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Oh, the humanities!
A small gallery of some of William H. Mumler's best spirit photographs. (By which I mean "aesthetically pleasing", not "genuine.")
Categories: Arts & Culture, Footsteps into the Unknown, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Supplement
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Why yes, of course we've gone out of our way to see the pickle-related sights. Here are a few of our favorites.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Supplement
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This week #7 drops by to tell us everything we need to know about pickles... and then throw a "pickle party" featuring all sorts of unconventional pickles.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Series 13
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In 1876 poet Julia Ann Moore was beloved by the people of Grand Rapids, precisely because her poems were so bad. Then she went national.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Biography, Eccentrics & Prophecies, Series 13
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This one has it all: sibling rivalry, country club politics, adultery, duels, the Civil War, Spanish colonial policy, and three giant piles of bird poop.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Daring & Epic Journeys, Series 13
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Rowena spent two decades building a career as a top fantasy artists... and then two of her paintings were found hanging in Saddam Hussein's "love nest."
Categories: Arts & Culture, Bonus Episodes
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...and for that matter, what the heck is marmalade? Have no fear, #7 has all the answers!
Categories: Arts & Culture, Series 11, Wild Card
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We're talking with Michael Finney about the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, what it meant to the city and the nation, and resurrecting it augmented reality.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Feats of Building & Engineering, Series 10
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We know all the coolest Ancient Egypgian gods have animal heads, but ask yourself: what kind of animal is Set?
Categories: Arts & Culture, Bonus Episodes, Legendary Lands & Beasts
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Who deserves the credit for inventing peanut butter? A Michigan physician? A Missouri snack food maker? A Canadian chemist? None of the above?
Categories: Arts & Culture, Man's Amazing Inventions, Series 9
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Time to dress up, because #7 is inviting you to a dinner party where all the foods are famous. Or at least have famous namesakes.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Popular Facts & Fallacies, Series 7
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In which two Irish art students commit a daring daylight museum heist with virtually no planning, and somehow get away consequence-free.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Series 7
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