Stuff You Should Know
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Selects: How Disgust Works
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The History of Las Vegas
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Short Stuff: Wainscoting: When Half a Wall is Enough
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The Harrowing Story of the North Hollywood Shootout
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Selects: A List Of Games You Would Surely Lose to a Computer
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Esperanto: Tre Mojosa
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Short Stuff: Hot Cold Plunge
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The Strange Unsolved Murder of Ken McElroy
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Selects: Is yogurt a miracle food?
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Jonestown
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Short Stuff: Frozen Dead Guy
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Dry Cleaning: Not Really Dry(!)
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Selects: History's Greatest Traitors
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How Cranes Work
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Short Stuff: NYT Bestseller List
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Kenton Grua: Grand Canyon Legend
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Selects: Dr. Seuss: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
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The 2000 Presidential Election: A Real Cluster
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Short Stuff: Blueprints
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SYSK Live in Nashville: The Biosphere II Experiment
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Selects: Nuclear Semiotics: How to Talk to Future Humans
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How Primitive Will Our Descendants Find Us?
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Short Stuff: Scheele's Green
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How Snails Work
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Selects: How Fireplaces Work
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The 2023 SYSK Ho-Ho-Holiday Spectacular!
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Short Stuff: Christmas Lights
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Beanie Babies: Reigning Toy Craze Champion
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Selects: Star Wars Holiday Spectacular
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Selects: How Dictators Work
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What was the Skeleton Army?
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Short Stuff: Pickles
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The Matewan Massacre
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Selects: What were the Freedom Schools?
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The Murder of John Lennon
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Short Stuff: Boba Tea
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The Life and Works of J.D. Salinger
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Selects: Beavers: Tail Slapping Fun
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You Down With OED?
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Short Stuff: The Zipper Merge
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Plate Tectonics Are What Makes Earth Inhabitable
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Selects: NYC Water: An Engineering Marvel
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The Wreck of the Costa Concordia
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Short Stuff: Magnetic Pole Switcheroo
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Legs! Legs! Legs! (The Periodic Table)
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Selects: E.T.: Is It Really the Worst Video Game of All Time?
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Diners: The Most American Establishment?
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Short Stuff: Liberty Bell
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The Tragic Death of Natalie Wood
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Selects: Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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