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If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.

Stuff You Should Know

As part of our shameful history series, today we dive into the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiments of the 1930s, 40s, 50s, 60s and into the 70s.

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The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment

If you try to kill someone who was already dead is that a bad thing? Yeah? How bad?

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Short Stuff: Killing a Dead Body

Say one thing about Mao's communist China, they could kill some sparrows. Learn why and how in today's episode.

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What was the Four Pests Campaign?

Subpoenas are all the rage. But what do they even mean if someone can just ignore it? Learn this and a lot more in this classic episode.

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Selects: What's the deal with subpoenas?

It’s an understated miracle that humans can get across ideas to one another by saying things out loud. We’re strangely good at not constantly talking over each other, interrupting one another, and correcting misunderstandings. All just by conversing! 

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You’re So Good At Conversation!

One of the last uncontacted people in the world live in the Bay of Bengal and they have made it clear they don’t want you to visit.

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Short Stuff: North Sentinel Island

Aussie James Harrison gave blood close to 1,200 times over a 60 year period and saved 2.5 million babies in the process. That makes him a hero. 

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The Man with the Golden Arm

If you’ve ever found your blood pressure rising because some guy down the street doesn’t know how to keep the trigger on a leaf blower pulled all the way, then you’ve experienced noise pollution. Not only is it annoying, it turns out it’s deadly too! Learn all about it in this classic episode.

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Selects: Noise Pollution: Arrrgh!

In the 1960s, America took stock of itself when scores of low-income cities broke out in riots. It found that racism was at the root of many social problems. Instead of addressing the underlying issues, the country decided instead to militarize the police.

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America’s Militarized Police

Why does water seem to freeze faster when it starts out warmer?

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Short Stuff: The Mpemba Effect

Like is a very divisive word. Purists think it's like, a filler word born in the 80s that's like, destroying the English language. Turns out none of these are like, true. 

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