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The  Hatfield–McCoy feud  or the  Hatfield–McCoy war  as some papers at the time called it, involved two rural families of the  West Virginia – Kentucky  area along the  Tug Fork  of the  Big Sandy River  in the years 1863–1891. The Hatfields of West Virginia were led by  William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield  while the McCoys of Kentucky were under the leadership of  Randolph "Ole Ran'l" McCoy ....

Timothy Dexter  (January 22, 1747 – October 23, 1806) was an American businessman noted for his writing and  eccentricity . --- To see us live in Chicago on August 11th, click here . --- 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. Skit Music: ...

The  Sacred Band of Thebes  ( Ancient Greek :  Ἱερὸς   Λόχος ,  Hieròs  Lókhos ) was a  troop  of select soldiers, consisting of 150 pairs of  male lovers  which formed the elite force of the  Theban  army in the 4th century BC. Its predominance began with its crucial role in the  Battle of Leuctra  in 371 BC. It was annihilated by  Philip II of Macedon  in the  Battle of Chaeronea  in 338 BC. ---...

This episode is a list of  inventors  whose deaths were in some manner caused by or related to a product, process, procedure, or other innovation that they invented or designed. --- 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.

Hirō "Hiroo" Onoda  ( 小野田 寛郎   Onoda Hirō , 19 March 1922 – 16 January 2014) was an  Imperial Japanese Army   intelligence  officer who fought in  World War II  and was a  Japanese holdout  who did not surrender in August 1945. After the war ended Onoda spent 29 years holding out in the  Philippines  until his former commander traveled from Japan to informally relieve him from duty in 1974. [...

Fecal microbiota transplant  ( FMT ), also known as a  stool transplant , [1]  is the process of transplantation of fecal bacteria from a healthy individual into a recipient. FMT involves restoration of the  colonic microflora  by introducing healthy bacterial flora through infusion of stool, e.g. by  colonoscopy ,  enema ,  orogastric tube  or by mouth in the form of a capsule containing  freeze-...

A  code duello  is a set of rules for a one-on-one combat, or  duel . Codes duello regulate dueling and thus help prevent  vendettas  between families and other social factions. They ensure that non-violent means of reaching agreement be exhausted and that harm be reduced, both by limiting the terms of engagement and by providing medical care. Finally, they ensure that the proceedings have a numbe...

A tulip, known as "the Viceroy" ( viseroij ), displayed in the 1637 Dutch catalog  Verzameling van een Meenigte Tulipaanen . Its bulb was offered for sale between 3,000 and 4,200  guilders (florins)  depending on size ( aase ). A skilled craftsworker at the time earned about 300 guilders a year. [1] Tulip mania  ( Dutch :  tulpenmanie ) was a period in the  Dutch Golden Age  during which contract...

The  Great Stink  was an event in central London in July and August 1858 during which the hot weather exacerbated the smell of untreated  human waste  and industrial  effluent  that was present on the banks of the  River Thames . The problem had been mounting for some years, with an ageing and inadequate sewer system that emptied directly into the Thames. The  miasma  from the effluent was thought...

Carl Tanzler Tanzler in 1942 Born February 8, 1877 Dresden ,  German Empire Died July 3, 1952 (aged 75) Pasco County, Florida , U.S. Occupation radiology technician Spouse(s) Doris Tanzler Children Ayesha Tanzler, Clarista Tanzler   Carl Tanzler , or sometimes  Count Carl von Cosel  (February 8, 1877 – July 3, 1952), was a German-born  radiology technician  at the  Marine-Hospital Service  in  Key...

Biosphere 2  is an American  Earth system science  research facility located in  Oracle, Arizona . It has been owned by the  University of Arizona  since 2011. Its mission is to serve as a center for research, outreach, teaching, and  lifelong learning  about Earth, its living systems, and its place in the universe. It is a 3.14-acre (1.27-hectare) [1]  structure originally built to be an  artific...

In this week's episode, Heath decides to pull an audible and not use a Wikipedia article at all, so that I have to improvise the description box. So... how about them basketballs, huh? 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.

Roy Cleveland Sullivan  (February 7, 1912 – September 28, 1983) was a United States  park ranger  in  Shenandoah National Park  in  Virginia . Between 1942 and 1977, Sullivan was hit by  lightning  on seven different occasions and survived all of them. For this reason, he gained a nickname "Human Lightning Conductor" and "Human Lightning Rod". Sullivan is recognized by  Guinness World Records  as...

