HeyJaredBelieve It or Not! — Amazing True Stories for Curious Kids
If you’re curious, love weird and wonderful stories, and enjoy being surprised, this podcast is made just for you! Every episode brings amazing facts and unbelievable tales that are 100% true — from animals with crazy powers to strange events in history.
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The Fighter and the Broken Bomber (opens the original)
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✈️ HE HAD A CLEAR SHOT… December 20, 1943. High above Germany, a badly damaged American B-17 bomber called Ye Olde Pub is struggling to stay in the sky. Its engines are damaged. Crewmen are wounded. And home is still hundreds of kilometers away. Then another airplane appears. A German fighter. At the controls is Franz Stigler . Inside the broken bomber is 21-year-old American pilot Charlie Brown . The fighter pulls alongside. Close enough for the two enemy pilots to see each other’s faces. The A
Why Weren’t the Football Players Peeing?! | The Invention of Gatorade (opens the original)
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Florida. 1965. 🏈 A college football team is practicing in brutal heat. The players are sweating, exhausted, and getting sick. But something strange is happening. Why aren't the players peeing? One unusual question sends a group of doctors searching for answers. Their investigation leads to a terrible-tasting experiment, an unexpected discovery, and the invention of one of the world's most recognizable sports drinks. But how did a bathroom mystery turn into Gatorade? 🎙️ Join Bryan for Episode 171
💵 Who Invented the ATM? The Answer Is Stranger Than You Think! (opens the original)
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In 1967, people gathered outside a bank in London to watch something unbelievable: A machine built into a wall… gave someone money. No teller. No open bank. No smartphone. No modern bank card. But how did the machine know who was allowed to take the cash? And who actually invented it? In Believe It or Not! Episode 170 , we investigate the strange true story behind the ATM — including competing inventors, early cash machines, and a clue from 1966 that changes the whole story. 🎙️ Episode 170: The
TRILLIONS of Locusts Filled the Sky! | The Rocky Mountain Locust | Ep. 169 (opens the original)
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What if a dark cloud appeared on the horizon… and then you realized the cloud was alive? 🦗 In the 1870s, Rocky Mountain locusts descended on the American Great Plains in swarms so enormous that estimates reached into the trillions of insects . They filled the sky. They devoured crops. And farming families tried almost everything to stop them. But then something happened that turned one of America's worst insect disasters into an even stranger mystery. In Episode 169 of Believe It or Not! — “The
One Good Turn Deserves Another: The Falby–Smith Coincidence | Ep. 168 (opens the original)
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One terrible highway accident brings Captain Allan Falby and a complete stranger together. Years later… another crash does it again. But this time, something has changed. In Episode 168 of Believe It or Not!, Bryan explores the astonishing true story of Captain Falby and Alfred Smith — two men whose lives crossed under circumstances so unlikely that newspapers were still telling the story years later. How did the first accident connect to the second? Why did one injured motorist recognize Captai
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