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On this week’s accidental Irish special, Harrison looks at Irish neutrality during the second world war. Ireland remained neutral, but as one politician put it, neutral on the Allied side. The new country of Ireland walked a dangerous line to s
On this week’s episode, Chris has learnt about the different ways that the CIA attempted to assassinate Fidel Castro, all 638 of them. Well, the most interesting of the 638 attempts anyway. From the very famous exploding cigar to the slightly b
This week, Harrison tells the spooky tail of London’s Necropolis Railway, a rather unusual solution to London’s problem in the mid 1800’s of having simply too many dead people. A company was established that would provide a full service railway
Chris discovered the time that the Imperial Japanese Navy flooded Nagasaki when they launched the largest battleship - the Musashi - to ever sail the seas. Whilst the Japanese engineers managed to stop the ship just one metre past the point the
Harrison investigates the British Interplanetary Society which was found in 1933 and is the world’s longest established organisation devoted solely to supporting and promoting the exploration of space and astronautics. It seems likely that beca
It’s time for another mini facts special! The boys have both found 10 fun facts that weren’t quite enough to fill an entire episode, but are still very interesting. very funny or perhaps both at once!Learn about a man who massively over paid fo
This week, Chris checks out the time that the United States Postal Service decided that delivering their mail by cruise missile should be a thing. We kid you not, they actually launched 3000 letters from a US Navy submarine for delivery to the
This week’s episode is a corker. Harrison delves into the post-colonial world of the Zambian Afronauts. That’s right, whilst the Cold War was raging and both the Americans and Soviets were throwing everything, including the kitchen sink at gett
Following on from last week’s episode, Chris stays in Martinique, the beautiful Caribbean island, but turns to a dark tale when 30,000 people died on the French island in minutes. The year was 1902 and Mt. Pelee erupted at 7:52am on 8 May. Ther
This week, Harrison has returned to Chris’ topic from episode 23, famous idioms and where they come from. Ever wondered why we talk about Crocodile tears, running amok, winning hands down or turning a blind eye? Well listen to this episode and
This week on the internet, Chris learns about the time when a Soviet air force pilot defected to Japan with an at the time state of the art MiG-25 that the Americans and their allies were desperate to get their hands on. From flying blind, to l
In this episode, Harrison learns about the historic character, Lord Timothy Dexter. Dexter was either a lucky eccentric or a man who knew just what he was doing and had a longing to be accepted by American high society. Despite investing hugely
On this week's episode, Chris has found out about some of the innovations that came from Tuberculosis. It may surprise, or disgust you, to learn how ice cream used to be served. Warning, don't listen whilst eating or before consuming ice cream.
This week Harrison found out all about Freeborn John Lilburne, a stubborn son of a gun that Chris has decided is his new hero. As well as taking a castle after his superior officer told him not to, he was thrown in jail many many times, often a
In this episode Chris learns about a cyber-attack that occurred in France in 1834. Whilst computers didn’t exist at the time, the French government did utilise a network of towers called the ‘Semaphore Network’ to relay messages across the coun
Harrison and Chris decided to try another mini-facts episode, after the success of the last one during episode 50.This time, the boys range from Marie Curie’s radioactive belongings through the small farming town of Quincy, Florida that at one
Chris finds out about 35 horrific axe murders that happened in the American south in the early 1910s. The febrile rumours that spread at the time say they involved a Voodoo priestess, a reverend and the Church of Sacrifice. But was the real kil
This week Harrison learns about Devil’s Porridge, the name given to Cordite by Arthur Conan Doyle. Cordite was instrumental to success on the front lines during World War One, and with all of the men on the front line, the dirty and dangerous w
Chris’ SourcesFighting Jack ChurchillWikipedia article on Jack Churchill‘Mad’ Jack Churchill – The Only Man To Kill An Enemy Soldier With A Longbow In WW2Harrison’s SourcesThe Female Programmers Who Put Men on the MoonMargaret Hamilton: ‘They w
Harrison’s SourcesCasablanca ConferenceOperation BarclayTrout memoJohn Henry GodfreyIan FlemingOperation MincemeatOperation Mincemeat: How a dead tramp fooled HitlerWhat was Operation Mincemeat?Chris’ SourcesSolar Storm and Space Weather - Freq
Chris learns about a fire that has been burning for the past 59 years and is predicted to burn for between another 100-250 years. The mad thing is, it could have been completely avoided if a certain city council didn’t dump rubbish down a mine
In this episode, Harrison learns about a Geoffrey Pyke, also know as Churchill’s Snowman. Pyke was British and can somewhat charitably be called eccentric, but he had many ideas that whilst at first view might seem completely insane - such as b
This week, Chris has learnt about the truly horrific winter of 1948/1949, that saw the American government send thousands of people to clear snow and ice and rebuild the infrastructure that was destroyed by three months of snow. Chris tells us
Harrison builds on Chris’ British royal family focus by finding out which royals have actual jobs. Take for example, young Prince Nikolai of Denmark - he’s seventh in line to the throne so doesn’t get access to the royal purse. What’s the solut
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