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Interesting Things with JC
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Interesting Things with JC is a new podcast mini series, with highlight on some of the more interesting historical stories, current events as well as under-told stories.
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1730: "Weed Zappers"
2w ago00:02:44Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1730: "Weed Zappers" – Herbicide-resistant weeds are surviving the chemicals meant to kill them, so some farmers are now sending 15,000 volts through individual plants to destroy them from stem to root as agriculture adapts to evolution.
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1729: "Project Skif: Russia's Seabed Nuclear Silos"
2w ago00:02:55Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1729: "Project Skif: Russia's Seabed Nuclear Silos" – Intelligence reports suggest Russia may be testing nuclear missile launchers designed to wait for years on the Arctic seabed.
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1728: "Little Italy"
2w ago00:05:48Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1728: "Little Italy" – Millions of Italian immigrants came to America seeking opportunity and helped build New York through hard work, faith, and family. Their neighborhoods became Little Italy, leaving a legacy that shaped both the city and the nation.
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1727: "The Pontic Mountains"
2w ago00:04:18Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1727: "The Pontic Mountains" – A mountain range traps rain along Turkey's Black Sea coast while drying the land just beyond it, shaping forests, farms, trade routes, and entire communities that still follow the mountains today.
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1726: "The Pontiac Banshee"
2w ago00:05:44Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1726: "The Pontiac Banshee" – Pontiac kept building sports cars it was never allowed to sell. Even so, every generation left pieces of itself on the performance cars that followed.
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1725: "The King Who Invented an Invasion"
2w ago00:03:00Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1725: "The King Who Invented an Invasion" – Sweden's King Gustav III needed Russia to attack first before he could legally wage war, so his government staged a border incident to create the appearance of an invasion. The deception started a real war, but instead of uniting Sweden, it triggered opposition from officers who believed the king had violated his own constitution.
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1724: "The History of Yo Mama Jokes"
3w ago00:02:44Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1724: "The History of Yo Mama Jokes" – A "Yo Mama" joke appears on a Babylonian clay tablet from about 1500 BC, showing that one of today's most familiar insults was already making people laugh thousands of years before playgrounds, stand-up comedy, or the internet.
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1723: "Ancient Roman Laundry"
3w ago00:02:53Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1723: "Ancient Roman Laundry" – Roman laundries cleaned clothing by stomping it in vats of aged urine because the ammonia removed grease and stains. Public urinals supplied the industry, and the trade became valuable enough for the Roman government to tax it before anyone understood the chemistry behind why it worked.
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1722: "Does Hair Grow Back Thicker if You Shave It?"
3w ago00:02:42Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1722: "Does Hair Grow Back Thicker if You Shave It?" – Freshly shaved hair feels thicker because the razor leaves every strand with a blunt end instead of its natural tapered tip, creating the same illusion that has kept this myth alive for generations.
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1721: "The Naming of Cleveland"
3w ago00:02:25Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1721: "The Naming of Cleveland" – A surveying party names a new settlement after General Moses Cleaveland even though he wanted a different name, then he leaves and never returns. Over time, the city drops a letter from his name, while generations of settlers transform a frontier village into one of America's largest metropolitan areas.
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