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Carl Higdon went on a hunting trip in October 1974 in Wyoming’s Medicine Bow National Forest. He remembers putting an elk in his gun's sight, pulling the trigger, and then being woken up 3 miles away in his truck, hours later, by police. Hear all about his story on this week's episode. 

In this week's episode, Katie explores two ways the brain can show up differently in different people: Anendophasia and aphantasia.

Most of the residents in Coober Pedy, Australia, live underground in homes dug into the rock. Learn all about this desert town in this week's episode.

In Buckinghamshire, England, during WWII, some of the most important work of the war was happening, but no one knew about it until decades later. 

In 1816, much of the world did not have a summer season. This was caused by a number of different factors, including volcanic sulphur in the air and the Little Ice Age.

In March 1974, the Betz family found a metal sphere on their property that started behaving erratically when they brought it into their home. Is it just a simple ball bearing or something more intriguing? Learn more on this week's episode.

Astronomer Williamina Fleming not only helped develop a new system to classify stars, she discovered the first known white dwarf star, AND the Horsehead Nebula. 

Do you know the history of the barber pole includes surgery? Learn more on this week's episode!

When Tonda Dickerson won $10 million in the lottery, she thought this money would make her life so much better, but unfortunately, it did the opposite.

On December 9th, 2019, 47 people were on New Zealand's White Island Volcano when it erupted, resulting in many casualties and extreme burns and injuries to the survivors.

In this week's episode, Liz explains the weird process of freezing a body or brain in the hopes that one day technology will bring you back.

The story of Amelia Earhart is getting some new theories after government documents were declassified around her crash.

Are you the prankster or the fool on April Fools Day? Or like Katie, do you just forget about it and are surprised each year? Listen to this week's episode and learn all about the origin of the holiday and how it's celebrated around the world. 

Did you know that EVERY baseball played in an MLB game has to be coated in a specific mud? Learn all about it in this week's episode, brought to you by sports pro Katie. 

In this week's episode, learn all about the invasive Apple Snail, and the only thing that Katie takes away is that Liz will eat a softball-sized snail.

On this week's episode, we'll tell you about a man who had a 3-foot-long tamping iron penetrate his skull, which led to drastic changes in neuroscience. 

Happy (almost) St. Patrick's Day! On this week's episode, Liz will tell you about some of the oldest St. Patrick's Day celebrations in the States.

What started off as a normal flight from England ended with the pilot being sucked halfway out of the cockpit after the windshield blew off. Hear all about the miracle of British Airways flight 5390 on this week's episode.

The Ides of March served as an ominous deadline for the Roman general Julius Caesar. On this week's episode,  Liz will walk us through the downfall of Caesar, and Katie will squirm as it closely mirrors today's reality. 

Have you ever had a moment where something weird happens with your body and you ask someone about it, hoping to have a shared experience, and you get immediately shut down and told you're weird? No, just me? Cool...... Listen to this week's episode and learn if you are a percentage of the population that experiences these bodily phenomena.

Lindsey Vonn has had an amazing career of wins and unfortunate accidents. In this week's episode, Liz will walk you through each and every one.

If you've been living under a rock like we have, here is the overview of the upcoming Artemis space missions! Moon here we come!

In this week's episode, you enter into a verbal contract with On The Potcast as Liz shares our secrets on how to make millions of dollars on the interwebs, all with a fireplace, some marbles, or a perfectly timed photo of you turned meme. 

Do you like to wake up early or stay up late (or are you like Katie and you're a mid-day sloth)? Turns out, it's probably your genetics that make you this way! Listen to this week's episode to learn about the night owl gene.

Happy Birthday, Dolly Parton! Learn about the legend in this week's episode from one of her biggest fans, Liz.