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The  Münster rebellion  ( German :  Täuferreich von Münster , "Anabaptist dominion of Münster") was an attempt by radical  Anabaptists  to establish a communal sectarian government in the German city of  Münster  – then under the large  Prince-Bishopric of Münster  in the  Holy Roman Empire . Our theme song was written and performed by Anna Bosnick. If you'd like to support the show on a per episo...

Benjamin Jonson  ( c.  11 June 1572 –  c.  16 August 1637) [2]  was an English playwright and poet. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence upon English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the  comedy of humours ; he is best known for the  satirical  plays  Every Man in His Humour [3]  (1598),  Volpone, or The Fox  (c. 1606),  The Alchemist  (1610) and  Bartholomew Fair  (1614) and for h...

Mass psychogenic illness  ( MPI ), also called  mass sociogenic illness ,  mass psychogenic disorder ,  epidemic hysteria , or  mass hysteria , involves the spread of illness symptoms through a population where there is no infectious agent responsible for contagion. [1]  It is the rapid spread of illness signs and symptoms affecting members of a cohesive group, originating from a  nervous system  ...

Energy resources bring with them great social and economic promise, providing financial growth for communities and energy services for local economies. However, the infrastructure which delivers energy services can break down in an  energy accident , sometimes causing considerable damage.  Energy fatalities  can occur, and with many systems deaths will happen often, even when the systems are worki...

Horatio Nelson Jackson  (March 25, 1872 – January 14, 1955) was an American automobile pioneer. In 1903, he and driving partner  Sewall K. Crocker  became the first people to drive an automobile across the United States. 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...

This week, Tom explores a series of forgotten sports, many of which should never have been lost. And the rest of which are cruelty to animals with a scoring system. 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 Catcher in the Rye  is an American novel by  J. D. Salinger  that was partially published in serial form from 1945–46 before being novelized in 1951. Originally intended for adults, it is often read by adolescents for its themes of  angst  and  alienation , and as a critique of superficiality in society. [4] [5]  The novel also deals with complex issues of innocence, identity, belonging, loss,...

Aimee Elizabeth Semple McPherson  (née  Kennedy ; October 9, 1890 – September 27, 1944), also known as  Sister Aimee  or  Sister , was a Canadian  Pentecostal   evangelist  and media  celebrity  in the 1920s and 1930s,  famous for founding the  Foursquare Church . McPherson pioneered the use of  broadcast mass media  for wider dissemination of both religious services and appeals for donations, usi...

This is a  list of  automobiles  known for negative reception . There are no objective quantifiable standards. Cars on this list may have been judged by poor critical reception, poor customer reception, safety defects, and/or poor workmanship. Different sources use a variety of criteria for including negative reception that includes the worst cars for the environment, [1]  meeting criteria that in...

David Charles Hahn  (October 30, 1976 – September 27, 2016), sometimes called the  "Radioactive Boy Scout"  or the  "Nuclear Boy Scout" , was an American  nuclear radiation  enthusiast who built a homemade  neutron source  at the age of seventeen. 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 ....

The  Battle of Thermopylae  ( / θ ər ˈ m ɒ p ɪ l iː /   thər-MOP-i-lee ;  Greek :  Μάχη τῶν Θερμοπυλῶν ,  Máchē tōn Thermopylōn ) was fought in 480 BC between the  Achaemenid Persian Empire  under  Xerxes I  and an alliance of  Greek city-states  led by  Sparta  under  Leonidas I . Lasting over the course of three days, it was one of the most prominent battles of both the  second Persian invasion...

Shock art  is  contemporary art  that incorporates disturbing imagery, sound or scents to create a shocking experience. It is a way to disturb "smug, complacent and hypocritical" people. [2]  While the art form's proponents argue that it is "imbedded with social commentary" and critics dismiss it as "cultural pollution", it is an increasingly marketable art, described by one art critic in 2001 as...

The  battle of Castle Itter  was fought on 5 May 1945, in the  Austrian  village of  Itter  in the  North Tyrol  region of the country, during the last days of the  European Theater of World War II. Troops of the 23rd Tank Battalion of the  12th Armored Division  of the US  XXI Corps  led by Captain  John C. "Jack" Lee, Jr. , a number of  Wehrmacht  soldiers led by Major  Josef "Sepp" Gangl , SS-...

