Crunchy or Wrong

a deep dive into the sticky, messy history of peanut butter

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

Tags: 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and Louisiana Purchase Centennial Exposition food Food and Drug Administration Presented by #13 Presented by #6 Presented by #7

Published: January 31, 2022

Whatever Happened to Baby Eve?

when is a clone not a clone? when it's a hoax

A baffling tale about ancient astronauts, religious fanatics, fake clones, a gullible press, and sex robots from outer space.

Categories: Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Most Popular, Science & Nature, Series 9, The Astonishing Human Body

Tags: aliens cult Florida Food and Drug Administration France Presented by #13 West Virginia

Published: January 3, 2022

Normalating

let me tell you about the healing power of color

The idea that color has healing power is a relatively modern (and utterly fallacious) one. We discuss its development through the 19th and 20th centuries.

Categories: Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Science & Nature, Series 5

Tags: civil law crime Dr. Dinshah Pestanji Framji Ghadiali eclectic medicine Food and Drug Administration Presented by #13 quackery Theosophical Society Theosophy

Published: October 12, 2020