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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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1712: "The Hidden Heat Sensor in a Dog's Nose"
Jul 1300:02:15Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1712: "The Hidden Heat Sensor in a Dog's Nose" – Dogs repeatedly choose one of two identical targets after researchers control visual and scent cues. The targets sit five feet away and appear the same, but one difference keeps producing the same choice.
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1711: "Why McDonald's Coke Tastes Different"
Jul 1200:01:39Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1711: "Why McDonald's Coke Tastes Different" – McDonald's serves Coca-Cola using refrigerated stainless steel syrup tanks, insulated delivery lines, filtered water, and a fountain calibrated for melting ice while a wider straw changes how the drink reaches you, creating a different experience long before the first sip.
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1710: "The First New Blue in 200 Years"
Jul 1100:02:19Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1710: "The First New Blue in 200 Years" – Chemists heating a mixture of metal oxides for a magnetism experiment watched it cool into a vivid blue pigment no one expected, and the accidental discovery became the first new inorganic blue added to artists' palettes in roughly 200 years while finding uses far beyond paint.
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1709: "A Yard of Flightline"
Jul 1000:02:10Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1709: "A Yard of Flightline" – A new Air Force airman is sent to pick up a routine item, but every office on the base insists someone else has it. This episode is inspired by Chris.
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1704: "Lincoln Wasn't the Only Target"
Jul 500:02:56Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1704: "Lincoln Wasn't the Only Target" – John Wilkes Booth killed President Abraham Lincoln while three other assassins moved against Vice President Andrew Johnson, Secretary of State William H. Seward, and General Ulysses S. Grant in a coordinated attempt to cripple the United States government in a single night. On July 5, 1865, President Andrew Johnson signed the order confirming the convictions of the conspirators who tried to assassinate not only Abraham Lincoln, but also the vice president, secretary of state, and commanding general in a single coordinated plot.
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1703: "250 Years of the United States of America"
Jul 400:03:33Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1703: "250 Years of the United States of America" – On July 4, 1776, Congress approved the final text of the Declaration of Independence and ordered it printed across the colonies. That decision launched a nation that, over the next 250 years, fought for its independence, wrote the world's oldest written national constitution still in continuous use, defeated tyranny, reached the Moon, and reshaped human history.
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1702: "July 3rd, 1776 - The Message Had to Be Perfect"
Jul 300:03:09Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1702: "July 3rd, 1776 - The Message Had to Be Perfect" – Congress was rewriting Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence after the colonies had already voted for independence, removing entire passages and reshaping its language before a single copy could be printed until the document became a statement meant for the world instead of one man's argument.
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1701: "July 2, 1776 - The Day the Decision Was Made"
Jul 200:03:19Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1701: "July 2, 1776 - The Day the Decision Was Made" – Congress was already directing a war against Great Britain while still debating whether the colonies should become independent. On July 2, 1776, delegates voted to make independence official, then immediately turned to editing the Declaration that would explain a decision that had already been made.
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1700: "Patriotism"
Jul 100:02:33Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1700: "Patriotism" – Americans keep serving the same country while disagreeing over what patriotism requires, and the debate has lasted from the Revolution to the present without producing a single definition.
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1699: "Project Blue Book"
Jun 3000:08:05Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1699: "Project Blue Book" – Air Force investigators keep collecting UFO reports as the unexplained cases refuse to disappear. Thousands receive ordinary explanations, but hundreds remain officially unidentified even after radar data, witness interviews, photographs, and scientific analysis are compared across seventeen years of investigation.
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