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We love animals. A lot. Especially underrated ones like the darling porcupine. Listen in to this cla

If you're from the American South, then kudzu is something that cannot be avoided. But how did this

The process of redacting sensitive information is long and storied. But are there even any rules tha

You might have owned the Anarchist Cookbook once, but you probably didn’t use it to turn a shotgun i

Paramedics are not EMTs. Or fire fighters. Or cops. But they do ride around in ambulances (and drive

The story of the Swatch is super cool and one of the great retail successes. Listen in today to find

In another chapter of our continuing mysteries of the sea theme, we deliver a truly baffling mystery

Gobekli Tepe is a profoundly ancient spiritual site that shouldn’t exist, according to conventional

In 1962, three ordinary criminals transcended into folk heroes when they crawled out of their cells

The Lysol we know now is sold as disinfectant only. But at one time it was also marketed as a means

What we equate with acid, hippies, and garish polyester prints actually began as a theatrical way of

As far as we know life evolved once in the universe – here on Earth in the form of life as we know i

Rosa Parks finishes out our Black History Month episodes in grand fashion. While most know her from

A greatest hit of the Satanic Panic of the 1980s came when the metal band Judas Priest was put on tr

We love our ghost ships here at SYSK and this is one of the better ones. But did it really even exis

Glasses as we know them have only been around for a few hundred years. So what did people do before

Every year Congress decides how the federal government will spend money. Simple enough, but in pract

There's a good chance that if you don't live in San Antonio, Texas, you may not know who scientist/a

The Killing Stone looms large in Japanese folklore, so when it split in half in March 2022, people w

What if science could create a drug that made you connect with people more deeply, let your emotions