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We're Late for the April Fools' Episode
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The Ridiculous History of Vending Machines
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CLASSIC: Fanny and Stella: The Cross-Dressing Scandal of Victorian England
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Badass of the Week, with Ben Thompson - Part 2: the Battle of Karánsebes
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Badass of the Week, with Ben Thompson - Part 1: History's Most Ridiculous Friendly-fire Incident
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CLASSIC: That Time Kansas Imprisoned Women For Having STDs
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A Ridiculous History of Processed Cheese
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The Darién Gap, or: the Real Reason Scotland Lost Its Independence
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CLASSIC: Oregon Was a White Supremacist Paradise
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Apple Versus Apple: The Beatles' Decades-long IP War
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Ancient Wonders of the Modern World: The (Alleged) Hanging Gardens of Babylon
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CLASSIC: Project A119: The Cold War Plan to Nuke the Moon!
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The US Camel Corps, Part Two: The Legend of the Red Ghost
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The US Camel Corps, Part One: Several People With A Really Weird Dream
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CLASSIC: Adidas Versus Puma: A Tale of Two Brothers
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CLASSIC: The WWII Naval Battle Won Using Potatoes
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CLASSIC: The Korean Soldier Who Fought for 3 Armies During WWII
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CLASSIC: Philadelphia's Transylvanian Doomsday Cult: The Cave of Kelpius
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CLASSIC: Weird Wars Fought For Dumb Reasons
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CLASSIC: The FBI's Quest to Understand "Louie, Louie"
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CLASSIC: The Time a Soviet Premier Was Banned From Disneyland
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That Time Japan Absolutely Rinsed Russia, Part Two: The Togo Turn
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That Time Japan Absolutely Rinsed Russia, Part One: The Race For Manchuria
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CLASSIC: Kidnapping, Binge Drinking and Costumes: Voter Fraud in the 1800s
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Victorians Got Super Weird With Flirting, Part Two: Courtship and Calling Cards
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Victorians Got Super Weird With Flirting, Part One: "Fan Fiction"
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Why did people hate the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge?
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First Ladies Who Weren't Wives, Part One: The Niece Will Have To Do
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Some of History's Funniest Honorifics, Part One: The Babymaker, the Debauchee, and More
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IP, Part Two: The Baffling World of Trademarks
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A Ton of Inventors Died Due To Their Own Inventions, Chapter Two: Li Si and the Five Pains
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CLASSIC: The 1904 Racist Summer Olympic Games in St. Louis
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The Ridiculously Ambitious History of the World's Fair, Part Two: Things Don't Always Work Out
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The Ridiculously Ambitious History of the World's Fair, Part One: A Crazy Plan, and Crazy Success
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CLASSIC: Why British Soccer Players Saluted the Nazis
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How Dogs Went Domestic, Part Two: Yes, Dogs Know What You're Thinking
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How Dogs Went Domestic, Part One: Classic Rom-Com
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CLASSIC: Why don't Americans use bidets?
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CLASSIC: The Earliest Recorded Mooning Killed Thousands
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The Story of Claudette Colvin, with Nimene Wureh
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CLASSIC: How did Fido become the default name for dogs?
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Whatever Happened to Mac Tonight?
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The First Recorded Christmas Was The Latest Birthday Party Ever
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CLASSIC: Dock Ellis and the Legend of the LSD No-hitter
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Whoops! All Quizster, Part Two: A Ridiculous History of HowStuffWorks
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Whoops! All Quizster, Part One: The Gang Reunites
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CLASSIC: Maryland’s State Song was a Diss Track
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How The (English) Alphabet Became A Thing, Part Two: Each Letter Has A Story
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Big Parma
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How The (English) Alphabet Became A Thing, Part One: Writing Stuff Down Is A Bonkers Idea
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CLASSIC: The Story of Max, South Africa's Famous, Crime-fighting Gorilla
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History's Famous Mistranslations, Part Two: Life on Mars, the Cold War, and FARTFULL
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Neckties are Utterly Ridiculous
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CLASSIC: How Santa Anna Lost His Leg Twice, and Held a Funeral for It
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The History of the Super Bowl Halftime Show, Part Two: A World-Class Show
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The History of the Super Bowl Halftime Show, Part One: From Marching Bands to Celebrities
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CLASSIC: That Time Chewbacca Needed Bodyguards
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How Emergency Call Lines Became A Thing
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Are the Vikings to Blame for Cats?
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CLASSIC: Napoleon Bonaparte Was Attacked by Bunnies -- And Lost
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The Most Ridiculous Weather of Baseball
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Bhutan Grades Itself On Happiness
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CLASSIC: California Was Named for a Fictional Island Ruled by a Black Amazon Queen
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The World's Weirdest Sports, Part Two: Literal Murderball
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The World's Weirdest Sports, Part One: Buzkashī is Where You Fight Over A Dead Goat
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CLASSIC: Ancient Mayan Ritual Alcohol Enemas
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One Guy Was So Good At Violin That People Thought He Worshipped Satan
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Credit Scores are Absolutely Ridiculous
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CLASSIC: That Time Vermont Was an Independent Republic
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Spontaneous Generation, Part Two: "Broth Science"
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Spontaneous Generation, Part One: Mice and Grain
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CLASSIC: The Capture of Guam Was Bloodless and Quick, All Due to a Misunderstanding
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Ridiculous Royal Deaths, Part 5: A Blind and Bloody Finale (For Now)
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Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart was Darn Near Unkillable
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CLASSIC: Are All US Presidents Actually Related?
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Post-Presidential Careers, Part Two: Adams, Taft, And More
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Post-Presidential Careers, Part One: Happy Birthday, Jimmy!
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CLASSIC: What's the deal with two-dollar bills?
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Mark Twain Was a Terrible Investor, Part Two: Typesetters, Steam Pulleys and Tesla
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Mark Twain Was a Terrible Investor, Part One: The Legend of "Josh"
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CLASSIC: How James Bond Created a Mexican Dia de los Muertos Tradition
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What is Karaoke? Part Two: Going Global; Careful What You Sing
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What is Karaoke? Part One: An Origin Story
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CLASSIC: Did Richard Nixon Unwittingly Smuggle Drugs for Louis Armstrong?
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The Nebraska Episode
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Occupy Alcatraz!
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CLASSIC: 3 Times Society Refused to Accept New Books on Science
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The Ridiculous, Murky Origins of Pasta, Part Two: From Myth to the Modern Day
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The Ridiculous, Murky Origins of Pasta, Part One: Basic Ingredients, Delicious Results
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CLASSIC: That Time We Erased a (HUGE) Waterfall
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Patents Are Absolutely Bonkers: An Origin Story
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That Time a Swedish Queen Became So Enlightened, She Quit Being the Queen
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CLASSIC: The Poetic Justice of Death by Molten Gold
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You Auto-go to the Drive-in, Part Two: Driving In and Out of History
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You Auto-go to the Drive-in, Part One: Cars Meet Cinema
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CLASSIC: Japan, Baseball and the Curse of the Colonel
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The Disturbing History of Last Meals, Part Two: Famous Final Snacks
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The Disturbing History of Last Meals, Part One: A Creepy Origin Story
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CLASSIC: That Time the US Built a Flying Aircraft Carrier
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CLASSIC: Yes, Those are Corpses in the Diorama
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