WEBVTT - Bizarre Ways to Die

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<v Speaker 1>Brought to you by the reinvented two thousand twelve camera.

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<v Speaker 1>It's ready. Are you welcome to Stuff you Should Know

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<v Speaker 1>from House Stuff Works dot com? Hey, and welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>the podcast. I'm Josh. There's Chuck. Chuck do your cheek

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<v Speaker 1>thing all right? I'd like to explain to everyone we

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<v Speaker 1>have a little superstition here at Stuff you Should Know,

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<v Speaker 1>And basically, every time Chuck doesn't do that with his

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<v Speaker 1>cheeks ahead of time, we have a terrible take. And

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes I have to have to stop part way through

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<v Speaker 1>it gets so bad and do it again. And we've

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<v Speaker 1>noticed that when Chuck does this, we have a good take.

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<v Speaker 1>So prepare for an excellent podcast because he just did

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<v Speaker 1>it twice. So we're good, right, Chuck. I think we're set. Yeah, so,

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<v Speaker 1>and and I feel a little bit better after um,

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<v Speaker 1>you told me that this article we're about to talk

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<v Speaker 1>to you talk about Tim Bazzarre Ways to Die, was

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<v Speaker 1>blowing up on the home page because it means that

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<v Speaker 1>there's a lot more people, uh than me who are

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<v Speaker 1>who have a morbid curiosity slash fascination with death. There

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<v Speaker 1>are Buddy this one and the are their dead bodies

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<v Speaker 1>on Mount Divers apparently did phenomenally well on the homepage.

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<v Speaker 1>They exploded on the home and uh, you know, people

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<v Speaker 1>want to to know about these wacky, bizarre death so

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to share some of them. Yeah, we agree.

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<v Speaker 1>We we're gonna do all ten right now, of course

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<v Speaker 1>not okay. I don't know if you picked h the

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<v Speaker 1>guy from Canada the first one, but if you didn't,

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<v Speaker 1>have a question for you. So, this guy from Canada

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<v Speaker 1>in two thousand and eight got stuck in a sewer

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<v Speaker 1>grade after he win after his wallet, and he was

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<v Speaker 1>still alive right when they pulled him out by tow truck,

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<v Speaker 1>but then he died. So my question is, did was

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<v Speaker 1>he crushed to death and they pulled him out? Did

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<v Speaker 1>the tow truck kill him? Like? What killed this guy? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a great question and I don't have the answer. Actually,

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<v Speaker 1>my editor, Amanda asked me the same question. She said,

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<v Speaker 1>how do you actually die? And I couldn't find it.

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<v Speaker 1>I looked other than the fact that he was stuck

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<v Speaker 1>in a sewer, wedged several feet down, you know, upside

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<v Speaker 1>down for a period of hours, which can't be good

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<v Speaker 1>for you. But he was still alive when they pulled

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<v Speaker 1>him up. By tow truck. He died on the way

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<v Speaker 1>to the hospital or at the hospital something. I think

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<v Speaker 1>he was alive when he came out of the sewer

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<v Speaker 1>grade he was, so he was pronounced dead at the hospital.

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<v Speaker 1>And this isn't the first person to die from being

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<v Speaker 1>stuck in a sewer dry, which really sad. Yeah, and

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<v Speaker 1>we should say we're not We're not making light of

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<v Speaker 1>any of these very sad tragedies that have happened, but

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<v Speaker 1>so abnormal sometimes that they you know, well, it's in

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<v Speaker 1>the title bizarre. Bizarre. Yeah, yeah, he'd he'd uh went

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<v Speaker 1>down to get something, retrieve something, to drain his wallet

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<v Speaker 1>and after a robbery and got stuck upside down for

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<v Speaker 1>a period of hours and was, like you said, pulled

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<v Speaker 1>out by a tow truck. Yeah, and it was too late.

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<v Speaker 1>It's odd. It is. Well, uh, that's one. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if you're playing on talking about that guy or not,

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<v Speaker 1>but I had that question. I was not actually, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>well give me give me one of yours, Josh, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna talk about the woman who died by her sheep's

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<v Speaker 1>hand or I guess um. And this again another sad tragedy.

