Midnight Facts for Insomniacs

More Misconceptions: If You Didn’t Know, Now You Know

What's the spiciest part of a hot pepper? (Hint: it's not the seeds.) How long does a Twinkie actually last? Which types of food do mice crave way more than cheese? 
Our last "misconceptions" episode was so much fun, we brought the subject back for an encore. 
 
In this episode:
The MSG myth
Dog years
Blind bats? 
Painted statues
Immaculate Conceptions
Microwaves
Forbidden grapes
Poisoned Pixie Sticks
...and more.
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More cults: Moonies, Jonestown, Heaven’s Gate

Cults...still the worst. In part 2: Find out which suicide-cult Shane thinks is "kind of charming”; plus door-to-door monkey sales, Flavor Aid isn't Kool Aid, and what's with all the castration? 
 
In this episode:
Unification Church (Moonies)
People's Temple (Jonestown)
Heaven's Gate
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Idioms (common sayings): Mysteries Solved

Do white elephants exist? (Spoiler: yes.) Was there actually a "Riot Act" and did anyone read it? (There was, and they did). 
Join Shane and Duncan for a fascinating exploration of colloquialisms, jargon, and vernacular. 
 
In this episode:
White Elephants
The Riot Act
Rule of Thumb
Crocodile Tears
For Pete's Sake
Bite the Bullet
Cats in Bags
Hair of the Dog
Loose Cannon
High and Dry
Baker's Dozen
...and more
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Screwups and Blunders (Part 2)

Another batch of epic mistakes that led to death, destruction, and mayhem. Also, cannibalism. Plus: Shane sucks at accents, Duncan disses NASA, and cats are let out of bags. 
 
In this episode:
The Donner Party
Fat French Trains
NASA Tapes Over the Moon Landing
The Austrian Army Attacks Itself...Maybe?
Penicillin is Discovered Via Absentmindedness
Decca Disses the Beatles
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Screwups: humanity’s biggest blunders (part 1)

Everyone makes mistakes, but only a select few are capable of making mistakes so massive that they change the course of history. From a drunken oil-tanker fiasco to a basic math error that torpedoed a mission to Mars, explore the screwups that shaped the world. 
 
In this episode:
The Mars Explorer that Didn't
The Exxon Valdez
The Wrong Turn Heard 'Round the World
...and more.
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Pandemics, Plagues, and Scourges

Are you prepared for the zombie apocalypse? From the Black Death to Ebola, from SARS to Zika, Shane and Duncan explore the worst pandemics in history, and the most terrifying modern diseases. (Much more fun than it sounds.)
In this episode:
Ebola
Smallpox
The Bubonic Plague  
HIV
The Spanish Flu
H1N1
Coronaviruses (Covid-19 and SARS)
And more...
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Cults: NXIVM and Branch Davidians

Cults. They're the worst. In part one: Duncan can't pronounce "Ayn," Shane can't pronounce "Raniere," and everyone hates MLMs. Plus perverts abound, mullets are flaunted, and corpses are (not) resurrected. 
 
In this episode:
NXIVM
Branch Davidians and the Waco Debacle 
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Common Misconceptions

What color is the sun? How many spiders do you swallow in your sleep every year? (Spoilers: not yellow, and none.) 
In this episode Shane and Duncan dispel common misconceptions, pick a fight with Disney, and explore the origins of viral misinformation. 
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Mysterious Disappearances

How many Americans go missing every year, and how many of those disappearances remain unsolved? Which states have the highest numbers of missing people per year? What actually happened to the most famous missing people in history? 
Shane and Duncan explore the world of unsolved disappearances, and go deep with a few famous cases. 
In this episode:
Natalee Holloway
Jimmy Hoffa
Amelia Earhart
Disappearances by State
...and more.
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Box Office Disasters

Bombing on stage as a comedian is embarrassing, but bombing in theaters with a multi-million dollar budget is waaay worse. In the latest episode, Shane and Duncan excavate the biggest, dumbest, most expensive Hollywood misfires in history, and revisit the worst theatrical bombs of 2019. 
In this episode:
Waterworld 
John Carter 
Cutthroat Island
Howard the Duck
Battlefield Earth 
Heaven’s Gate
Plus the biggest flops of 2019 (Cats etc)
...and more.
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