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Medieval Penis Investigators
The year is 1370. Location: England (of course). At the time, women could only file for a divorce under very special circumstances,...
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- Oct 10, 2020
- 2 min
Good Flag Bad Flag
Roman Mars, the host of 99% Invisible (a fantastic podcast) is particularly passionate about flags. He even gave a TED Talk on the...
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- Aug 15, 2020
- 2 min
Project Stargate
The CIA studied psychics. No, we didn’t misspell physics, and this isn’t the plot of Stranger Things. Between 1972 and 1995 the CIA, the...
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- Jul 31, 2020
- 2 min
The Mutilated Currency Division
It sounds like something straight out of Harry Potter, but the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Mutilated Currency Division is real and...
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- Jul 4, 2020
- 1 min
The Baby Eater of Bern
Nestled in Switzerland’s capital city of Bern sits a statue of an ogre eating a bag full of babies. Wait, what? The nearly 500-year-old...
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- Jun 20, 2020
- 2 min
The Electoral College
With the 2020 presidential election only a few months away, a refresher on our election process seemed apropos to dig into - specifically...
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- Jun 13, 2020
- 2 min
The First Climate Resilient Country?
The Commonwealth of Dominica - one of the Windward Islands in the Eastern Caribbean - is paving the way for rebuilding a more sustainable...
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- Jun 13, 2020
- 2 min
The Night Witches
Flying small biplanes made of plywood and canvas and carrying no radios or lights, The Night Witches were an all-female, all-volunteer...
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- Jun 6, 2020
- 1 min
Dirty Laundry
Every three months, the National Declassification Center releases a set of secret files to the public. Sure, this takes the fun out of...
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- May 23, 2020
- 2 min
The Outer Space Treaty
Created in 1966 by the United Nations, the Outer Space Treaty is a framework of laws that governs intergalactic activities. Yes, this...