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<v Speaker 1>A woman in England. Uh. You know, she was a

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<v Speaker 1>farmer's wife and she was going out to feed the

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<v Speaker 1>sheep and she had a little a TV that I

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<v Speaker 1>guess she wrote out to where the sheep were, and

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<v Speaker 1>sheep were really hungry, and apparently they came at her

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<v Speaker 1>with a lot of force and knocked her off of

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<v Speaker 1>a cliff and she was parked along the edge of

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<v Speaker 1>a quarry, right, yeah, And so they knocked her off,

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<v Speaker 1>and they say that the sad tragedy is that she

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<v Speaker 1>may have lived, um, if not for her a TV

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<v Speaker 1>falling on top of her. So that was knocked off

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<v Speaker 1>as well. I came down on her hungry sheep, very

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<v Speaker 1>hungry sheep. Did you get an idea of how many

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<v Speaker 1>there there were? Uh, it just said a flock a flock,

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<v Speaker 1>So well, it's like two or more, right, sure, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so I'm thinking probably a little more than two to

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<v Speaker 1>to TV and a woman. Yeah, that is kind of,

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<v Speaker 1>um bizarre. Again, I think that definitely falls in the category.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me ask you, how did you choose these? That's

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<v Speaker 1>a good question. I thought you might ask that. Well.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you just start looking around on the internet

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<v Speaker 1>for strange deaths and bizarre deaths and pretty soon you've

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<v Speaker 1>got a big master list of stories, and did you

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<v Speaker 1>have to pare down? Oh yeah, sure, Okay, well give

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<v Speaker 1>me one that you that didn't take the list. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I can't think of one right now. You put me

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<v Speaker 1>on the spot. I love putting you on the spot.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't think of one, all right, Well maybe by

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<v Speaker 1>the end of the podcast. Okay, well, let me give

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<v Speaker 1>you one of my chuck which, by the way, this

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<v Speaker 1>is just an excellent article. It's it's as good as

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<v Speaker 1>numbers journalism gets, right. Yeah. Um, so I guarantee this

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<v Speaker 1>is one of yours too, but I'm going to just

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<v Speaker 1>go ahead and steal it. Um in nineteen nineteen. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I love this one. It's just so nuts. Um. In

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen nineteen in North Boston, there was a neighborhood that

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<v Speaker 1>was largely populated by Italian immigrant it and one of

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<v Speaker 1>the big features of this neighborhood was, I guess a

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<v Speaker 1>huge holding tank. I assume a molasses processing plan or

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<v Speaker 1>something huge, huge holding tank that that held um two

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<v Speaker 1>point five million gallons of molasses. Apparently that's a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of gallons too many, because the tank ruptured and from

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<v Speaker 1>what I gather, exploded with molasses. There was shrapnel that

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<v Speaker 1>was flying everywhere. So some people died that way, sure,

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<v Speaker 1>But I think the the the most horrific aspect of

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<v Speaker 1>the deaths that came out that that day was that

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<v Speaker 1>one people were killed by a twenty five ft high

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<v Speaker 1>wall of molasses. And you know, the term slow as

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<v Speaker 1>molasses that did not apply in this case, because their

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<v Speaker 1>reports where that it was going about thirty five miles

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<v Speaker 1>an hour. The problem is that you have that much

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<v Speaker 1>molasses and it's traveling that fast and you get stuck

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<v Speaker 1>in it, You're going to drown in molasses. And I

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<v Speaker 1>can't imagine it takes more than one breath of molasses

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<v Speaker 1>to drown you. Yeah, I would say something, but yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a pretty horrible way to go. Yeah. And the

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<v Speaker 1>weird thing is is that it's apparently to this day,

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<v Speaker 1>I understand they the residents of this neighborhood almost a

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<v Speaker 1>hundred years later, at least well ninety years later, still

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<v Speaker 1>say that on a hot day they can smell the

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<v Speaker 1>molasses that took years to clean up this mess, right,

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<v Speaker 1>And don't you know, of course that's one of those

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<v Speaker 1>things that might be lower at this point, but it

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<v Speaker 1>makes for a good story. It definitely does. But yet

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<v Speaker 1>one people died drowning in molasses, right, Yeah, bizarre, very bizarre.

