500 Open Tabs Kaveh Taherian and Hannah Hillam

This week we are joined by special guest Steven Ray Morris (My Favorite Murder, See Jurassic Right) as we learn about fake buildings, Sperm whale defense tactics, and Lego lost at sea. A listener email penetrates some myths about lobotomies.




Episode Tabs:

Fake Buildings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fake_building

Sperm whales survive surprise attack

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-21/sperm-whales-survive-surprise-orca-attack/103609696

Lego Lost at Sea

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/whimsical-legos-are-still-washing-ashore-decades-after-they-were-lost-at-sea-180979580/




Listener Tabs:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Hendrickson




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This week we learn about Jonathan the Seychelles giant tortoise and Air Force One petty theft. A listener email clarifies what the Grishaverse actually is.




Episode Tabs:

Jonathan the Tortoise

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-worlds-oldest-living-land-animal-a-tortoise-named-jonathan-turns-191-180983392/

The Real D.C. Crime Wave

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2024/03/28/the-real-d-c-crime-wave-00149591




Listener Tabs:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1kSMBcqUyd5Qk_Qj13siJD_NGD3tnnah8rPxd7L7J6bQ/htmlview

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Montferrand




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This week we learn about the 1976 Tehran UFO Incident and the father of the modern time capsule. A listener email fetes a disgusting historical figure.




Episode Tabs:

1976 Tehran UFO incident

http://www.iiaf.net/tehran-dogfight-incident/

The Crypt of Civilization

https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/crypt-of-civilization/




Listener Tabs:

https://en.m.wikinews.org/wiki/Man_takes_armoured_vehicle_on_rampage_through_Western_Sydney

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrare




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This week we learn about horrific ant genuses and how the film industry was born out of everyone hating Thomas Edison. A listener email answers the age old question of "how long do pig orgasms last?"




Episode Tabs:

These ants decorate their homes with the heads of their enemies

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/ants-head-hunters-attack-trap-jaw-enemies-nests

Thomas Edison: The Unintentional Founder of Hollywood

https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2021/03/thomas-edison-the-unintentional-founder-of-hollywood




Listener Tabs:

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/100659-longest-orgasm-in-mammals

https://nypost.com/2022/07/18/phrogging-hider-in-my-house-stranger-secretly-lived-with-us/




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This week we learn about Louis Le Prince, the REAL inventor of the motion picture camera and the origins of the color Grue. A listener email inspires a high end horse jacket clothing line.




Episode Tabs:

Who Killed Louis Le Prince? On the forgotten father of film

https://harpers.org/archive/2022/04/who-killed-louis-le-prince-on-the-forgotten-father-of-film/

No one could describe the color blue until modern times

https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-blue-and-how-do-we-see-color-2015-2




Listener Tabs:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/855685.Fly_Away_Home#CommunityReviews

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168159116302192?via%3Dihub




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This week we discuss Roar, one of the most unsafe movies ever made and the Nintendo Power Hotline. A listener email reveals all the animals in elected office.




Episode Tabs:

Hollywood's real Tiger King: Insane big cat movie Roar getting VOD rerelease

https://ew.com/movies/roar-movie-vod/

Inside The Nintendo Power Hotline

https://www.gameinformer.com/2022/02/22/inside-the-nintendo-power-hotline




Listener Tabs:

https://a-z-animals.com/blog/top-9-animals-elected-to-office-in-the-united-states/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/inside-the-new-york-public-librarys-last-secret-apartments




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