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The Unusual Origins of 9 Household Items

Do you know what the Boy Scouts have to do with barcodes? Or how Mother Nature inspired the creator of Velcro? The interesting origins of household items may surprise (and, at times, even horrify) you.

Erin shares the unusual origins of everyday items, from the air conditioner to saccharin.

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Episodes (32)

Season 2022
S2022E01 - The Unusual Origins of 9 Household Items
5 janvier 2022
S2022E02 - 11 Amazing Historical Coincidences
19 janvier 2022
S2022E03 - 16 Sick Burns From History
2 février 2022
S2022E04 - 10 Strange Unsolved Crimes
16 février 2022
S2022E05 - 23 Far Out Facts About UFOs
2 mars 2022
S2022E06 - 6 Adorable But Terrifying Animals
11 mars 2022
S2022E07 - 9 Mind-Bending Paradoxes
23 mars 2022
S2022E08 - 10 of the Unluckiest People in History
6 avril 2022
S2022E09 - 100 Facts About The Titanic
15 avril 2022
S2022E10 - 10 Pivotal Battles That Changed History
20 avril 2022
S2022E11 - 200 Random Facts Presented Without Context
4 mai 2022
S2022E12 - 29 Odd Old-Timey Life Hacks
18 mai 2022
S2022E13 - 7 Historical Conspiracy Theories
1 juin 2022
S2022E14 - 8 Mysterious Uncracked Codes
15 juin 2022
S2022E15 - 15 Facts You'll Wish You'd Never Learned
29 juin 2022
S2022E16 - 8 of the Deadliest Toys Ever Made
6 juillet 2022
S2022E17 - 8 Explorers Who Got Lost
20 juillet 2022
S2022E18 - 100 Interesting Facts About Venus
3 août 2022
S2022E19 - 6 Wholesome Facts About Terrifying Animals
12 août 2022
S2022E20 - 19 Odd Facts About Animal Sex
17 août 2022
S2022E21 - 17 Outrageous Things Done Out of Spite
24 août 2022
S2022E22 - 10 Facts about the Animals of Chernobyl
9 septembre 2022
S2022E23 - 50 Words You'll Want to Start Using
21 septembre 2022
S2022E24 - 7 Incredible Mass Hysteria Events
28 septembre 2022
S2022E25 - 16 Facts That Will Warp Your Sense of Time
12 octobre 2022
S2022E26 - 10 Dark Origins of Nursery Rhymes
19 octobre 2022
S2022E27 - 41 Fascinating Phobias, Explained
28 octobre 2022
S2022E28 - 6 Hoaxes People Actually Believed
2 novembre 2022
S2022E29 - The Odd Origins of 8 Tongue-Twisters
16 novembre 2022
S2022E30 - 30 Surprising Movie Facts
30 novembre 2022
S2022E31 - 26 Colors You've Never Heard Of
7 décembre 2022
S2022E32 - 100 Interesting Facts We Learned in 2022
21 décembre 2022

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