The United States Supreme Court

When Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, he declared his new regime to be The Third Reich and that it would last 1,000 years. It turned out he was off by 988 years.  The big question for many people o...

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In the year 79, Mount Vesuvius, a volcano located east of the modern-day city of Naples, erupted.  Vesuvius had erupted before, but this eruption was different. It ejected an enormous amount of ash wh...

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Early in the morning of August 21, 1986, in a valley near Lake Nyos, Cameroon, something horrible happened.  1,746 people were killed, as were over 3,500 cattle and almost every other animal that brea...

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In September 1944, despite over half a year remaining in World War II, the Allies began preparing for an eventual post-war world. One of the biggest questions being discussed was what to do with Germa...

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In the year 1900, a crew of sponge divers was looking for sponges off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera. While they were searching, they found the remains of an ancient shipwreck. The wreck co...

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Every form of life which has ever been discovered, regardless of its size or how it metabolizes energy, has one thing in common.  They are based on the element carbon.  Carbon is the most important bu...

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Ladies and Gentlemen of the podcast audience, I would like you to consider Chewbacca.  Chewbacca is an 8-foot-tall Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk. But Chewbacca lives on the moon of Endor. Why would...

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The United States Congres is divided into two houses. The larger of the two houses, the House of Representatives, is led by a single representative known as the Speaker of the House. The duties and po...

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