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Winnie the Pooh-Poohed
- By: Dan Lewis
- Narrated by: Giovannie Cruz
- Length: 3 mins
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Winnie the Pooh is a fictional cartoon bear, created by writer A.A. Milne in 1924. He likes honey, his red T-shirt and his friends (Piglet, Christopher Robin, Eeyore, Roo and – on most days – Tigger).
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Winnie the Pooh
- By Lesley Nadeau on 11-02-22
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Winnie the Pooh-Poohed
- Narrated by: Giovannie Cruz
- Length: 3 mins
- Release date: 09-26-16
- Language: English
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The Trees of Hate
- By: Dan Lewis
- Narrated by: Mark Schectman
- Length: 2 mins
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From the end of World War II until the fall of the Soviet Union nearly fifty years later, the happenings of those nations behind the Iron Curtain were hidden in the shroud of communism. Many of the goings-on came to light in subsequent years, with most being stories of abuses under communist dictators. But some of the revelations unveiled in the 1990s were secrets about the Nazis. For example, shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, someone discovered a swastika made of trees.
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The Trees of Hate
- Narrated by: Mark Schectman
- Length: 2 mins
- Release date: 08-18-16
- Language: English
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We Used to Recycle Penicillin from Patients' Urine
- By: Dan Lewis
- Narrated by: Giovannie Cruz
- Length: 3 mins
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Penicillin was discovered by a scientist named Alexander Fleming in September 1928. Two years later, it was used for the first time to cure an infection – on November 25, 1930, British Doctor Cecil George Paine used penicillin to help an infant suffering from neonatal conjunctivitis.
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We Used to Recycle Penicillin from Patients' Urine
- Narrated by: Giovannie Cruz
- Length: 3 mins
- Release date: 09-26-16
- Language: English
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Editing the Future in the Past
- By: Dan Lewis
- Narrated by: Mark Schectman
- Length: 2 mins
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There's a teensy problem with the Lincoln Memorial – one that spelling sticklers might have the biggest problem with. Explore this little-known fact on this episode of Now I Know. The Lincoln Memorial is one of Washington, D.C.’s top tourist attractions. The monument, erected to honor the 16th President of the United States, is a painstaking work of architecture and sculpture. It features a 19-foot high sculpture of Abraham Lincoln himself, and the attention to detail is breathtaking.
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Editing the Future in the Past
- Narrated by: Mark Schectman
- Length: 2 mins
- Release date: 08-01-16
- Language: English
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Van Morrison and the 31 Songs About Nothing but a Bad Contract
- By: Dan Lewis
- Narrated by: Giovannie Cruz
- Length: 4 mins
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Van Morrison is a legend of the music world. He has won six Grammys to date, has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and gets a fraction of a cent whenever you stream 'Brown Eyed Girl' on Spotify (when it plays in your head, however, that one's free).
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Van Morrison and the 31 Songs About Nothing but a Bad Contract
- Narrated by: Giovannie Cruz
- Length: 4 mins
- Release date: 09-26-16
- Language: English
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The Nice Mr. Werewolf
- By: Dan Lewis
- Narrated by: Giovannie Cruz
- Length: 3 mins
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Werewolves aren't real. But if they were real, they'd be scary, considering they are man-beast hybrids with enormous strength, no judgment or compassion, and a vicious case of blood lust.
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Too short
- By Lisa Hollar on 02-11-22
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The Nice Mr. Werewolf
- Narrated by: Giovannie Cruz
- Length: 3 mins
- Release date: 09-26-16
- Language: English
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Not Safe, but Fired
- By: Dan Lewis
- Narrated by: Giovannie Cruz
- Length: 4 mins
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Take some paper and various other materials, bundled into one neat package. Light it on fire. Use it for a bit and then, when you're done, throw it away, still lit.
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Not Safe, but Fired
- Narrated by: Giovannie Cruz
- Length: 4 mins
- Release date: 09-26-16
- Language: English
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Leave It to Beaver
- By: Dan Lewis
- Narrated by: Mark Schectman
- Length: 5 mins
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If you're a homeowner, having a river or pond run through your property can be pretty cool – it can turn a rather nondescript piece of land into something more interesting and, with proper upkeep and safety, something more fun. Of course, that's only true if the body of water was something you expected to be there. If, one day, you woke up to find your typically dry backyard more akin to a bayou – well, that's a problem.
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Leave It to Beaver
- Narrated by: Mark Schectman
- Length: 5 mins
- Release date: 08-18-16
- Language: English
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The Crack Tax
- By: Dan Lewis
- Narrated by: Mark Schectman
- Length: 3 mins
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Crack – a smokable form of cocaine which is all too common – is highly addictive and very dangerous. At $50 to $100 per gram on the street (that's a Google-fueled guess by the way; sorry if I have that wrong, but I've never been in the market for crack), it's also a lower-cost alternative to those cocaine addicts who need a hit but don't have the dollars for the straight, snort-able kind. Oh, and in most places, it's illegal – including in the United States, which includes the state of Tennessee.
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The Crack Tax
- Narrated by: Mark Schectman
- Length: 3 mins
- Release date: 08-18-16
- Language: English
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The Check Republic
- By: Dan Lewis
- Narrated by: Mark Schectman
- Length: 4 mins
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Checks are, basically, IOUs. The person writing the check promises to pay the check's recipient at some point in the very near future. The check writer isn't even part of the transaction at that point – the writer's bank is instructed, literally, to "pay" the amount specified "to the order of" the person to whom the check is made out. The bank plays a critical role in the transaction beyond the delivery of cash, too – it helps ensure that the check writer is good for the debt now owed.
