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  1. Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, and the Irish Giant

    Charles Byrne was an eight-foot Irish giant ️who loved a beer or 3 with the lads. His funeral became a legendary party—as well as one of biggest scandals in science history, when a famous anatomist named John Hunter stole his body for disse

  2. The Screwiest—and Perhaps Most Original—Idea of the 20th Century

    The New York Times one credited biologist Edward Knipling with “the most original idea of the 20th century.” What was it? A way to fight the screwworm, the vilest parasite on earth—and maybe stop malaria, the deadliest disease in human hist

  3. The Bird with Four Sexes

    What a strange little sparrow can teach us about love, sex, human biology, and a whole lot more... Our Sponsors: * Check out ElevenReader and use my code "Spoon" for a great deal: https://elevenreader.io Advertising Inquiries: https://redci

  4. When the Brain Deceives Itself

    Can we ever truly lie to ourselves? Actually, yes—just ask Woodrow Wilson and William O. Douglas. They’re two famous examples of a bizarrely common neurological disorder. One that you might have fallen victim to yourself... Our Sponsors: *

  5. Stephen Hawking and the Black Hole Mistake that Made His Career

    In 1971, Stephen Hawking made a hasty, emotional mistake in a paper about black holes—and it turned out to be the smartest thing he ever did. Sometimes in science, big blunders are the best way forward... Our Sponsors: * Check out ElevenRea

  6. Albert Einstein and the Worst Prediction in the History of Science

    Albert Einstein’s self-proclaimed “biggest blunder”—the cosmological constant in his theory of relativity—turned out to not be blunder at all. In fact, it might hold the key to the future of physics. (Now that’s genius!) Our Sponsors: * Che

  7. How to Be Smarter than Isaac Newton

    You think Isaac Newton was smart? Not so fast. He made one mistake so dumb that scholars still shake their heads over it. Find out how to avoid this mistake—and be smarter than Newton—in this episode... Our Sponsors: * Check out ElevenReade

  8. Claude Monet and Bee Purple

    When Impressionist painter Claude Monet developed cataracts, he thought his painting career was over. Hardly. He actually developed a human superpower—the ability to see, like bees do, a much wider range of colors... Our Sponsors: * Check o

  9. The Unsung Heroes of Darwin’s Evolution

    Charles Darwin didn’t give a crap about Galápagos finches, despite what you maybe heard. So what animals did light his fire while forming his theory of evolution? Pigeons, worms, and especially a despised marine pest—the lowly barnacle... O

  10. The Sinister Angel Singers of Rome

    How a simple operation—castrating little boys—produced the greatest singers the world has ever known... Our Sponsors: * Check out ElevenReader and use my code "Spoon" for a great deal: https://elevenreader.io Advertising Inquiries: https://

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