Stuff You Should Know

In the 1960s, America took stock of itself when scores of low-income cities broke out in r... more

Why does water seem to freeze faster when it starts out warmer? See [omnystudio.com/listen... more

E-e-e-eek! E-e-e-eek, we say! Adding to the tradition of our wonderful animal episodes we ... more

A pair of old timey fossil hunters had a rootin’ tootin’ rivalry that spilled ... more

Blue zones are areas where people supposedly have more 100+ year-olds than average. But is... more

An amazing case of an early modern mass sighting of UFOs came in Nuremberg, Germany in 156... more

Crooked teeth have always been a thing, but it took us a long time to do something about i... more

In December 1900 three lighthouse keepers vanished without a trace from a deserted island ... more

Private equity is a business operation where companies are bought and run at their leanest... more

Why aren't there lemurs in Africa? That question created a whole theory about a lost conti... more

In 1922, a pastor and his mistress were murdered in New Jersey. Nobody was ever convicted ... more

Rape kits are simple forensic evidence collection kits used when someone is sexually assau... more

In part two of Heavy Metal Week Josh and Chuck break down how specialized heavy metal musi... more

Metal fans have many ways to express themselves, but none are as metal as throwing the dev... more

Some of the most talented musicians in the world play heavy metal, some of the hardest-hit... more

In the absence of an official explanation of why flight MH 370 disappeared in 2014, conjec... more

In 2014, a Boeing 777 airliner disappeared. Despite two full years of searching an area of... more

What if we could take all the trash and waste we generate every year – gigatons wort... more

Marianne Bachmeier committed a shocking act of violence in court in Germany in 1981 to ave... more