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<v Speaker 1>Onto the Call Your Brothers. These two, this is my

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<v Speaker 1>other favorite one. These guys were pretty famous too. If

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<v Speaker 1>you're from New York City, UM, you've probably heard of

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<v Speaker 1>the Call Your Brothers at some point. Um Langley and

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<v Speaker 1>Homer Callier. They moved to New York to Harlem in

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen o nine when they're in their twenties, and they

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<v Speaker 1>were from an upper crust family, uh, kind of well

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<v Speaker 1>to do, and the brothers lived together in Harlem and

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<v Speaker 1>uh became hermits basically over the years. Yeah, and not

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<v Speaker 1>just hermits, but compulsive hoarders, which you know, we should

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<v Speaker 1>do a podcast on this one, which should That's very interesting,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. Um, I read an analysis of compulsive hoarding

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<v Speaker 1>using the Wonder Machine, and they found that when asked

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<v Speaker 1>to decide like if they if they should throw away

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<v Speaker 1>one piece of junk mail or another, the region of

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<v Speaker 1>the brain that's associated with processing very unpleasant experiences lights

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<v Speaker 1>up like a Christmas tree. Really interesting and I'm yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>from what I gather, Homer and Langley, we're definitely compulsive hoarders. Legendary, right, legendary.

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<v Speaker 1>Apparently they accumulated a hundred and eighty tons of you know,

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<v Speaker 1>they called it junk in their apartment. I know, and

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<v Speaker 1>think about that every time you can think of that's

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<v Speaker 1>sixty more tons than what they've got every year on

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<v Speaker 1>Mount Everest, which is one of the most littered places

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<v Speaker 1>on Earth, and there is an apartment. These guys had

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<v Speaker 1>it an apartment. Yeah, so I think to call them

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<v Speaker 1>compulsive hoarders is right on the money. Uh so. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean we're talking busta chandeliers, baby care, just smashed pianos, clocks, furniture,

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<v Speaker 1>newspapers just stacked to the ceiling. Homer went blind in

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<v Speaker 1>the nineteen thirties and was bedridden because of rheumatism. By

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<v Speaker 1>and his younger brother helped care for him night and

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<v Speaker 1>day and saved all these newspapers and hopes that one

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<v Speaker 1>day his brother would regain his sight, which I found

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<v Speaker 1>beyond sweet. Yeah, it's pretty sweet and strange. Um. The

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<v Speaker 1>other odd thing is is they had their home booby

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<v Speaker 1>trapped because they were What they did was, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>they moved to Harlem, and then Harlem over the years

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<v Speaker 1>started becoming a little bit more of a rough neighborhood,

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<v Speaker 1>and they never moved. They just like shut themselves in

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<v Speaker 1>and and you know, closed all the doors. Yeah that's true. Yeah. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>so they set these booby traps and uh, it turned

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<v Speaker 1>out to be Langley's undoing. He tripped on one of

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<v Speaker 1>these booby traps and was buried beneath an avalanche of junk,

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<v Speaker 1>and Homer was starved to death because his brother wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>around the thick care of him. Did you get the

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<v Speaker 1>impression that Langley died instantly, like a broken neck or

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<v Speaker 1>something like that, or did he possibly starved to death

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<v Speaker 1>as well? You know, that's a good question. I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>get that because I didn't say it, just said that

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<v Speaker 1>he was buried underneath a pile of junk, So he

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<v Speaker 1>could very well just been trapped and had to starve

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<v Speaker 1>to death as well. I mean, can you imagine Homer

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<v Speaker 1>realizing that his brothers just died under a pile of

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<v Speaker 1>junk and blind and bedridden. You imagine you would have

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<v Speaker 1>been like, oh right, I'm toasted. Yeah, exactly. So bizarre, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>very bizarre. Yeah. And apparently I read this, I think

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<v Speaker 1>it was a New Yorker article about this, and the

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<v Speaker 1>author said that he grew up in the nineteen sixties

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<v Speaker 1>and seventies in New York and his parents that was

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<v Speaker 1>something they would say, They say, you know, clean up

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<v Speaker 1>your room and you're gonna end up like this. Call

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<v Speaker 1>your brothers sort of poor guys. But they were grossly

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<v Speaker 1>misunderstood too. Probably. Yeah, alright, well, I guess it's my turn. Hunt.

