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Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover which Roman emperor became known as a giraffe-killing coward; find out which Revolutionary War general set a record for running away; and learn the...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover why new taxes had everyone in England bricking up their windows; find out what the Roman Emperor Vespasian was doing with the contents of...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover why, to a neuroscientist, an orgasm is comparable to heroin; find out what else is happening in your brain during climax; and learn which...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover how much your brain really remembers about being an infant; find out why everyone gets afflicted with “childhood amnesia”; and learn the reason you’ll...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover what “traumatic insemination” means, and who’s doing it inside your apartment right now; find out why some bees have exploding testicles; and learn which...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover how caffeine directly affects the chemicals in your brain; find out what it is about a strong cup of coffee that might send you...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover all the islands that are overrun with adorable animals (and some not so adorable); find out why part of a desert in Turkmenistan has...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover how we’ll turn ourselves into superhumans within the next 100 years; learn the (depressing) reason we’re all destined to get taller and thinner; and...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover how it’s possible to steal the Mona Lisa once, but sell it six times; find out what “the man who sold the Brooklyn Bridge”...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover why drunk sleep leaves you feeling exhausted; learn what’s causing that thumping headache; and find out the reason for those dispiriting hangover blues.
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover the unlikely history of the Bat Bomb; find out why the Department of Homeland Security’s “puke-light” never got off the ground; and learn about...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, find out why St. Patty’s is so inextricably linked with getting hammered; learn which holiday is considered the most dangerous of all by the National...