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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

Blue zones are areas where people supposedly have more 100+ year-olds than average. But is it all based on faulty records?

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What are Blue Zones?

An amazing case of an early modern mass sighting of UFOs came in Nuremberg, Germany in 1561. Except it wasn’t that at all.

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Short Stuff: 1561 Celestial Event

Crooked teeth have always been a thing, but it took us a long time to do something about it. Learn about the twisted history of orthodontics today!

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The History of Orthodontics

In December 1900 three lighthouse keepers vanished without a trace from a deserted island in Scotland. To this day no one knows exactly what happened to them. Find out all about this strange situation in this classic episode.

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Selects: The Flannen Isles Mystery

Private equity is a business operation where companies are bought and run at their leanest to maximize returns for a handful of investors. It can be a lifeline for a flailing company or run it into the ground. Either way, PE firms make out like bandits.

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Private Equity: Your Ears Will Bleed

Why aren't there lemurs in Africa? That question created a whole theory about a lost continent. Turns out it's not true.

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Short Stuff: The Lost (?) Continent of Lemuria

In 1922, a pastor and his mistress were murdered in New Jersey. Nobody was ever convicted of the crime even though it seems clear who did it. 

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The Unsolved Murder of Hall and Mills

Rape kits are simple forensic evidence collection kits used when someone is sexually assaulted. But the story is deeper than this. Learn all about rape kits, the sad backlog problem, and what you can do to help, in this classic episode. 

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Selects: How Rape Kits Work

In part two of Heavy Metal Week Josh and Chuck break down how specialized heavy metal music has become, talk about some of the great album covers, look at how metal hits the brain, and explain the sad death of guitar great Randy Rhoads.

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Heavy Metal Pt II

Metal fans have many ways to express themselves, but none are as metal as throwing the devil horns. But who did it first?

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Short Stuff: Devil Horns

After a San Francisco real estate mogul went bankrupt, he reinvented himself as the Emperor of the United States – and became the city’s most celebrated resident. 

 
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Short Stuff: Emperor Norton

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