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This week's episode contains a series of short, uplifting stories to help get you through your state's stay at home orders. Or worse, your state's lack of them. --- Our theme song was written and performed by Anna Bosnick. If you'd like to support the show on a per episode basis, you can find our Patreon page here .  Be sure to check our website for more details.

The  Bay of Pigs invasion  ( Spanish :  invasión de bahía de Cochinos ; sometimes called  invasión de playa Girón  or  batalla de Girón , after the  Playa Girón ) was a failed  landing operation  on the southwestern coast of  Cuba  in 1961 by  Cuban exiles  who opposed  Fidel Castro 's  Cuban Revolution . Covertly financed and directed by the  U.S. government , the operation took place at the heig...

Sport  includes all forms of  competitive   physical activity  or  games  which, [1]  through casual or organized participation, at least in part aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants, and in some cases,  entertainment  for spectators. [2]  Sports can bring positive results to one's physical health. Hundreds of sports exist, from thos...

The  Spanish flu , also known as the  1918 flu pandemic , was an unusually deadly  influenza pandemic . Lasting from January 1918 to December 1920, it infected 500 million people – about a quarter of the world's population at the time. The death toll is estimated to have been anywhere from 17 million to 50 million, and possibly as high as 100 million, making it one of the  deadliest pandemics  in...

Eugene Victor "Gene" Debs  (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an American  socialist ,  political activist ,  trade unionist , one of the founding members of the  Industrial Workers of the World  (IWW) and  five times the candidate  of the  Socialist Party of America  for  President of the United States . [1]  Through his presidential candidacies as well as his work with labor movements, De...

The  Etruscan civilization  ( / ɪ ˈ t r ʌ s k ən / ) was a  civilization of ancient Italy  in the area corresponding roughly to  Tuscany , western  Umbria , northern  Lazio , [1] [2]  with offshoots also to the north in the  Po Valley , in the current  Emilia-Romagna , south-eastern  Lombardy  and southern  Veneto , and to the south, in some areas of  Campania . [3] --- Our theme song was written...

he  Hubble Space Telescope  (often referred to as  HST  or  Hubble ) is a  space telescope  that was launched into  low Earth orbit  in 1990 and remains in operation. It was not the  first space telescope  but it is one of the largest and most versatile, well known both as a vital research tool and as a public relations boon for astronomy. The Hubble telescope is named after astronomer  Edwin Hubb...

The  men's marathon  at the  1904 Summer Olympics  in  St. Louis  took place on August 30 of that year, over a distance of 24.85 miles (39.99 km). [2]  Thirty-two athletes representing four nations competed, but only 14 managed to finish the race, [3]  which proved to be a bizarre affair due to poor organization and officiating. [4]

Pornhub  is a  pornographic  video sharing and pornography website. [6] [7]  It was launched in  Montreal , in 2007. [8]  Pornhub also has offices and servers in  San Francisco ,  Houston ,  New Orleans  and  London . -- Our theme song was written and performed by Anna Bosnick. If you'd like to support the show on a per episode basis, you can find our Patreon page here .  Be sure to check our webs...

The  Panama Canal  ( Spanish :  Canal de Panamá ) is an artificial 82 km (51 mi) waterway in  Panama  that connects the  Atlantic Ocean  with the  Pacific Ocean . The  canal  cuts across the  Isthmus of Panama  and is a  conduit  for maritime trade.  Canal locks  are at each end to lift  ships  up to  Gatun Lake , an  artificial lake  created to reduce the amount of  excavation work  required for...

Lizzie Andrew Borden  (July 19, 1860 – June 1, 1927) was an American woman who was the main suspect in the August 4, 1892  axe murders  of her father and stepmother in  Fall River ,  Massachusetts . Borden was tried and acquitted of the murders. --- Our theme song was written and performed by Anna Bosnick. If you'd like to support the show on a per episode basis, you can find our Patreon page here...

Dan Cooper  is the  pseudonym  of an unidentified man who  hijacked  a  Boeing 727  aircraft in the  northwest United States , in the airspace between  Portland , Oregon, and  Seattle , Washington, on the afternoon of Wednesday,  November 24, 1971. [1] [2]  The man purchased his airline ticket using the alias Dan Cooper but, because of a news miscommunication, became known in popular lore as  D. B...

