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**Wiki Walks**

Wiki Walks is a short podcast devoted to some of the more intriguing and, “huh! Who knew?” articles you can run across in the seemingly unending cavalcade of bizarreness that is Wikipedia. New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday.

Latest Episodes:

Ep.13 – The Manhattan Wire May 28, 2020

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A thin metal wire, called an "eruv", is strung up and run around nearly the entirety of the island of Manhattan as a loophole to Jewish law to allow its robust Orthodox population to work on the Sabbath. Its been there for nearly 100 years and I bet you had no idea.

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

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Ep.12 – Thomas Midgley Jr. May 26, 2020

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The most environmentally destructive organism to ever grace the face of our fragile planet, was a Pennsylvanian chemist named Tom. The crazy and horrifying tale of unintended consequences concerning the career of Thomas Midgley, Jr.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas\_Midgley\_Jr.

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Ep.11 – The Double Sunrise Flights May 21, 2020

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The longest commercial flights ever recorded were nightmarish 32 hour journeys from Australia to Sri Lanka via a hollowed out sea plane flown through two different sunrises to avoid the Japanese navy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Double\_Sunrise

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Ep.10 – The Fast of Angus May 19, 2020

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In 1965, a hefty young Scottish lad, in his quest to lose some pounds, decided to just be done with food. Like, completely. He didn't put another bite in his mouth for 382 days, and lived to see his goal weight. The incredible fast of Angus Barbieri.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus\_Barbieri%27s\_fast

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Ep.9 – Fritz Haber May 14, 2020

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Fritz Haber was a brilliant mind who is considered "the father chemical warfare," but also made discoveries in agriculture that are believed to have prevented the starvation of over a billion people. The poisoner's paradox is a road littered with tragedy.

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

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Ep.8 – The Crash at Crush May 11, 2020

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In 1896, a marketing stunt from the braintrust at the Katy Railroad pits two 35-ton locomotives against each other in a 50mph head-on collision in the pop-up town of Crush, Texas. And of course, this giant crash went horribly awry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crush,_Texas

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Ep.7 – The Chicken Tax May 08, 2020

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Have you ever wondered why there are so many foreign auto makers on the road when it comes to sports cars, sedans, coupes, etc...but when it comes to pickup trucks, its mostly American produced vehicles? Well, there's a reason. And its because the only thing we do better than trucks is: frozen chicken

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

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Ep.6 – Mad Jack Churchill May 07, 2020

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"Mad" Jack Churchill was a British hero and legend during the second World War who would storm the beaches playing the bagpipes while swinging his sword above his head, and recorded the only kill of the war with a longbow. Why haven't 200 movies been made about this guy?

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

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Ep.5 – Dirk Willems May 04, 2020

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Two stories of honorable men meeting very different ends. The tragic tale of Dirk Willems.

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

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Ep.4 – The Great Stork Derby May 04, 2020

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One Canadian lawyer's death lead to the birth of hundreds of babies in Depression-ravaged Toronto. This attorney had both a rock solid will and a twisted sense of humor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great\_Stork\_Derby

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