Show Notes

Water, Water, Everywhere, but How Much Should I Drink?

http://www.everydayhealth.com/diet-nutrition/10-myths-and-facts-about-water.aspx
http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp
http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/list-fruits-vegetable-high-water-content-8958.html

Who Gets the Credit?

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/who-really-invented-the-smiley-face-2058483/
http://plywoodpeople.com/4-reasons-artists-dont-get-credit-for-their-work/
http://flavorwire.com/251160/artist-who-do-not-make-their-own-work/4
http://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/8-singers-dont-write-own-songs.html/?a=viewall
http://www.mtv.com/news/1580820/rihannas-umbrella-was-the-perfect-storm-that-almost-didnt-happen-behind-the-grammys/

How Can I Tell What’s Fake News?

http://www.factcheck.org/2016/11/how-to-spot-fake-news/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/02/13/fake-news-how-to-tell/97846900/
http://blog.ed.ted.com/2017/01/12/how-to-tell-fake-news-from-real-news/
http://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/10-ways-to-spot-fake-news-story.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_propaganda
http://www.globalresearch.ca/u-s-government-has-long-used-propaganda-against-the-american-people/5502255
http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/09/16/the-cia-the-press-and-black-propaganda/
https://mytruesense.org/2013/02/17/how-racist-propaganda-was-used-to-subugate-black-people/
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/01/propaganda.html

Were No Animals Harmed in the Making of that Film?

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/why-the-no-animals-were-harmed-movie-disclaimer-doesnt-mean-much/
https://www.americanhumane.org/initiative/no-animals-were-harmed/
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/feature/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxXt4tY7_l8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Humane_Association
https://www.americanhumane.org/about-us/history/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIOY1NXKY44&feature=youtu.be

Will You Be My Valentine?

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/search?q=valentines+day&restrict_sr=on&sort=relevance&t=all
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1xwsiy/til_that_valentines_day_is_the_day_that_saint/
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/valentinesdayhistory.html
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=159
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/st-valentine-beheaded

Censorship: Uncensored (Censorship Part 2)

Why the #@%! do we Censor Things?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_the_United_States
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/16/art-censorship_n_6465010.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/02/05/top-ten-internet-censors/5222385/
https://www.reference.com/government-politics/countries-don-t-freedom-speech-ee372c89ca736ba2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_by_country
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/21/most-censored-countries-cpj-top-ten_n_7109932.html
https://www.cpj.org/2015/04/10-most-censored-countries.php
http://archives.cjr.org/cover_story/21st_century_censorship.php
https://bhsworldlitopedia.wikispaces.com/Censorship+in+the+World+Today
http://www.activistpost.com/2016/02/censorship-around-the-world-still-at-high-levels.html

Why Do Bad Movies Get Made?

https://web.archive.org/web/20060626232726/
http://www.cinemablend.com/features/Uwe-Boll-Money-For-Nothing-209.html
https://gideonsway.wordpress.com/2015/09/16/why-do-bad-movies-get-made/
http://www.screenwritingu.com/blog/why-bad-movies-get-made-and-what-it-means-you
https://screencraft.org/2016/06/30/hollywood-makes-bad-movies/
http://www.cracked.com/article_19012_5-hollywood-secrets-that-explain-why-so-many-movies-suck.html

What Did Kids Do in the “Old Days” to Entertain Themselves?

http://www.localhistories.org/toys.html
http://thebirdfeednyc.com/2012/01/20/toys-a-visual-history-1890s-1990s/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy#cite_note-Tsuruoka-20
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-01/what-oldest-toy-world

Was Walt Disney Cryogenically Frozen?

What Other Calendars are Out There?

Is a White Santa Racist?

What’s so Great About Igloos?

What to Do about a DAPL? (w/ Cody Blue Snider)

What is Pantone’s Color of the Year All About?

http://www.garrettspecialties.com/blog/promotional-products/the-importance-of-color-and-the-pantone-color-of-the-year/
http://www.glamour.com/story/how-does-pantone-pick-color-of-year

Stranger Still’s Fansgiving Celebration

Are Creative People More Likely to Suffer from Depression? (w/ Drew Wood)

http://creativesomething.net/post/55508909341/the-link-between-depression-and-creativity-and
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/prescriptions-life/201204/little-weird-prone-depression-blame-your-creative-brain
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/22/world/the-dark-side-of-creativity-vincent-van-gogh/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/these-jobs-have-the-highest-rate-of-suicide/
http://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/what-causes-depression
http://www.webmd.com/depression/guide/depression-symptoms-and-types

Does a Full Moon Have an Affect on Us?

http://www.paganpoet.com/moon-mythology/
http://www.livescience.com/7899-moon-myths-truth-lunar-effects.html
http://news.health.com/2014/08/08/4-strange-ways-the-moon-might-affect-our-bodies/
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Apollo11MoonLanding/story?id=8102785&page=1

Where Have All the Good Plants Gone?

https://www.quora.com/unanswered/What-tasty-fruits-vegetables-herbs-etc-have-gone-extinct
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2015/03/11/extinction-fruits-vegetables.aspx
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2015/03/11/extinction-fruits-vegetables.aspx
http://qz.com/164029/tropical-race-4-global-banana-industry-is-killing-the-worlds-favorite-fruit/
http://hoaxes.org/weblog/comments/was_artificial_banana_flavor_based_on_the_gros_michel_banana
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/04/heritage-apples-john-bunker-maine
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-foods-looked-like-before-genetic-modification-2016-1/?r=AU&IR=T

Do Ouija Boards Work?

