The world is terrifying. And it is always trying to kill us. A great example (out of so many) is rabies, which we've talked about before. Horrifying stuff, and if not vaccinated against, deadly every time. Another example is lead. It's everywhere on our little blue dot, and exposure can cause all kinds of issues.
More pirates!! After our last episode detailing the Pirates of the western seas questions came up about pirates in eastern countries. While my research didn't turn up a lot of options, a few notable accounts came up.
Pirates, a crowd favorite for obvious reasons, but did you know that they had incredibly progressive views for the time? Nathan digs into the social structure of pirates in the golden age of piracy, tells us about their dealings with the government meets of the time and how they conducted themselves.
It's July 1954; a hot day. A man arrives at Tokyo airport in Japan. He's of Caucasian appearance and conventional-looking. But the officials are suspicious. On checking his passport, they see that he hails from a country called Taured. The passport looked genuine, except for the fact that there is no such country as Taured [...]The man is...
CW: illness, death (including death of a child), animal attacks, animal and human harm
Trigger warnings: animal abuse, sexual abuse, drug use, suicide
What image do those two words conjur?
The legend of Bloody Mary is a story many of us in North America are familiar with. Or we think we are. I thought I knew the myth, but once I started digging, I realized I only know the tip of the iceberg and found myself on a fascinating adventure around the world and through the decades
Who would have thought that a tiny island in a lagoon near Venice would be considered the most haunted place on earth? Not us! Nathan tells us about a tiny piece of land that has a long and terrifying story to tell.
"Live rock" itself is not actually alive, but rather is simply made from the aragonite skeletons of long dead corals, or other calcareous organisms. A common fixture in saltwater aquariums that contributes to a healthy ecosystem and helps with tank upkeep. But sometimes when you bring live rock home, sometimes that's not all you're bringing home