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<v Speaker 1>I call this one death by irony because that's what

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<v Speaker 1>it feels like to me every time I hear this one.

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<v Speaker 1>Pagan twistle. Yeah. Yeah, So she was a failed actress,

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<v Speaker 1>somewhat successful back in New York, but she got um.

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<v Speaker 1>She was drawn to Hollywood Land, as the sign originally said,

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<v Speaker 1>right um and and in ninety two, after a string

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<v Speaker 1>of rejections she acting role rejections, Thank you romantic, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you're absolutely right, wow wow um she so yeah. She

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<v Speaker 1>kept turned down for part after part after part um,

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<v Speaker 1>and she decided she was going to take her own life,

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<v Speaker 1>which I called dedication to your craft. Right. So she

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<v Speaker 1>climbs up to the H but first leaves a suicide

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<v Speaker 1>note at the bottom of it. Climbs up to the

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<v Speaker 1>top of the H which is like what sixty ft

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<v Speaker 1>or something like that. I think it's about that. I

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<v Speaker 1>smell some listener mail in my future. Um. But she

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<v Speaker 1>climbed it to the top, jumped off sixty ft or

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<v Speaker 1>whatever it is. It killed her and they found her

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<v Speaker 1>two days later, and her her suicide note was very

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<v Speaker 1>apologetic and short and sweet, and she just couldn't take

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<v Speaker 1>it anymore, right. And what what kills me is that

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<v Speaker 1>the day after she died she killed herself, a letter

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<v Speaker 1>arrived at her house offering her apart for the role

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<v Speaker 1>of a suicidal woman. Yep, yeah, that one. That's bizarre

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<v Speaker 1>and agonizing, agonizing. You know, I used to the Hollywood

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<v Speaker 1>sign was outside my window in my apartment in l A. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's very cool, very cool view. And didn't for Sutherland

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<v Speaker 1>to live in your neighborhood too. Uh, ry mouth be there.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna go ahead and jump straight to number one.

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<v Speaker 1>Death by unexplained phenomenon is what I'm calling it, even

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<v Speaker 1>though I know it's really space aliens. Uh. In the

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<v Speaker 1>Ural Mountains of Russia. This is a group of college students,

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<v Speaker 1>Russian college students went hiking from Eural Polytechnic Institute. And

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<v Speaker 1>this is in the wintertime and so it was cold.

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<v Speaker 1>Nine never made out of the woods, and what the

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<v Speaker 1>investigators found was frightening. It really was horrific. I think

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<v Speaker 1>is a good word. Hurt. I don't even know if

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<v Speaker 1>this one's bizarre. It's horrific. Yeah, just unexplained and horrific. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>First of all, they found their tent abandoned. It was

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<v Speaker 1>ripped open from the inside and half buried in snow,

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<v Speaker 1>and their shoes and like their coats and their belongings

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<v Speaker 1>were still inside the tent. So that's where we're starting

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<v Speaker 1>with the investigating. There's there's snow everywhere, it's like winter

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<v Speaker 1>right sure, February and Russia. The first two bodies were

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<v Speaker 1>found at the edge of the forest, barefoot and dressed

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<v Speaker 1>in their underwear. The next three bodies were found near

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<v Speaker 1>near there in similar state, and then two months later,

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<v Speaker 1>the last bodies were found buried in the snow about

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<v Speaker 1>two hundred and fifty feet away from them. So they're

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<v Speaker 1>all dead. Um. Four of the students had massive internal injuries,

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<v Speaker 1>broken ribs, crushed skulls. One of them was missing her tongue,

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<v Speaker 1>which is just freaky and uh, but they had no

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<v Speaker 1>external wounds and no signs of struggle. No, so they

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<v Speaker 1>had like crushed skulls, but no external wounds. That's insane, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>But the weird thing is what they found on their clothing, right, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>the final victims were wearing the clothing of the other victims, right,

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<v Speaker 1>But it wasn't the clothing irradiated. Yeah, they did test

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<v Speaker 1>on the clothing and found that it had high levels

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<v Speaker 1>of radiation. The case records were sealed until nineteen and

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<v Speaker 1>when the case came back open, they learned that there

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<v Speaker 1>were bright orange spheres spotted in the sky that night

