Short Stuff iHeartPodcasts
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A bite-sized edition of the Stuff You Should Know podcast that fans have grown to love, 15-minute-or-less episodes about the most interesting things in the world around us. Short Stuff now lives on Stuff You Should Know — subscribe there and join Josh and Chuck every Wednesday for more shorties!
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iSmell
Two men once had a dream - to add smell to the internet. And they almost gave it to us.
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Safety Pins
Safety pins are so ubiquitous, we take them for granted. But that’s the genius of their design – they work so intuitively they might as well have come from nature. Instead, they were invented by a man who never went to the trouble of patenting them.
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Lemonade
Ever wonder where lemonade came from? Let’s up the stakes a little, what about pink lemonade? Well wonder no more! Join Josh and Chuck as they (briefly) cover the history of putting lemons together with sugar and water and coming up with something great.
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Vomitoria
A vomitorium was a place where ancient Romans went to make themselves throw up after gorging themselves at a sumptuous banquet. Everybody knows that. Except that’s not true at all. Learn about what vomitoria were in this episode and impress your friends.
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Labor Day
Labor Day, the day when most people in America paradoxically take off work, is actually rooted in some deeply radical and anarchistic thinking. Learn all about this most subversive of American holidays in this episode of Short Stuff.
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Exploding Manholes
If you live in a big city in a cold climate, you should keep an eye out for 100-pound cast-iron manhole covers suddenly launching 50 feet into the air. It’s unnervingly common and we’ll tell you why.
Customer Reviews
Please post episodes on this podcast
Dear SYSK, you should keep posting on the short stuff podcast so I can get more bite size information. I love josh and chuck! And I didn’t forget about jeri!
Dear Stuff You Should Know
Dear Stuff You Should Know,
I love you guys! I have been listening to you every night before I go to bed.The only thing I would recommend is that you make more kid friendly podcasts.Keep up the good work.
Love ya,
Elizabeth
Bite sized knowledge!
I love these episodes. Fun and informative!