Spontaneous Human Combustion: A Bizarre Controversy
Ridiculous History4 Joulu 2025

Spontaneous Human Combustion: A Bizarre Controversy

Can people really just, for no discernable reason, catch on fire? In today's episode, Ben, Noel and Max explore the centuries old folklore and investigations of a phenomenon known as "spontaneous human combustion" -- and discover the debate continues, even in the modern day.

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The Weird Life of George Washington, Part 2

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8 Helmi 201931min

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5 Helmi 201942min

Who was the highest paid athlete in history?

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Clara, The World's Most Famous Rhinoceros

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30 Tammi 201944min

How the Monopoly Board Game Became a World War II Escape Kit

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Monopoly is a pretty divisive game, and people tend to either love it or hate it. However, for hundreds of Allied POWs captured during World War II, Monopoly became more than a mere diversion -- it be...

24 Tammi 201928min

Idiomatic For The People, Part 1

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Language is beautiful and, in many cases, continually evolving. As a result, we end up with hundreds of strange idioms and figures of speech that we use on a daily basis, with little to no understandi...

23 Tammi 20191h 2min

Was there a real-life Rapunzel?

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Most people in the West are familiar with the old Rapunzel fairy tale -- a beautiful princess is confined to a tower until a prince, captivated by her beauty, uses her hair as a ladder and comes to he...

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