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<v Speaker 1>by other hikers. So you think, you think aliens? Oh

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<v Speaker 1>and these people their faces were a sunburned too. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I don't know if it was aliens necessarily,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think it was probably what I think it

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<v Speaker 1>was some kind of army experimentation radiation, maybe bombs, something

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<v Speaker 1>like that. That's very odd, but I mean it's still

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<v Speaker 1>to this day, they the Russian government won't own up

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<v Speaker 1>to anything happening out of the ordinary in the area

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<v Speaker 1>nine of your your youth killed it your hand accidentally

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<v Speaker 1>or otherwise. It makes for bad pr And you guys

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<v Speaker 1>can't see this, but that one, it was clearly Chuck's

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<v Speaker 1>favorite because normally, like in an article, he will highlight

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<v Speaker 1>a little passenger to as a reminder. He has that

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<v Speaker 1>entire thing highlighting. You love that one, don't you do?

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<v Speaker 1>It's really strange. Can I do one more? We have

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<v Speaker 1>a hit? Ten? Yea have we? Okay? So I call

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<v Speaker 1>this one disco boy, the sixteen year old kid in England.

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<v Speaker 1>Um And if he was sixteen, he probably only started

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<v Speaker 1>using deodor it maybe a couple of years before. But

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<v Speaker 1>he took a real shine to this stuff, a Saul

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<v Speaker 1>deodorant right. Um. And apparently this kid would just slather

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<v Speaker 1>it on all over his body a couple of times

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<v Speaker 1>a day. And you say in the article it was

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<v Speaker 1>so so thick sometimes that his family downstairs could taste

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<v Speaker 1>it right in the air. Um. And eventually, at age sixteen,

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<v Speaker 1>he dropped out of a heart attack, right. And the

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<v Speaker 1>reason why they round he he had heart failure due

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<v Speaker 1>to um UH levels ten times the lethal dosage of

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<v Speaker 1>butane and propane liquid liquid natural gases that are used

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<v Speaker 1>as accelerants and aerosols or were. And this kid built

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<v Speaker 1>it up time over over probably two years. Man, I

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<v Speaker 1>mean think about that, and it just built up in

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<v Speaker 1>his system and finally just stopped his heart, which is

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<v Speaker 1>just crazy to me. And apparently he used it in

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<v Speaker 1>a very confined space like his bathroom. Um, so not

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<v Speaker 1>only was he absorbing it through his skin, yeah he was.

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<v Speaker 1>He was inhaling it as well. So we're not saying

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<v Speaker 1>it's dangerous to use any kind of aerosol. Well, good

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<v Speaker 1>luck finding an aerosol deodorant these days. I don't legal illegal,

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<v Speaker 1>at least ones with with propane and butane in them. Sure,

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<v Speaker 1>so we'll go to the store and look, you want

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<v Speaker 1>to after this? Yeah, well I bring that up because

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<v Speaker 1>I know somebody who occasionally will use fabreeze in her

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<v Speaker 1>hair to kind of like freshen up. And now now

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<v Speaker 1>I'm kind of like, what kind of kild do not?

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<v Speaker 1>I find that strange? As do I? As do I?

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, okay, well it's ten bizarre deaths x number

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<v Speaker 1>of bizarre deaths. There's still more that you can read about. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and I strongly recommend anyone go on to the site

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<v Speaker 1>read this article, a fine one written by one Charles W. Bryant,

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<v Speaker 1>and all you have to do is type in ten

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<v Speaker 1>bizarre ways to die in the handy search bart how

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<v Speaker 1>stuff Works dot Com and chuck while we are here,

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<v Speaker 1>while we have everyone's attention because we know you guys

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<v Speaker 1>don't go anywhere. You know, listener mails coming eventually, you

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<v Speaker 1>want to hear your names. So first, exactly, Um, first,

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0:16:40.520 --> 0:16:43.440
<v Speaker 1>and I and Jerry got together, excuse me, Josh and

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<v Speaker 1>in it in the way that we like it. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like we broke it down into very um

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<v Speaker 1>manageable knowledge, right, Yeah, well that's the stuff you should know.

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<v Speaker 1>Super Stuff Guide to the Economy, which we love that name.