The  voyage of the  James Caird  was a small-boat journey from  Elephant Island  in the  South Shetland Islands  to  South Georgia  in the southern Atlantic Ocean, a distance of 800 miles (1,300 km). Undertaken by Sir  Ernest Shackleton  and five companions, it aimed to obtain rescue for the main body of the  Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition  of 1914–17, stranded on Elephant Island after the lo...

The  Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition  (1914–17), also known as the  Endurance  Expedition , is considered the last major expedition of the  Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration . Conceived by  Sir Ernest Shackleton , the expedition was an attempt to make the first land crossing of the  Antarctic continent. After the  conquest  of the  South Pole  by  Roald Amundsen  in 1911, this crossing remai...

Enrique of Malacca  ( Spanish :  Enrique de Malaca ;  Portuguese :  Henrique de Malaca ), was a native of the  Malay Archipelago  who became a  slave  of the  Portuguese   explorer   Ferdinand Magellan  in the 16th century.  Italian historian  Antonio Pigafetta , who wrote the most comprehensive account of Magellan's voyage, named him "Henrique" (which was  Hispanicised  as  Enrique  in official S...

Heaven's Gate  was an American  UFO religious   millenarian  cult based in  San Diego ,  California , founded in 1974 and led by  Marshall Applewhite (1931–1997) and  Bonnie Nettles  (1927–1985) until their deaths. [1]  On March 26, 1997, police discovered the bodies of 39 members of the group, who had participated in a  mass suicide  in order to reach what they believed was an extraterrestrial  s...

Erik Jan Hanussen , born  Hermann Steinschneider  (2 June 1889, in  Vienna  – 25 March 1933, in  Berlin ), was an  Austrian  Jewish publicist,  charlatan  and  clairvoyant  performer. Acclaimed in his lifetime as a  hypnotist ,  mentalist ,  occultist , and  astrologer , Hanussen was active in  Weimar Republic   Germany  and also at the beginning of  Nazi Germany . He is said to have instructed  A...

Charles Ponzi , (born  Carlo Pietro Giovanni Guglielmo Tebaldo Ponzi ; March 3, 1882 – January 18, 1949), was an  Italian  swindler and  con artist  in the U.S. and Canada. His aliases include  Charles Ponci ,  Carlo , and  Charles P. Bianchi . [1]  Born and raised in Italy, he became known in the early 1920s as a swindler in North America for his money-making scheme. He promised clients a 50% pro...

On January 28, 1986, the  NASA   shuttle orbiter  mission  STS-51-L  and the tenth flight of  Space Shuttle   Challenger  (OV-99) broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members, which consisted of five NASA  astronauts  and two  payload specialists . The spacecraft disintegrated over the  Atlantic Ocean , off the coast of  Cape Canaveral ,  Florida , at 11:39  EST (16:39  U...

The  Ryugyong Hotel  ( Chosŏn'gŭl :  류경려관 ; sometimes  anglicised  as  Ryu-Gyong Hotel  or  Yu-Kyung Hotel ) [4]  is an unfinished (although  topped-out ) 105-story, 330 metres (1,080 ft)-tall  pyramid -shaped  skyscraper  in  Pyongyang ,  North Korea . Its name ("capital of  willows ") is also one of the historical names for Pyongyang. [5]  The building is also known as the  105 Building , a...

The  Salem witch trials  were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of  witchcraft  in  colonial Massachusetts  between February 1692 and May 1693. The trials resulted in the  executions of twenty people, fourteen of them women, and all but one by  hanging . Five others (including two infant children) died in prison. Our theme song was written and performed by Anna Bosnick. If yo...

A  hatpin  is a decorative and functional  pin  for holding a  hat  to the head, usually by the hair. In  Western culture , hatpins are almost solely used by women and are often worn in a pair. They are typically around 20 cm in length, with the pinhead being the most decorated part. Hatpins were sometimes used by women to defend themselves against assault by men. Laws were passed in 1908 in Ameri...

The  Taiping Rebellion  or the  Taiping Civil War  was a massive  rebellion  or  civil war  in  China  fought between the established  Manchu -led  Qing dynasty  and the  Christian   millenarian  movement of the  Taiping Heavenly Kingdom  between 1850 to 1864. 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 Patreo...

The  Eggnog Riot , sometimes known as the  Grog Mutiny , was a  riot  that took place at the  United States Military Academy  in  West Point, New York , on 24–25 December 1826. It was caused by a drunken  Christmas Day  party in the North Barracks of the academy. Two days prior to the incident, a large quantity of  whiskey  was smuggled into the academy to make  eggnog  for the party, giving the r...