Benito Mussolini was Super into Wearable Milk
Today Benito Mussolini is probably best known as the founder of Italy's National Fascist Party, but he was also very, very into milk. So much so, in fact, that he funneled tons of funding into a stran...
15 Dec 202041min
Snowmen as Protest: The Miracle of 1511
During the brutal winter of 1511, residents of Brussels built more than one hundred snowmen... and these sculptures weren't the type of snow sculpture you see in the modern day. Instead, the city was ...
11 Dec 202029min
Why are Chimney Sweeps good luck at weddings?
It seems odd, at first - the idea that a random chimney cleaner might pass by a wedding, then be brought into the party, shake sooty hands with the couple, and bless random people on the street. Yet t...
9 Dec 202039min
People Have Been Convinced Robots Will Take Their Jobs For Centuries
Nowadays automation is affecting almost every industry on the planet, and numerous experts are raising alarms: AI, robotics and automation, they say, may well spell doom for millions of jobs held by h...
4 Dec 202043min
That Time the US was Terrified of Tomatoes
Nowadays the tomato is an ubiquitous foodstuff in households across the planet - but in the US, this humble staple was once considered downright poisonous... and, later, it was touted as a miracle cur...
2 Dec 202039min
How the Pandemic Helped (and Hurt) the Struggle for Women's Rights
The 1918 epidemic played a massive, sometimes unacknowledged role in the struggle for women's rights. Tune in and learn more in today's episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheart...
26 Nov 202029min
How a German Prince Built his own Artificial Volcano
Like many nobles of his day, Leopold III Friedrich Franz traveled widely in his youth, taking in the ancient wonders of Europe. A stunning experience witnessing an eruption at Mount Vesuvius transform...
24 Nov 202036min
The Weird Origin of Pink Lemonade, Part 2: The Rise of Clown Pants
As historians dove into the evolution of pink lemonade, one theory about its origin seemed particularly compelling (if gross): Pink lemonade, they argued, owes its existence to a circus, a washtub, an...
19 Nov 202027min
