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The Unusual History of Every Thing

Jun 29, 2021

On this episode, we’re going to talk about the month that San Diego officials hired a moisture accelerator – and almost drowned...


Jun 22, 2021

Whenever you think of good luck charms you automatically think of bugs, right? Afterall, who wouldn’t want tiny critters flying around you, crawling all over you or even being consumed by you as long as good fortune followed? Humans are always concocting new and interesting ways of using the things around them for...


Jun 15, 2021

On this episode, we talk about the evolution of the wedding cake from being filled with unusual ingredients to being smashed on the bride’s head.


Jun 8, 2021

Warding off evil has been a thing forever. People don’t want it around them, and part of the evil that lurks about is called bad luck. Who wants that? No one, especially brides, grooms and people attending weddings. And since it’s wedding season, we thought we’d start our journey into things people have...


Jun 1, 2021

On this episode, we take a look at how courting someone used to be, strange dating rituals that led to marriage, and how stinky sweat-infused apple slices and the severed heads of your enemies used to be tokens of...