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16: Jonathan the Tortoise and Air Force One Theft May 08, 2024

Show notes

This week we learn about Jonathan the Seychelles giant tortoise and Air Force One petty theft. A listener email clarifies what the Grishaverse actually is.

Episode Tabs:

Jonathan the Tortoise

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-worlds-oldest-living-land-animal-a-tortoise-named-jonathan-turns-191-180983392/

The Real D.C. Crime Wave

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2024/03/28/the-real-d-c-crime-wave-00149591

Listener Tabs:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1kSMBcqUyd5Qk_Qj13siJD_NGD3tnnah8rPxd7L7J6bQ/htmlview

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Montferrand

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15: 1976 Tehran UFO Incident and Crypt of Civilization May 01, 2024

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This week we learn about the 1976 Tehran UFO Incident and the father of the modern time capsule. A listener email fetes a disgusting historical figure.

Episode Tabs:

1976 Tehran UFO incident

http://www.iiaf.net/tehran-dogfight-incident/

The Crypt of Civilization

https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/crypt-of-civilization/

Listener Tabs:

https://en.m.wikinews.org/wiki/Man_takes_armoured_vehicle_on_rampage_through_Western_Sydney

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrare

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14: Head Hunter Ants and The Patent Wars Apr 24, 2024

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This week we learn about horrific ant genuses and how the film industry was born out of everyone hating Thomas Edison. A listener email answers the age old question of "how long do pig orgasms last?"

Episode Tabs:

These ants decorate their homes with the heads of their enemies

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/ants-head-hunters-attack-trap-jaw-enemies-nests

Thomas Edison: The Unintentional Founder of Hollywood

https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2021/03/thomas-edison-the-unintentional-founder-of-hollywood

Listener Tabs:

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/100659-longest-orgasm-in-mammals

https://nypost.com/2022/07/18/phrogging-hider-in-my-house-stranger-secretly-lived-with-us/

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13: Louis Le Prince and The Color Grue Apr 17, 2024

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This week we learn about Louis Le Prince, the REAL inventor of the motion picture camera and the origins of the color Grue. A listener email inspires a high end horse jacket clothing line.

Episode Tabs:

Who Killed Louis Le Prince? On the forgotten father of film

https://harpers.org/archive/2022/04/who-killed-louis-le-prince-on-the-forgotten-father-of-film/

No one could describe the color blue until modern times

https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-blue-and-how-do-we-see-color-2015-2

Listener Tabs:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/855685.Fly_Away_Home#CommunityReviews

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168159116302192?via%3Dihub

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12: Roar the Movie and Nintendo Power Hotline Apr 10, 2024

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This week we discuss Roar, one of the most unsafe movies ever made and the Nintendo Power Hotline. A listener email reveals all the animals in elected office.

Episode Tabs:

Hollywood's real Tiger King: Insane big cat movie Roar getting VOD rerelease

https://ew.com/movies/roar-movie-vod/

Inside The Nintendo Power Hotline

https://www.gameinformer.com/2022/02/22/inside-the-nintendo-power-hotline

Listener Tabs:

https://a-z-animals.com/blog/top-9-animals-elected-to-office-in-the-united-states/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/inside-the-new-york-public-librarys-last-secret-apartments

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11: Michelin Man and An Arab among the Vikings Apr 03, 2024

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This week we discuss the origins of the Michelin Man and a first hand account of Vikings from 922. A listener email answers the question of why we don't see Pandas in toilet paper ads.

Episode Tabs:

Allied Forces on D-Day Used a Popular Tourist Guide to Help Liberate France

https://www.military.com/history/allied-forces-d-day-used-popular-tourist-guide-help-liberate-france.html

“The Rus” (An Arab among the Vikings)

https://content.ucpress.edu/chapters/12938.ch01.pdf

Listener Tabs:

https://youtu.be/aQthclI55Rk?si=Bw8xdEs8K-Ikbb0j

https://youtu.be/4eJxAhhMiCk?si=xDb9O4IkpDOjEwrL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunder_Alley_(TV_series)?wprov=sfti1

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10: Aconcagua Murder Mystery, March 27th, and Golf Course Sharks Mar 27, 2024

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This week we have our first ever special guest, 500 Tabs' very own editor and friend Alyssa Cooper! We discuss a mountain murder mystery, the importance of March 27th, and sharks on a golf course. A listener email taps into some of our most primal fears.

Episode Tabs:

Ghosts on the Glacier

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/12/09/world/americas/aconcagua-mountain-expedition-photos.html

The Wikipedia entry for the day of March 27

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_27

Six bull sharks inadvertently made their home on an Australian golf course. Then they vanished

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/18/sport/carbrook-bull-sharks-australia-golf-course-spt-spc-intl/index.html

Listener Tabs:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/four-acre-spider-web_n_6095724

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9: Lobotomies and Nikola Jokic Mar 20, 2024

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This week we discuss insane mental health practices of the 1940s and the NBA's golden horse, Nikola Jokić. A listener email disgusts Kaveh.

Episode Tabs:

Mother’s Little Helper: Vintage Drug Ads

https://www.goretro.com/2014/08/mothers-little-helper-vintage-drug-ads.html

How Nikola Jokić Became The World’s Best Basketball Player

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/02/12/how-nikola-jokic-became-the-worlds-best-basketball-player

Listener Tabs:

https://www.everywhereist.com/2021/12/bros-restaurant-lecce-we-eat-at-the-worst-michelin-starred-restaurant-ever/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shave_%27Em_Dry

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8: Trial of the Werewolf Peter Stump and Folk Etymology Mar 13, 2024

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This week we discuss the trial of alleged werewolf Peter Stump and folk etymology. A listener email reveals how McDonalds tried to buy their way into fandom.

Episode Tabs:

Confessions of a Werewolf: The Trial of Peter Stump

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/a-german-werewolfs-confessions-horrified-1500s-europe

What the Folk?

https://daily.jstor.org/what-the-folk-the-charming-yet-totally-malappropriate-story-of-words/

Listener Tabs:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/17/has-an-old-soviet-mystery-at-last-been-solved

https://kotaku.com/mcdonalds-grimace-wiki-ad-happy-meal-fandom-history-1850552640

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7: Terminal Dwellers and Panda Diplomacy Mar 06, 2024

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This week we discuss people who live at airports and panda diplomacy. A listener email reveals how rabbits frankly don't give a damn.

Episode Tabs:

Terminal Dwellers

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_have_lived_in_airports

A Chinese cigarette tin launched D.C.’s 50-year love affair with pandas

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/03/16/pandas-china-nixon-dc/

Listener Tabs:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello,_Dolly!_(film)

https://historianandrew.medium.com/how-bugs-bunny-and-clark-gable-created-false-belief-that-rabbits-like-eating-carrots-65d25059b7d0

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