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The “Lost Wallet Test” Studied How Often People Are Honest Even When No One’s Looking (opens the original)
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Around this time in 2013, Reader’s Digest magazine published findings on a big question: if you accidentally dropped your wallet somewhere, would a typical person take what was inside, or would they try to get it back to you? Plus: today in 2019, an author and farmer tells the story of a lost item with the best and happiest ending. Most Honest Cities: The Reader’s Digest “Lost Wallet” Test (Readers Digest via Archive.org) Fourteen years ago (Susan Wise Bauer on Twitter) How about opening your di
Astronomers Discovered Neptune Because Uranus Was In The Wrong Place (opens the original)
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Today in 1846, a German astronomer spotted a body orbiting the Sun that we now know as Neptune… and the reason he was looking for an eighth planet had a lot to do with the seventh planet. Plus: this Saturday in New York, it’s the Saratoga Giant PumpkinFest. Planet Neptune is discovered (History.com) Saratoga Giant PumpkinFest Don’t space out, back our podcast today on Patreon
Pál Szekeres Has Won Olympic And Paralympic Medals (opens the original)
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Today in 1964, the birthday of the first person to ever win both an Olympic medal and Paralympic medals: fencing champion Pál Szekeres. Plus: ahead of World Rivers Day, we visit a river in northern China that's about as narrow as a river can get. “Maybe fencing and my accident made me a better person” – Szekeres (World Parafencing) The World’s Narrowest River Is Only a Few Centimeters Wide (Oddity Central) Champion our podcast as a backer on Patreon
Virginia O’Hanlon Was The Girl Who Found Out That Yes, There Is A Santa Claus (opens the original)
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Today in 1897, the New York Sun newspaper published the "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" editorial. We'll explain who Virginia was. Plus: on the birthday of comedian and actor Dave Coulier, we celebrate the amazing Tumblr account “The Same Picture of Dave Coulier Every Day.” The Santa Letter That Made an Eight-Year-Old a Celebrity (New Yorker) The mad genius behind Tumblr’s ‘The Same Picture of Dave Coulier Every Day’ (Daily Dot) Yes, Virginia, you can back our show on Patreon today
A 1950s Air Force Plane Was So Loud Pilots Called It The “Thunderscreech” (opens the original)
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Today in 1947, the birthday of the United States Air Force. It’s had some pretty amazing pilots over the years, and some pretty amazing planes. Plus, one really, really loud one, known as the Republic XF-84H or "Thunderscreech." Plus: starting today in De Pere, Wisconsin, it’s the Wisconsin Arborist Association Tree Climbing Championship. Republic XF-84H (National Museum of the United States Air Force) 2026 WAA Tree Climbing Championship Fly on over to our Patreon page so you can back this show
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