This is the first ever special episode of Quick History, and it's 18 minutes long! Learn about the beginning of Halloween, the fear of black cats, witches, Jack-o-lanterns, and trick or treating! Happy Halloween!
Chef Ettore Boiardi changed the world forever when he began making and selling canned pasta meals under the much easier-to-pronounce name, Chef Boyardee. But how he got there is a pretty cool story! Welcome to season 4 of Quick History!
Mount Vesuvius claimed a few cities when it erupted in 79 CE, none more famous than the ancient city of Pompeii! But this episode isn't about that, it's about another, more well preserved ancient city, Herculaneum! Kinda sounds like a super strong metal in the Marvel Universe.
George Washington, first President of the United States, created a "whiskey tax," then made his own whiskey, and taxed himself!
A lot of international students studying in the United States and Canada have no idea what Homecoming or Prom is, and a lot of local students in the United States and Canada have no idea what Coronation is. Tune in and find out about them all!
During the Industrial Revolution, people needed to wake up on time for their new fancy factory jobs, so they employed human alarm clocks to come by early in the morning and tap on their windows to wake them up, known as Knocker Uppers!
The Ancient Olympic Games took place over 3000 years ago, and were a bit different from the modern games, such as there was only one winner per event, and they competed naked!
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Sierra Leone in West Africa has a couple hundred stone statues that could have been created by ancient aliens! But probably not! Nobody knows!
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Hot air balloons date all the way back to the 1700s, and got their start in France!
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London Bridge has a long and sometimes wild history, dating all the way back to the Romans in 43 AD! And if you can't make it to London to see the bridge, just go to Arizona!
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In 2006, the Cola Wars came to a head, when Coca-Cola's secret recipe was stolen and sold to Pepsi! Or was it?
In 1939, Chief Henry Standing Bear requested a memorial be made in honor of Ta-sunko-witko, otherwise known as Crazy Horse, an Indian Chief of the Oglala band of Lakota. Work began in 1948, and is still being carved to this day!
Hundreds of years before the Aztecs, and slightly north of there, was Cahokia, the most important urban settlement of the Mississippian culture, with a population bigger than London and Paris at the time!
This episode has some mature content. Listener discretion advised.
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If you're happy the United States has a Navy and Marines now, thank pirates!
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This week, Quick History takes a look at animals being put on trial, and executed, for doing animal things! Also covered in this episode, corpses being tried in court, as well as inanimate objects, and Deodand Law.
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Cities all over the world have a cable around them, maybe even yours, and unless you're Jewish, you don't have to worry about them.
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There's a 12-year gap of Jesus' life in the Bible, and nobody knows what Jesus did in that time... except for a small village in Japan.
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They say an episode of this podcast a day keeps the doctors away. I mean, that's what they say. I'm just relaying the message.
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