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Apples, Appleseed, and Cider
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Find out about apples, Johnny Appleseed, apple cider, and the history of apples, with info from "Botany of Desire" by Pollan.
Links:
"Botany of Desire" by Michael Pol...
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Synesthesia (Wednesday Is Indigo Blue)
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What is Synesthesia? Learn about "mixed senses," people who can hear colors, and words that have taste!
closed captions available.
The book I used (Wednesday Is Indi...
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Strange Names
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Some people like strange names, and they legally change their name to something more unique.
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Strange Restaurants
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Some strange, odd, weird, and downright bizarre theme restaurants.
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Salt (Part 2)
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Salt, salt, and more salt. From the book "Salt: A World History" by Kurlansky.
Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky --- http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=quirknon...
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Salt (Part 1)
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Salt, salt, and more salt. From the book "Salt: A World History" by Kurlansky.
Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky --- http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=quirknonfi-...
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Misconceptions (statues, teeth, and killer-animals)
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Common misconceptions about ancient statutes, Washington's teeth, and dangerous animals.
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colored classical sculptures --
More pictures at:
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Dust Bowl (The Worst Hard Time)
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History of the Dust Bowl from the book "The Worst Hard Time" by Egan.
"The Worst Hard Time" -- http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0618773479/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=q...
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paleness and big hair - 18th century fashion
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Velvet face patches, mouse-hair eyebrow wigs, and really tall grey hair! 18th century fashion.
"Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution" by Carol...
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Wacky Patents
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Wacky, funny, weird and strange patents and inventions.
Yes, towards the end, the audio gets slightly off. I apologize for that as it due to some editing error on my pa...
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