American Filth

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Tanked and Yanked: In 1960s, Scientists Pleasure A Dolphin Apr 18, 2025

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Okay... the title EXAGGERATES, but for real...in the 1960s, scientists on St. Thomas try to teach dolphins how to speak English. And one of the dolphins...well, he was too horned up to learn. LSD gets involved, too.

Watch the documentary The Girl Who Talked To Dolphins to get the whole scoop.

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How To Be Successful, According To 18th-Century Idiot Apr 11, 2025

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Genius or dumb-dumb? That's the question that surrounds the life of Timothy Dexter, an eccentric businessman, who ended up on top despite making terrible decisions. He was also illiterate but somehow wrote a book, published in 1802.

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Why We Square Dance (Spoiler: White Supremacy) Apr 04, 2025

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Automobile mogul Henry Ford just wanted people to have some frickin' decorum on the dance floor!!! Why did everyone want to dance to jazz??? That's disgusting!! Square dancing was the only proper dance for the American temperament, according to Ford. So here's what he did about it.

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Unpregnanted! (Rerun! And a huge, filthy announcement) Apr 02, 2025

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A 19th-century abortionist comes up against anti-fun postal worker Anthony Comstock.

Also! New episodes of American Filth will now be coming out ON FRIDAYS!

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Gelatinous Skies in Kentucky! Meat Shower of 1876 Mar 26, 2025

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In 1876, a bunch of meat rained down from the sky. From where? From whom? What is it?? One writer had answers: the sky itself was gelatinous. Obviously!

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How to Commit Insurance Fraud. Or, Banana Anna's Banana Bamboozle. Mar 19, 2025

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From 1906-1910, a woman allegedly slipped on a banana peel a dozen times and each time got a hernia. Or, maybe she was just committing insurance fraud.

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Robert E. Lee's Cheating (And Incestuous) Half-Brother Mar 12, 2025

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Robert E. Lee's much older half-brother cheated on his wife with his wife's sister and stole all her money! What an esteemed family!

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Stop Taking Our Corpses! New York Doctors' Riot Mar 05, 2025

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In 1788, bodysnatchers were snatching so many bodies from their graves that New York City citizens rioted. And who were the bodysnatchers?? Silly little medical students.

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Fertility Issues? Have You Asked The Kansas Goat Doctor? Feb 26, 2025

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Having fertility issues?? Well, one "doctor" suggests putting some goat gonads by your gonads.

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Author Who Coined "Boobs" Goes On Trial Feb 19, 2025

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Happy 69th episode! To celebrate, we learn about author Henry Miller popularized the term "boobs" and also...how he got sued a lot for his disgusting books.

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