Peter Bartholomew  (died 20 April 1099) was a soldier and  mystic  from  France  who was part of the  First Crusade  as part of the  army of Raymond of Saint-Gilles . Peter was initially a servant to William, Lord of Cunhlat.

Jenkem  is an  inhalant  and  hallucinogen  created from fermented  human waste . [1]  In the mid-1990s, it was reported to be a popular  street drug  among  Zambian  street children. They would reportedly put the feces and urine in a jar or a bucket and seal it with a balloon or lid respectively, then leave it out to ferment in the sun; afterwards they would inhale the fumes created. [2] [3] [4]...

Walter Jackson Freeman II  (November 14, 1895 – May 31, 1972) was an American physician who specialized in  lobotomy . [1]

This episode is about is a list of serious injuries and deaths  in which one or more subjects of a  selfie  were killed or injured, either before, during or after having taken a photo of themselves, with the accident at least in part attributed to the taking of the photo.

Uranus  (from the Latin name  Ūranus  for the Greek god  Οὐρανός ) is the seventh  planet  from the  Sun . It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the  Solar System . Uranus is similar in composition to  Neptune , and both have bulk chemical compositions which differ from that of the larger  gas giants   Jupiter  and  Saturn . For this reason, scientists ofte...

Pedro Rodrigues Filho  (born July 17, 1954 in  Santa Rita do Sapucaí ,  Minas Gerais ), also known as  Pedrinho Matador (Killer Petey) , is a  Brazilian   serial killer  who pursued and killed other criminals. His victims included 47 people who were murdered inside the very jails he was imprisoned in. Our theme song was written and performed by Anna Bosnick. If you'd like to support the show on a...

The  Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition  (Spanish:  Tribunal del Santo Oficio de la Inquisición ), commonly known as the  Spanish Inquisition  ( Inquisición española ), was established in 1478 by  Catholic Monarchs   Ferdinand II of Aragon  and  Isabella I of Castile . It was intended to maintain  Catholic  orthodoxy in their kingdoms and to replace the  Medieval Inquisition , which wa...

The observance of  Christmas  around the world varies by country. The day of Christmas, and in some cases  the day before  and  the day after , are recognized by many national governments and cultures worldwide, including in areas where  Christianity is a minority  religion. In some non-Christian areas, periods of former colonial rule introduced the celebration (e.g.  Hong Kong ); in others, Chris...

Castration  (also known as  orchiectomy ) is any action,  surgical ,  chemical , or otherwise, by which an individual loses use of the  testicles : the male  gonad . Surgical castration is bilateral  orchidectomy  (excision of both testes), and  chemical castration  uses  pharmaceutical drugs  to deactivate the testes. Castration causes  sterilization  (preventing the castrated person or animal fr...

James Riddle Hoffa  (born February 14, 1913; disappeared July 30, 1975, later  declared dead  July 30, 1982) was an American  labor union  leader who served as the President of the  International Brotherhood of Teamsters  (IBT) union from 1957 until 1971.   Our theme song was written and performed by Anna Bosnick. If you'd like to support the show on a per episode basis, you can find our Patreon p...

John David McAfee  ( / ˈ m æ k ə f iː /   MAK-ə-fee ; [1] [2]  born September 18, 1945) is a British-American computer programmer and businessman. He founded the software company  McAfee Associates  in 1987 and ran it until 1994, when he resigned from the company. McAfee Associates achieved early success as the creators of McAfee, the first commercial  antivirus software , and the business now pro...

In the early hours of 31 August 1997,  Diana, Princess of Wales  died in hospital after being injured in a car crash in a road tunnel in  Paris , France. Her partner,  Dodi Fayed , and their driver,  Henri Paul , were pronounced dead at the scene. Their bodyguard,  Trevor Rees-Jones , survived serious injuries. --- Our theme song was written and performed by Anna Bosnick. If you'd like to support...

William Penn Patrick  (March 31, 1930 – June 9, 1973) was an  American  entrepreneur and businessman. He was the owner of  Holiday Magic ,  Leadership Dynamics , and  Mind Dynamics . Patrick was a proponent of the  sour grapes  philosophy, and has been widely quoted as stating: "Those who condemn wealth are those who have none and see no chance of getting it." [4] Our theme song was written and pe...