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Utsuro-bune  ( うつろ舟   'hollow ship' ), also  Utsuro-fune,  and  Urobune , refers to an unknown object that allegedly washed ashore in 1803 in  Hitachi province  on the eastern coast of  Japan .When defining Utsuro-bune, the bune part means "boat" while Utsuro means empty, or hollow. Accounts of the tale appear in three texts:  Toen shōsetsu  (1825),  Hyōryū kishū  (1835) and  Ume-no-chiri  (18...

The  Everleigh Club  was a high-class  brothel  which operated in  Chicago, Illinois  from February 1900 until October 1911. [1]  It was owned and operated by  Ada and Minna Everleigh . [1]   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  Great Chicago Fire  was a  conflagration  that burned from Sunday, October 8, to Tuesday, October 10, 1871. The fire killed up to 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles (9 km 2 ) of  Chicago ,  Illinois , and left more than 100,000 residents homeless. [2]   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...

A  vibrator  is a  sex toy  that is used on the body to produce pleasurable  erotic stimulation . Most 2010-era vibrators contain an electric-powered device which pulsates or throbs, which is used to stimulate  erogenous zones  such as the  clitoris , the  vulva  or  vagina ,  penis ,  scrotum  or  anus . There are many different shapes and models of vibrators. Some vibrators designed for women st...

The  Darien scheme  was an unsuccessful attempt by the  Kingdom of Scotland  to become a world trading nation by establishing a colony called "Caledonia" on the  Isthmus of Panama  on the  Gulf of Darién  in the late 1690s. The aim was for the colony to have an overland route that connected the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. From the beginning it has been claimed historically that the undertaking wa...

The  Bermuda Triangle , also known as the  Devil's Triangle , is a loosely-defined region in the western part of the North  Atlantic Ocean , where a number of  aircraft  and  ships  are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Most reputable sources dismiss the idea that there is any mystery. The vicinity of the Bermuda Triangle is amongst the most heavily traveled shipping lanes i...

Mary Mallon  (September 23, 1869 – November 11, 1938), also known as  Typhoid Mary , was an  Irish-American  cook. She was the first person in the United States identified as an  asymptomatic carrier  of the pathogen associated with  typhoid fever . She was presumed to have infected 51 people, three of whom died, over the course of her career as a cook. [1]  She was twice forcibly isolated by publ...

Tsar Bomba  ( Russian :  Царь-бо́мба ,  tr.   Tsar'-bómba ,  IPA:  [t͡sarʲ ˈbombə] ,  lit.   Tsar  Ivan bomb/King of Bombs ;) was the  Western  nickname for the  Soviet  RDS-220  hydrogen bomb  ( code name   Ivan [3]  or  Vanya ), the most powerful  nuclear weapon  ever created. Its test on 30 October 1961 remains the most powerful  explosive  ever detonated. It was also referred to as  Kuzma's mo...

Cocaine , also known as  coke , is a strong  stimulant  mostly used as a  recreational drug . [10]  It is commonly  snorted , inhaled as smoke, or dissolved and injected into a  vein . [9]  Mental effects may include  loss of contact with reality , an  intense feeling of happiness , or  agitation . [9] Physical symptoms may include a  fast heart rate , sweating, and  large pupils . [9]  High doses...

The  Principality of Sealand , more commonly known as  Sealand , is a  micronation  that claims  Roughs Tower , an offshore platform located in the  North Sea  approximately 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) off the coast of  Suffolk , England, as its territory. Roughs Tower is a disused  Maunsell Sea Fort , originally called HM Fort Roughs, built as an anti-aircraft defensive gun platform by the British dur...

The  Tulsa race riot , sometimes referred to as the  Tulsa massacre , [2] [3] [4] [5]   Tulsa pogrom , [6] [7] [8]  or  Tulsa race riot of 1921 , took place between May 31 and June 1, 1921, when a white mob attacked residents and businesses of the  African-American  community of  Greenwood  in  Tulsa ,  Oklahoma . [1]  This is considered one of the worst incidents of racial violence in the  histor...

Phantly Roy Bean, Jr.  (c. 1825 – March 16, 1903) was an eccentric U.S.  saloon-keeper  and  Justice of the Peace  in  Val Verde County, Texas , who called himself "The Law West of the  Pecos ". According to legend, Judge Roy Bean held court in his saloon along the  Rio Grande  on a desolate stretch of the  Chihuahuan Desert  of southwest Texas. After his death, Western films and books cast him as...

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...