The Internet Says it’s True

It’s our 300th episode, so we’re doing things a little differently. Michael is joined in the studio by five returning guests and very funny people — Jimmy Mak, Glen Tickle, Dan Wilbur, Matt Donnelly, C.J. Johnson and Jay Black — to hear one of the strangest stories we’ve ever covered. In 1932, Australian farmers were facing a serious problem: roughly 20,000 emus were tearing through wheat fields i...

In this week's Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk about how honey lasts forever. Did you know The Internet Says It's True is now a book? Get it here: https://amzn.to/4miqLNy Review this podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-says-it-s-true/id1530853589 Bonus episodes and content available at  http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent

This week, as we near our 300th episode, we're rewinding back to our 100th episode. Originally released August 1st, 2022. For our 100th episode, we're talking about the awful fire that happened in Dublin, Ireland in 1875. It resulted in 13 people dying, but none of them from the fire! Every person reportedly died from alcohol poisoning! In this episode, we talk about the fire and then play a speci...

In this week's Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk about how it's illegal to only own one guinea pig in Switzerland.  Did you know The Internet Says It's True is now a book? Get it here: https://amzn.to/4miqLNy Review this podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-says-it-s-true/id1530853589 Bonus episodes and content available at  http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent

In the summer of 1518, one woman walked into a street in Strasbourg and started dancing. Days later, dozens of people were doing the same thing. Within weeks, chronicles claimed the number had reached into the hundreds, and city officials responded with doctors, professional musicians, a ban on dancing and eventually a pilgrimage to a mountain shrine. This week, we look at what we actually know ab...

In this week's Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk about how butterflies taste with their feet. Did you know The Internet Says It's True is now a book? Get it here: https://amzn.to/4miqLNy Review this podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-says-it-s-true/id1530853589 Bonus episodes and content available at  http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent

In 1968, a Soviet ballistic-missile submarine disappeared somewhere in the Pacific. The Soviets couldn't find it, but the United States did - and what happened next involved Howard Hughes, a fake deep-sea mining company, a gigantic mechanical claw and a ship secretly designed around one nearly impossible mission. This week, we dive into Project AZORIAN, the CIA operation that attempted to steal K-...

In this week's Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk about the origin of the ampersand and how it used to be recited at the end of the alphabet! Did you know The Internet Says It's True is now a book? Get it here: https://amzn.to/4miqLNy Review this podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-says-it-s-true/id1530853589 Bonus episodes and content available at  http://Patreon.com/Michael...

Anthony Hopkins needed a copy of The Girl from Petrovka to prepare for a movie role, but none of the major London bookstores he tried had one. Then, while waiting for a train at Leicester Square Underground station, he spotted the exact novel sitting abandoned on a seat. Months earlier, author George Feifer had lost one very particular copy of that book somewhere else in London, and when the two m...

In this week's Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk about The Tiffany Problem Did you know The Internet Says It's True is now a book? Get it here: https://amzn.to/4miqLNy Review this podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-says-it-s-true/id1530853589 Bonus episodes and content available at  http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent

Weeks before D-Day, readers of the Daily Telegraph began encountering some unusual answers in the newspaper's crossword puzzle - Utah, Omaha, Overlord, Mulberry and Neptune. British intelligence noticed too. The man constructing the puzzles was investigated, the invasion went ahead, and the whole thing was dismissed as an extraordinary coincidence. Forty years later, one of his former students fin...

In this week's Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk about why chicken is called chicken when other meats have fancy names. Did you know The Internet Says It's True is now a book? Get it here: https://amzn.to/4miqLNy Review this podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-says-it-s-true/id1530853589 Bonus episodes and content available at  http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent

We're all familiar with the use of "John Doe" or "Jane Doe" as a placeholder name or when an identity is unknown. But where did the name come from? This week, we do a deep dive into the history of John Doe and find out who he really was - then do a quick quiz with podcaster Wize Otero!  Review this podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-says-it-s-true/id1530853589 Bonus epis...

In this week's Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk about how Hitler's nephew served in the United States Navy. Did you know The Internet Says It's True is now a book? Get it here: https://amzn.to/4miqLNy Review this podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-says-it-s-true/id1530853589 Bonus episodes and content available at  http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent

A simple white headstone in Arlington National Cemetery hides one of the most remarkable stories in American history. This week, Michael Kent traces the life of Army Specialist Richard Leroy McKinley, the tragic SL-1 nuclear reactor accident, and the extraordinary engineering that created the only radioactive grave in Arlington. What began as a routine maintenance procedure became a turning point...

In this week's Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk about how Shakespeare invented "Eyeball." Did you know The Internet Says It's True is now a book? Get it here: https://amzn.to/4miqLNy Review this podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-says-it-s-true/id1530853589 Bonus episodes and content available at  http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent

Did a Japanese admiral really say America could never be invaded because there would be "a rifle behind every blade of grass?" It's one of the most repeated quotes in American history, cited in speeches, books, and debates for decades. This week, Michael Kent follows the trail back through wartime records, biographies, and historical research to discover where the quote actually came from, why his...

In this week's Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk about a strange newspaper hoax involving the moon. Did you know The Internet Says It's True is now a book? Get it here: https://amzn.to/4miqLNy Review this podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-says-it-s-true/id1530853589 Bonus episodes and content available at  http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent

Originally released May 2nd, 2022. Was Sammy Davis Jr. a member of the Church of Satan? It's widely known that he converted to Judaism after the auto accident that took his eye, but this week, a listener sent us an article about Sammy Davis Jr. the Satanist. In this episode, we talk about the life of this multi-faceted entertainer and the claim in question. Then we chat with Comedian and Producer...

In this week's Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk about how the board game Monopoly helped the Allies' WWII war effort.  Did you know The Internet Says It's True is now a book? Get it here: https://amzn.to/4miqLNy Review this podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-says-it-s-true/id1530853589 Bonus episodes and content available at  http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent

A college student saw a Pepsi commercial, did the math, and tried to claim a United States Marine Corps Harrier jump jet. What followed became one of the most famous advertising lawsuits in American history and inspired the hit Netflix documentary Pepsi, Where's My Jet? This week, Michael Kent explores the true story behind the Pepsi Points promotion, the courtroom battle that followed, and why on...

In this week's Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk about an invisible line penguins can't cross. Did you know The Internet Says It's True is now a book? Get it here: https://amzn.to/4miqLNy Review this podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-says-it-s-true/id1530853589 Bonus episodes and content available at  http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent

What do you do when you've directed a movie... but you don't want your name on it? This week, Michael explores one of Hollywood's strangest traditions: Alan Smithee, the fictional film director created by the Directors Guild of America for filmmakers who had lost creative control of their projects. Along the way, you'll hear how one Western accidentally created a decades-long Hollywood secret, why...

In this week's Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk about cow magnets.  Did you know The Internet Says It's True is now a book? Get it here: https://amzn.to/4miqLNy Review this podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-says-it-s-true/id1530853589 Bonus episodes and content available at  http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent

In 1969, future President Jimmy Carter stood outside a Lions Club meeting in rural Georgia and saw something in the sky he couldn't identify. Decades later, the report remains one of the most famous UFO sightings ever associated with a U.S. president. Was it Venus, a military-related phenomenon, an optical illusion, or something else entirely? This week, we follow the facts, separate the myths fro...