Incredible Stories Podcast
55 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 6 years ago - ★★★★ - 9 ratingsBringing you stories you probably haven't heard
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Who is History’s Blingiest?
November 09, 2016 21:09 - 44.9 MBZane and Josh talk about who was the wealthiest person in history. Skip the headlines and go straight to the story: 10:45 Headlines: http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/controversy-surrounds-artifacts-azores-islands-evidence-advanced-ancient-021028 https://www.sciencenews.org/search?st=article%20superflexible%203%20d%20printed%20bones%20trigger%20new%20growth http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/this-robot-can-do-more-pushups-because-it-sweats ht...
Baseball’s Shortest At Bat
November 02, 2016 20:47 - 36 MBThe guys talk about the shortest player in MLB baseball history. Skip the headlines and go straight to the story: 11:06 Headlines: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2016/10/05/human-live-125-limit-lifespan/#.V_0J_fkrJhE http://www.sciencealert.com/a-weird-patch-of-cold-earth-in-china-stays-frozen-through-blazing-summers http://www.space.com/34323-mysterious-balls-of-fire-speed-by-star.html http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/10/us/hurricane-matthew-ordinance-folly-beach-trnd/ http:...
The Real Robinson Crusoe
October 26, 2016 20:26 - 54.8 MBThe guys talk about the real life inspiration for Robinson Crusoe. Learn about a man, an island, and lots of goats! Skip the headlines and go straight to the story: 10:30 Headlines: http://gizmodo.com/british-man-may-be-the-first-person-cured-of-hiv-1787334810 http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-evolution-human-origins/how-breeding-ancient-human-species-gave-tibetans-their-head-heights-021009 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/30/world/what-in-the-world/india-sanjivani-ramayana-uttarakhan...
Apollo 13’s Plutonium Problem
October 19, 2016 20:05 - 42.2 MBDid you know that Apollo 13 had a plutonium powered payload it had to dump somewhere? Find out more about this little known side issue of the famously doomed NASA mission to the moon. Headlines: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/three-parent-baby-world-first-born-mexico-a7333191.html http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/09/26/in-growing-trend-colleges-offer-ball-pits-for-students-seeking-emotional-satefy.html http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/watch-police-chase-ufo-down-8564...
The Sacred Band of Thebes
October 12, 2016 19:35 - 46.9 MBLearn about the Theban army made of male lovers, the Sacred Band of Thebes, and how they defeated the Spartans. Headlines: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3797258/Human-skeleton-discovered-Antikythera-shipwreck-2-000-years-bottom-sea http://www.dailygrail.com/Fresh-Science/2016/9/Is-Ball-Lightning-Portal-Another-Universe http://www.mirror.co.uk/science/we-can-turn-water-wine-8036804 http://www.popsci.com/pigeons-reading-study http://gizmodo.com/pluto-is-emitting-x-ra...