Sherman's March to the Sea  (also known as the  Savannah campaign  or simply  Sherman's March ) was a  military campaign  of the  American Civil War  conducted through  Georgia  from November 15 until December 21, 1864, by  William Tecumseh Sherman ,  major general  of the  Union Army . The campaign began with Sherman's troops leaving the  captured  city of  Atlanta  on November 15 and ended with...

The  Whiskey Rebellion  (also known as the  Whiskey Insurrection ) was a violent  tax protest  in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the  presidency of George Washington . The so-called "whiskey tax" was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by the newly formed federal government. Beer was difficult to transport and spoiled more easily than rum and whiskey. Rum dis...

Charles Eugène Bedaux  (10 October 1886 – 18 February 1944) was a  French -American  millionaire  who made his fortune developing and implementing the  work measurement  aspect of  scientific management , notably the  Bedaux System . Bedaux was friends with  British royalty  and  Nazis  alike, and was a  management consultant ,  big game hunter  and  explorer . Our theme song was written and perfo...

Operation Mincemeat  was a successful British  deception operation  of the  Second World War  to disguise the 1943  Allied invasion of Sicily . Two members of British intelligence obtained the body of  Glyndwr Michael , a  tramp  who died from eating  rat poison , dressed him as an officer of the  Royal Marines  and placed personal items on him identifying him as the fictitious  Captain  ( Acting...

The Salvation Army  ( TSA ) is a  Protestant  church and an international  charitable organisation  headquartered in  London , England. The organisation reports a worldwide membership of over 1.7   million, [3]  comprising soldiers, officers and adherents collectively known as Salvationists. Its founders sought to bring  salvation to the poor, destitute, and hungry by meeting both their "physical...

An  idiom  is a  phrase  or expression that typically presents a  figurative , non-literal  meaning  attached to the phrase; but some phrases become figurative idioms while retaining the literal meaning of the phrase. Categorized as  formulaic language , an idiom's figurative meaning is different from the  literal  meaning. [1]  Idioms occur frequently in all languages; in  English  alone there ar...

Sometimes, even with the very best marketing research and R&D departments that money can by, companies make bafflingly stupid decisions and bring terrible products to the market. This week, we explore a sampling. 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...

The  1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt , also known as the  August Coup , [a]  was a failed attempt by  hardliners  of the  Soviet Union 's  Communist Party  to  forcibly seize control  of the country from  Mikhail Gorbachev , who was  Soviet President  and  General Secretary  of the  Communist Party  at the time. The coup leaders consisted of top military and civilian officials, including  Vice Pre...

Eve Online  (stylised  EVE Online ) is a  space-based ,  persistent world   massively multiplayer online role-playing game  (MMORPG) developed and published by  CCP Games . Players of  Eve Online can participate in a number of in-game professions and activities, including mining ,  piracy ,  manufacturing ,  trading ,  exploration , and  combat  (both  player versus environment  and  player versus...

The  illegal drug trade  or  drug smuggling is a global  black market  dedicated to the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of  prohibited drugs . Most jurisdictions  prohibit  trade, except under  license , of many types of drugs through the use of  drug prohibition laws . The think tank  Global Financial Integrity 's  Transnational Crime and the Developing World  report estimates the...

The  Fall of Tenochtitlan , the capital of the  Aztec Empire , was a decisive event in the  Spanish conquest of the empire . It occurred in 1521 following extensive manipulation of local factions and exploitation of pre-existing political divisions by Spanish   conquistador   Hernán Cortés . He was aided by indigenous   allies , and his  interpreter  and companion  La Malinche . Our theme song was...

The  International Space Station  ( ISS ) is the largest  modular   space station  currently in  low Earth orbit . It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies:  NASA  (United States),  Roscosmos  (Russia),  JAXA  (Japan),  ESA  (Europe), and  CSA  (Canada). [7] [8]  The ownership and use of the space station is established by intergovernmental treaties a...