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The Check Republic
- Narrated by: Mark Schectman
- Length: 4 mins
- Release date: 08-18-16
- Language: English
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The Electoral Insurance Policy
- By: Dan Lewis
- Narrated by: Mark Schectman
- Length: 4 mins
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Nevada is a nice insurance policy for a presidential hopeful – in fact, that's why Nevada became a state in the first place. Explore the state's unbridled history on this episode of Now I Know. The United States is in the throes of its presidential campaigns season and, over the last week or so, candidates from both major parties have focused their sights on Nevada. Come November, that will again be true as Nevada can be a bellwether state – in each of the previous nine election cycles, Nevada voters supported the overall winner.
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The Electoral Insurance Policy
- Narrated by: Mark Schectman
- Length: 4 mins
- Release date: 08-01-16
- Language: English
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The Real Effect of Fake News
- By: Dan Lewis
- Narrated by: Giovannie Cruz
- Length: 4 mins
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On the evening of December 2, 1984, a chemical manufacturing plant in Bhopal, India owned by Union Carbide began leaking toxic gas into the residential areas surrounding the plant, and the resulting tragedy is considered one of the worst such disasters in history.
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The Real Effect of Fake News
- Narrated by: Giovannie Cruz
- Length: 4 mins
- Release date: 09-26-16
- Language: English
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How to Pay Yourself $2.1 Million in Taxes
- By: Dan Lewis
- Narrated by: Giovannie Cruz
- Length: 4 mins
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Tax refunds are tantamount to loans to the government, repaid a few weeks or months late. But many people treat their tax refunds as a windfall—found money, to be spent on whatever extra-budgetary items they desire, much like an unexpected Christmas bonus or a winning lottery ticket. Easy come, easy go.
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What a waste of even 66 cents.
- By Heather C on 03-21-19
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How to Pay Yourself $2.1 Million in Taxes
- Narrated by: Giovannie Cruz
- Length: 4 mins
- Release date: 10-18-16
- Language: English
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Voltaire's Wager
- By: Dan Lewis
- Narrated by: Mark Schectman
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François-Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire, was a French writer during the Enlightenment. Known for what would today be considered snark, he often made comments to which many would take offense. For example, in his 1764 treatise Dictionnaire Philosophique (which translates as Philosophical Dictionary), Voltaire quipped that "common sense is not so common." This smarter-than-thou attitude was a theme throughout his works, and, one would expect, his life as well.
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short but awesome
- By John Haggerty on 04-30-21
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Voltaire's Wager
- Narrated by: Mark Schectman
- Length: 3 mins
- Release date: 08-18-16
- Language: English
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Rocketman
- Narrated by: Giovannie Cruz
- Length: 2 mins
- Release date: 10-18-16
- Language: English
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You Can Taste the Price
- By: Dan Lewis
- Narrated by: Mark Schectman
- Length: 2 mins
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Taste test: Does a $17 burger always taste better than a $4 one? Find out on this episode of Now I Know. A hamburger that costs $17 probably tastes good. No, it has to – who would pay $17 for a burger and fries that didn’t? No one – at least not twice. That makes sense: in order to stay in business with an expensive menu, whatever you’re selling better make for a good dining experience. But at some point, our palates can’t really discern between foods.
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You Can Taste the Price
- Narrated by: Mark Schectman
- Length: 2 mins
- Release date: 08-01-16
- Language: English
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How Hollywood and Harvard Partnered to Save Lives
- By: Dan Lewis
- Narrated by: Giovannie Cruz
- Length: 3 mins
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Television is a very powerful medium, the value of which extends well beyond the escapism and entertainment that it brings into our homes. If you're a marketer, for example, you can use TV to introduce a new product to consumers and, via the magic of product placements, make it seem like a must-have item. After all, if your customers' favorite characters use your product, maybe your customers will too.
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How Hollywood and Harvard Partnered to Save Lives
- Narrated by: Giovannie Cruz
- Length: 3 mins
- Release date: 10-18-16
- Language: English
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As the World Turns
- By: Dan Lewis
- Narrated by: Giovannie Cruz
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Beginning in December 1968, whenever the United States sent a manned spacecraft into space, it did so from Cape Canaveral, Florida, with the flight directed by the Kennedy Space Center located on nearby Merritt Island. Both the launch site and the Space Center are located an hour east of Orlando, on the Atlantic Ocean.
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As the World Turns
- Narrated by: Giovannie Cruz
- Length: 3 mins
- Release date: 10-18-16
- Language: English
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You Can't Win If You Don't Pay
- By: Dan Lewis
- Narrated by: Giovannie Cruz
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"You can't win if you don't pay"—that's a slogan used by a number of different state-run lotteries in the United States. It's a truism of sorts—the statement is obviously correct (both in the context of lotteries and more generally) and says nothing really interesting, but it makes for good ad copy.
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You Can't Win If You Don't Pay
- Narrated by: Giovannie Cruz
- Length: 4 mins
- Release date: 10-18-16
- Language: English
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What Happens in Bochum Stays in Bochum
- By: Dan Lewis
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The German town of Bochum is the 16th largest in the country by population; as of 2015, Bochum was home to roughly 365,000 people. In the fall of 2014, though, at least one of those people was in a little bit of trouble.
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What Happens in Bochum Stays in Bochum
- Narrated by: Giovannie Cruz
- Length: 2 mins
- Release date: 10-18-16
- Language: English
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