Common Misconceptions: Recent Episodes
Derek Kruger
Common Misconceptions: We all share them, big and small. What should you drink to maximize you caffeine from coffee? What does the chance of rain really mean? We'll get to the gist of these and other great questions.
Betsy Ross gets all the credit but she didn't make the flag and other truths about our origin stories.
Was life nasty, brutish and short in the middle ages? Were they all stinky as all get out?
Napoleon Bonaparte is one of the greatest leaders of the modern age despite his lack of stature. Was La Petit Corporal really diminutive?
Is X really meant to take Christ out of Xmas? Or was there a more mundane reason we write Xmas?
Did Ancient Romans use a vomitorium to purge during feasts so they could back and eat more?
Genghis Khan and his army conquered everything from the Pacific Ocean to the Caspian Sea and all points in between. That's not the really amazing part.
The 5 senses were only the beginning...
Join us as we explore the mystic and dark places of the mind, soul, and body...its a journey of senses...
How to understand what the weather forecast for rain really means. Brought to you by the letter W and the number 101.