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Stuff You Should Know

If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD,

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Breathalyzers work on a simple principle: Alcohol is absorbed into the lungs and present in breath.

Most people have a basic understanding of how prisons work, but it's often heavily influenced by fic

How Grow Houses Work

2010/8/10

As many as one in five houses in Vancouver, British Columbia are used to grow marijuana. Join Josh a

In this episode, Josh and Chuck hit the open road as they explore the history, allure and decline of

In this episode, Josh and Chuck tackle a mind-melting topic: quantum physics! They ponder subatomic

A presidential pardon is a unique, unchallengable power granted to the president of the United State

Why Ticks Suck

2010/7/27

It's no surprise that ticks are one of mankind's least favorite animals. After all, they subsist on

Although they seem pretty mundane, saunas are surprisingly fascinating inventions. Josh and Chuck br

Taste and How it Works

2010/7/20

Taste seems like a pretty simple sense, but scientists are still trying to figure out exactly how it

James Bond, the most infamous secret agent ever to grace the silver screen, originated in the pages

How Reincarnation Works

2010/7/13

A large percentage of the world's population believes that you will be reborn after you die. So why

Butterflies' wings are colored as a result of iridescence; this fascinating optical phenomenon is th

Voodoo is a religion found in parts of Africa and Haiti that's often misunderstood. In this episode,

Thomas Jefferson is famous for his role in shaping the United States of America -- and for creating

How Traffic Works

2010/6/29

Whether you've been stuck in a traffic jam or forced to merge and avoid road construction, everyone'

Can quicksand kill you?

2010/6/24

In many films, hapless characters meet their untimely demise in a lethal pit of quicksand. It's a gr

How Ghost Prisons Work

2010/6/22

In this episode, Josh and Chuck discuss the controversial "ghost prisons," covert prisons created by

How Samurai Work

2010/6/17

The Samurai were legendary Japanese swordsmen and warriors, known for their loyalty and adherence to

The Innocence Project is an American non-profit organization whose mission is to exonerate wrongly c

Epigenetics is a fascinating field of genetics that studies how the epigenome and environmental, nut