Why did We Kill Witches in Salem?

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/?no-ist
http://www.ushistory.org/us/3g.asphttp://www.history.com/topics/salem-witch-trials
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials
http://historylists.org/events/list-of-5-possible-causes-of-the-salem-witch-trials.html

Why do we Love Horror?

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/dec/17/horror-health-warning-scary-films-blood-curdle-dutch-study
http://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/study-shows-horror-movies-good-health/
http://filmmakeriq.com/lessons/the-psychology-of-scary-movies/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/in-excess/201510/why-do-we-watching-scary-films
http://www.livescience.com/7949-horror-movies-people-love.html
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/10/25/why-our-brains-love-horror-movies-fear-catharsis-a-sense-of-doom.html
http://www.collective-evolution.com/2014/05/28/the-science-is-in-scary-movies-are-good-for-you/
http://www.blastr.com/2013-10-2/9-surprising-facts-scientists-learned-watching-horror-movies
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1281385/Ever-wondered-music-horror-films-scares-The-harsh-sounds-tap-instinctive-fears.html
http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/features/why-we-love-scary-movies?page=3
https://www.wired.com/2010/05/why-screams-in-horror-movies-are-scarier/
https://screencraft.org/2015/10/30/8-ways-horror-movies-scare-the-s-out-of-audiences/
http://www.cutprintfilm.com/features/color-in-hammer-horror-films/

Where did Scary Stories Come From?

Why Don’t We Have a Cure for the Common Cold?

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-cure-a-cold-2014-9
https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/you-cant-beat-the-common-cold-and-thats-a-fact/
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/why-is-there-no-cure-for-the-common-cold-a6756836.html
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/keyfacts.htm
http://www.livescience.com/32617-how-do-vaccines-work.html

Why Does Jon Wear Christmas Colors Year-Round? (AKA Color Blindness)

Who the Heck Decided to Drink Milk?

http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/09/when-did-humans-first-start-drinking-milk/
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/milk-dairy-human-diet/#axzz4J9TF5C00
http://milk.procon.org/view.timeline.php?timelineID=000018
http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/food-nutrition/facts/environmental-health-reasons-dairy.htm
http://healthywildandfree.com/6-reasons-you-need-to-stop-drinking-dairy-milk-immediately/

What Conspiracy Theories ended up being Real?

http://www.viralnova.com/true-conspiracies/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MINARET
http://www.killian.com/earl/presidents.html
http://www.thejournal.ie/what-was-watergate-14-facts-richard-nixon-494970-Jun2012/
North Korea abducting Japanese citizens
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_abductions_of_Japanese_citizens
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/north-koreas-abduction-project
Katyn Massacre
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_massacre
https://www.britannica.com/event/Katyn-Massacre
CIA Drug trafficking
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_CIA_drug_trafficking
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_involvement_in_Contra_cocaine_trafficking
https://www.rt.com/usa/194992-cia-crack-scandal-webb/
Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_syphilis_experiment
http://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/timeline.htm
http://www.tuskegee.edu/about_us/centers_of_excellence/bioethics_center/about_the_usphs_syphilis_study.aspx
Operation Northwoods
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/northwoods.html
http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/20010430/northwoods.pdf
http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/20010430/

Is Bloody Mary Real?

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/illusory-scenes-fade-in-out-view/
http://pec.sagepub.com/content/39/7/1007.extract#
http://www.noeton.org/Caputo-research.pdf

Why is the Levi Blue?

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2013/10/14/blue_jeans_what_s_the_reason_behind_the_color.html
https://www.quora.com/How-and-when-did-the-color-blue-become-the-default-for-jeans
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS_syndrome
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeans#cite_note-1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss

Why do People Have Accents?

http://io9.gizmodo.com/5919805/the-science-of-accents
http://mentalfloss.com/article/29761/when-did-americans-lose-their-british-accents
http://news.psu.edu/story/141216/2005/08/29/research/probing-question-how-did-regional-accents-originate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_accents_of_English
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_English

Why is Jack a Nickname for Jon?

http://www.behindthename.com/name/jack/comments
http://mentalfloss.com/article/24761/origins-10-nicknames
http://usefulenglish.ru/vocabulary/mens-names
http://usefulenglish.ru/vocabulary/womens-names
http://www.namenerds.com/uucn/advice/nickhistory.html

Why can Dogs Eat Garbage but not Onions?

http://pets.webmd.com/dogs/ss/slideshow-foods-your-dog-should-never-eat
http://www.akc.org/learn/dog-health/human-foods-dogs-can-and-cant-eat/
http://www.vetsallnatural.com.au/digesting-bones-gastric-acidity-salmonella/
http://vetmedicine.about.com/cs/nutrition/a/042904a.htm
http://www.petguide.com/health/dog/the-shocking-truth-about-dogs-and-garlic/

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