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<v Speaker 1>You can actually find it on iTunes by typing in

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<v Speaker 1>it's the first thing that comes up, maybe the only thing.

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<v Speaker 1>No it's not, but it is definitely the first thing

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<v Speaker 1>I said, on iTunes, And I guess while we're at it,

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<v Speaker 1>we should go ahead and plug the blog to right

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<v Speaker 1>our weblog. Well, we have a blog now, folks called

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<v Speaker 1>stuff you Should Know oddly enough, and you can access

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<v Speaker 1>it through the homepage how stuff works dot com over

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<v Speaker 1>on the right side. Chuck and I each post once

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<v Speaker 1>a day, so it's updated twice. Sometimes it's news items

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<v Speaker 1>I do a little recap on Friday, so where we can,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, talk to the fans about what we podcasted

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<v Speaker 1>about that week. And it's fun stuff. It is fun.

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<v Speaker 1>Actually I've kind of taken to taken a shine to it. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I can see that. Yeah, so, Chuck, I guess it's

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<v Speaker 1>listener in mail time, right, Josh, this is a really

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<v Speaker 1>good one. I'm just gonna call this exceptional fan mail.

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<v Speaker 1>We get these from time to time. Remember when you

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<v Speaker 1>brought up proso pagnosia. Yeah, facial blindness, facial blindnes. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna do a real quick recap of what that is. Basically,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a there's a malfunction of the brain region that

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<v Speaker 1>processes visual facial information. And so people with probe how

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<v Speaker 1>do I We'll say it one more time, chuck, Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>proso pagnosia. Yeah, well, facial blindness. Um, I have a

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<v Speaker 1>total inability to make a memory of someone's face. So

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<v Speaker 1>seeing somebody you've known for years, uh, for the thousandth

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<v Speaker 1>time is like seeing them for the first time. You

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<v Speaker 1>don't recognize them. So we had someone right in who

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<v Speaker 1>has this, which is very cool. So we like these

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<v Speaker 1>firsthand accounts. So Anna wrote in and said that we

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<v Speaker 1>could read this to our fans. So I thought it's

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<v Speaker 1>kind of cool. She said that she cannot visualize the

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<v Speaker 1>faces of her coworkers or anybody for that matter, but

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<v Speaker 1>she does I do see faces when I look at them.

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<v Speaker 1>This means that we can memorize features such as hair

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<v Speaker 1>and skin color, haircut, and facial structure to some extent.

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<v Speaker 1>Feature based recognition like this is useless for recognizing people

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<v Speaker 1>out of context, but it's usually enough to differentiate differentiate

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<v Speaker 1>between people in context when you expect to see them. So,

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<v Speaker 1>in other words, she's comes up with a system of

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<v Speaker 1>how to recognize people at work, Let's say, or you know,

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<v Speaker 1>somewhere else she might go to the club. Um. Secondly,

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<v Speaker 1>we recognize voices just as well as the next person.

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<v Speaker 1>I know a lot of people wrote in an assets

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<v Speaker 1>much excellent point. Yeah, so that safe uh that safe

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<v Speaker 1>word thing when talking to relatives is absolutely not necessary.

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<v Speaker 1>You were talking about and having a safe word, that's fine.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh So in the workplace, if a colleague greets me,

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<v Speaker 1>I know who they are from their voice. Thirdly, people's

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<v Speaker 1>body language is very individual, and although I can't recognize

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<v Speaker 1>somebody's face, I can recognize how they walk and move,

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<v Speaker 1>which is very individual. And that made sense to me

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<v Speaker 1>because it's just the face exactly, only the face. Um, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>that's what she says. It's it's facial recognition is specialized

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<v Speaker 1>for faces only in the brain. And fourth she says

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<v Speaker 1>that people tend to dress similarly from day to day,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's also a good guideline. So you develop coping strategies.

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<v Speaker 1>Most of the time you get by well enough. Although

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<v Speaker 1>I work at a large company, I very rarely have

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<v Speaker 1>problems at work and with people I meet regularly, and

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think my colleagues notice. So that's correct. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you come up with a system it's it's kind of interesting,

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<v Speaker 1>kind of like the guy Memento would write down important

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<v Speaker 1>things or tattooed the really important thing, right somebody? Yeah, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks Anna, you sound like a sharp tech. Appreciate you

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