Why Does Liechtenstein Even Exist?

Why Does Liechtenstein Even Exist?

Transcript If I was to ask you what the wealthiest royal family in Europe was, your first guess would probably be the British Royal Family.  But it isn’t.  It also isn’t the royal families in Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, or even the wealthy enclave of Monaco.  The richest royal family is also the …

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The Piltdown Man Hoax

The Piltdown Man Hoax

Podcast Transcript In 1912, a discovery was announced that shocked the world. A British paleontologist announced what was perhaps the most important find in the history of paleontology.  The announcement was about the discovery of a fossil, which was claimed to be the missing link between apes and humans.  It was a groundbreaking discovery that, …

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Questions and Answers: Volume 18

Questions and Answers: Volume 18

Podcast Transcript It has been said that April showers bring May flowers.  In reality, April’s questions bring May’s answers.  So join me today as I shower you with answers to let your questions flower  on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. I had another record month in terms of the number and quality of the …

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All About Asteroids

All About Asteroids

Podcast Transcript Our solar system is made up of a lot of things. The biggest thing is the sun, of course which makes up the vast majority of the solar system’s mass.  Then, of course, there are planets, which come in various sizes, and many of them have moons of various sizes.  However, that isn’t …

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A History of the Crusades

A History of the Crusades

Podcast Transcript Starting in the year 1096, the Christian kingdoms of the Latin Church united to retake religious sites in the Holy Land. This war was known as a crusade. This was just the first in a series of nine official and several other unofficial crusades over a span of 200 years.  These crusades impacted …

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Fifty-four Forty or Fight!: A History of the Oregon Border Dispute

Fifty-four Forty or Fight!: A History of the Oregon Border Dispute

Podcast Transcript By the early 19th century, the United States and Great Britain had already fought two wars with each other.  Those two wars were not enough to resolve all of the territorial and border disputes between them.  There was one massive open question that remained between the two countries. A large swath of land …

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Qin Shi Huang: The First Emperor of China

Qin Shi Huang: The First Emperor of China

Podcast Transcript In 259 BC, a boy named Ying Zheng was born in the state of Qin in modern-day China.  He was born into the royal family of the kingdom and ascended to the throne at the age of 13.  For most people, becoming king would be the pinnacle of their achievements. However, this was …

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Central Park

Central Park

Podcast Transcript In the 19th century, New York City was one of the fastest-growing cities in the world.  However, it was still a very young city, and as such, the city’s leaders were able to take a step back and plan what exactly they wanted to future of the city to be.  What they decided …

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The Largest Known Things in the Universe

The Largest Known Things in the Universe

Podcast Transcript The universe is big. Really, really big. So big that it is hard to intuitively grasp its size because we have nothing in our lives that we could compare it to.  Not only is the universe big, but within it are things that really big as well.  The discovery of these big things …

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