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A Miracle Birth in Mexico – Podcast #100

Published on February 28, 2017

Posted in: Podcast, Science, Technology & Medicine

Ines Ramirez Perez is supposedly the only woman to have successfully performed a cesarean on herself. Twenty-three additional cases have been documented.

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The Tape Age

Published on October 2, 2016

Posted in: Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits

A UPI article predicted that the 20th century would forever be known as the Tape Age.

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First VCR System

Published on September 25, 2016

Posted in: Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits

A June 2, 1959 article discusses a new invention by RCA called the Hear-See. It was the first home VCR system.

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First Microwave Oven

Published on September 18, 2016

Posted in: Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits

The first Radarange microwave oven went on sale in 1955 in both a table and floor model at very high prices.

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New Leg for Christmas

Published on December 20, 2015

Posted in: Holidays & Celebrations, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits

Earl Baker lost his leg in 1938. After a cruel hoax, the residents of Coatesville, PA chipped in to purchase an artificial limb for the boy.

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Girl Thought She Killed Boy

Published on December 7, 2015

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits

On April 4, 1958, a Sacramento driver swerved to avoid hitting a girl. He hit a boy instead. The girl thought the boy had died and tried to kill herself.

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U.S. Needs Spyglasses

Published on September 16, 2015

Posted in: Forgotten History, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits

News story about how the United States Navy requested spyglasses from its citizens to help fight World War I.

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He Gave His Right Arm

Published on April 29, 2015

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits

A 1952 article discussed the case of a girl who was suffering from crippling arthritis. Her father offered to give up his right arm for a cure. And he did.

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Ghosts on the Moon

Published on March 15, 2015

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits

A story for those that buy into the whole NASA conspiracy-you know-that man never stepped foot on the moon. This is sure to add some more fuel to that fire.

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Catch Beetles with Auto Paints

Published on February 5, 2015

Posted in: Animals & Pets, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits

Dr. Orlo K. Jantz stumbled upon a new way to control beetles. Traps were set up baited with two colors of automobile paint.

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The Citicorp Tower Revisited – Podcast #75

Published on August 16, 2014

Posted in: Podcast, Science, Technology & Medicine, Unbelievable

When the Citicorp Tower in New York City opened in 1977, no one could have ever imagined that building was fatally flawed. A phone call from a college student in New Jersey to the building's structural engineer may have saved tens of thousands of lives.

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Dogs Kill Sheep in Scientific Study

Published on May 20, 2014

Posted in: Animals & Pets, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits

A story from August 20, 1974 reports that Dr. Carl R. Gustavson, an adjunct professor at Eastern Washington State College, had been doing research on sheep being kept at the local zoo in Spokane. Basically, he was trying to condition coyotes to keep them from killing sheep, which was

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Fish Foretell Earthquakes

Published on February 18, 2014

Posted in: Animals & Pets, Bizarre & Oddities, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits

Can fish and other aquatic animals help predict earthquakes? Dr. Shinkiski Hatai provided evidence on their strange behavior during a talk in 1933.

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1896 Japanese Tsunami

Published on February 11, 2014

Posted in: Death and Murder, Forgotten History, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits

News traveled slowly in the late 1800s. It would take more than one month for news of a Japanese tsunami to reach the United States.

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Will the Real Dr. Brown Please Stand Up? – Podcast #55

Published on July 10, 2012

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Fraud & Deception, Hoaxes, Podcast, Science, Technology & Medicine

Dr. Brown was loved by everyone in Groveton, Texas. When he was arrested for a crime that could have endangered others, they didn't abandon their faith in him.

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