Lights Out With Sylvia Shults Podcast
1) Today I Learned …
Agatha Christie was doing a lot of writing when England was being bombed in World War II. She wrote the final stories for the characters of Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot in case she didn’t surv...Show More
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When people want to do an impression of Frankenstein’s monster, they often stagger-walk with their arms stiffly held out. Ever wonder why? That actually comes from the 1943 movie Frankenstein Me...Show More
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Experiments conducted by British horticultural students showed that plants thrive when played heavy metal music — particularly by the band Black Sabbath. The plants develop larger flowers and be...Show More
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A house fire in London, England, was caused by a crystal doorknob. Sunlight refracted through the doorknob and reflected onto a nearby nightgown. The concentrated beam of light set the clothing on fir...Show More
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A 59-year-old man from Zelenograd, Russia, experienced breathing problems for more than half a century because he had shoved a metal coin up his nose when he was six and then had forgotten all about i...Show More
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More than 1,600 pairs of latex ears and feet were used in the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Each one was cooked in a special oven that ran 24 hours a day, seven days a week....Show More
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Shadows From The Walls of Death, an 1874 book by US author Dr. Robert M. Kedzie, contained samples of green arsenic-pigmented wallpaper and was considered so dangerous that it could kill a careless re...Show More
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While on a trail in northeastern France in 2020, a hiker found a 110-year-old carrier pigeon bag. He spotted a two-inch-long aluminum cylinder half-buried in the ground, and upon investigating, discov...Show More
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Since being employed by the organization Detection Dogs for Conservation, Bear, an Australian Koolie dog, has rescued more than 100 sick, injured, or starving koalas following the bushfires in 2020 an...Show More
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The most expensive liquid in the world is the venom of the deathstalker scorpion, native to North Africa and the Middle East. Its sting is 100 times more painful than a bee sting, and its venom sells ...Show More
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