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  • Short Stuff: Bengal Cats
    2025/07/16

    Bengal cats are gorgeous animals, but they are bought and sold on the designer pet market, so booo. Learn about these hybrid kitties today.

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    13 分
  • The Great Big Yarn of Mel's Hole
    2025/07/15

    One of the most bizarre stories to emerge from the cult radio show Coast to Coast AM – and that’s really saying something – isn’t about UFOs or bigfoot, but a mysterious hole in the ground with some very unusual properties. Top that, History Channel!

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    49 分
  • Selects: Child Labor: Not Funny
    2025/07/12

    Child labor is no laughing matter. Even though we've taken care of it in the USA (mostly), it's still an issue around the globe. Listen to this classic episode and learn!

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    53 分
  • Sixdegrees.com: A Social Media Origin Story
    2025/07/10

    Before Facebook and MySpace, before even Friendster, there was SixDegrees. Dive in today to learn about the first social media site, that was a few years too early.

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    43 分
  • Short Stuff: 8 Track Cartridges
    2025/07/09

    8 tracks were during vinyl, but preceded cassettes. Why? So people could listen to their music on the go. Check out this antiquated medium today.

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    14 分
  • Sherlock Holmes: The Man, The Myth
    2025/07/08

    Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the most famous fictional character in the world, and for good reason. More than a hundred years on, Arthur Conan Doyle’s 60 Holmes stories are still in print and he is the most portrayed human literary character in history.

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    52 分
  • Selects: How Coelacanths Work
    2025/07/05

    Coelacanths are incredibly interesting as far as fish go. For one, they were thought to have gone the way of the dinosaur, along with the dinosaur. They also give birth to live fish and tend to dwell more than 800 feet below the ocean's surface. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. Learn all about these fascinating creatures in this classic episode.

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    40 分
  • What was the purpose of USAID?
    2025/07/03

    USAID has saved tens of millions of lives across the globe since its inception. But those days are over. Learn all about this soon-to-be-gone program.

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    40 分