout to Champagne: Bring in the squishers!

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Chinese Food on Christmas Eve: A Jewish Tradition

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Life in Prison with a Chance of Meatballs: Cleveland Elementary School Shooting to Air Jordans

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Centennial Light to Dodgeball

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The Yips to Airstream Trailers: Someones got a case of the twisties!

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Rammed Earth to the Battle of Tsushima: Japan is great at surprises

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What's your burn bed number? Smashana to the Inuit Dome

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Extreme Ironing to Adi Dassler plus a special guest!

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5 Regrets of the Dying to Synchronization

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In spite of ourselves we learn: Joe Carstairs to Precession

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Of Milk and Meat: Turing Machine to Reuben Sandwich

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Nitrate burns under water: Spontaneous Combustion to Urumi

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Finding Churro Boy: The Hippie Trail to Wedding Superstitions

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Zabaleen to Mosquito Alarm: Feed the tourists garbage bacon!

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The Pope joins Only Fans: Rouketopolemos to Moissanite

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Wiki U Speed Round - Cannondale to Nav Bhatia

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Sediments Gone Wild! Arches National Park to Bob Marley's Attempted Assassination

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The Greatest Inventor Ever? Garett Morgan to Pacifism

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Torture in Ancient Rome was full of government bureaucracy

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Pop Quiz - Have we learned anything?

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Wiki U's Night Class - Demon Cat to Jayne Mansfield

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Clay kicking, shaft riding, pipe jacking and more! - Stendhal Syndrome to Hobby Tunneling

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I identify as a bottom shotgun - Blind Spot to Merchant Marines

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Don't forget to bathe and neuter your insects - Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest to Cicadas

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Special Guest Student MK Paulsen - Capitol Records Building to English Channel Swimming

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Hello, Death Row Marketing, this is Karen - Martini Effect to the Murder of Tupac Shakur

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Enroll at Wiki U Today

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Abraham Lincoln, The Father of Wokeness - The Dirtbag Left to Newton's Cradle

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It's a KALORAMA OBAMA! - The Taft Bridge to Deepfakes

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Should you invest in Twerking? - Cannonball Run to Tulip Mania

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She Had what Covid Wanted - Schadenfreude to Cannonball Run (The race!)

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Spring Break! Wingsuit Flying to Schadenfreude

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How to lie about your fake dead spouse and more! Alicia Esteve Head to Wingsuit Flying

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One more punch and I get the 3rd K! - Stone Mountain to Alicia Esteve Head

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Was LBJ the 2nd shooter? Glomar Explorer to Stone Mountain

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Don't watch Winnie the Pooh in 4k - Hedy Lamarr to One-Child Policy

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Did you get your double shot of the Fauci Ouchy? Chupacabra to Malice at the Palace

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Gaga is always covered in something: Expédition Particulière to Cyndi Lauper

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That Donner Party was a BANGER!...Annie Oakley to Human Cannibalism

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It's a skyjacking.....he's making me watch: Ukulele to Skyjacking Part II

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Got Ingots? - Ukulele to Skyjacking

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Maillard Reaction, JD Power, and a Big Ol' Suckathalon

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Do you poop when you die? Roy Sullivan, the Spanish Flu, and Mango Mania

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Wait, the Firefighters Started the Fire? Centralia, PA to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Wikipedia Turns 20! - Sexiest Rerun of the Year

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Heroin Stew Like Mamma Used to Make: Heroin Chic to Haptic Technology

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How fast can you eat 4.5lbs of steak?

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Visiting Amsterdam? Learn about the blue light specials first

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How Many Pets Did You Kill as a Kid?

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My Very Public Addiction to Inca Kola

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Etta James, Billie Holiday and the War on Jazz

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JFK, Castro and the Exploding Shell

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The Seedy History of Shenandoah National Park

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The Beatles wanted the Aliens to Pay Up

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Sears was Deep In Human Trafficking

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My Fridge Gave Me Bell's Palsy

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The Fat Shaming of Rosie Ruiz

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Driving at a Socially Acceptable Speed

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The World Record for Baby in a Hot Car

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Can't Parallel park? Try Seppuku.

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Freedmen's Bureau to Papaya

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Tom Simpson, the Weekend at Bernie's of Cycling

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Rumspringa to Summer Solstice

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Brushtail Possum to the NYSE

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Mel Gibson Started the Great Chicago Fire

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Stickley Furniture to the Aurora Borealis

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Nielsen Ratings to the Loch Ness Monster

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Toilet Paper to Xena Warrior Princess

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Bees to the Klondike Goldrush

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My First Sony to Snow Blindness

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Y2K to Jesse Owens