This week we learn about the insane life of KFC founder Harland Sanders as he is put in charge of his younger siblings from the age of 5 and later worked the railroads where he developed a reputation for constantly getting into fistfights. A listener email tells of about that time in 1876 when chunks of red meat rained from the sky in Kentucky.

Episode Tabs:

Colonels of Truth

https://www.damninteresting.com/colonels-of-truth/

Listener Tabs:

Kentucky Meat Shower 150th anniversary draws hundreds to Bath County

https://www.weku.org/kentucky-arts-culture/2026-03-06/kentucky-meat-shower-150th-anniversary-draws-hundreds-to-bath-county

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This week we learn about the history of courtroom sketching and how the Lindbergh kidnapping helped get cameras banned from courtrooms altogether. A listener voice memo ponders how all airline safety brochures ended up looking the same.

Episode Tabs:

Why Do We Still Need Courtroom Artists?

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-courtroom-artists

Listener Tabs:

Airline Safety Cards

https://www.airlinesafetycards.be/Safety%20cards.htm

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This week we're joined by cohost of Nerd of Mouth/ producer of LPNtv Holden McNeely as he tells us about the horrors of an entire island off the coast of Brazil populated by extremely poisonous snakes that jump from trees as well as his soft pitch for a movie where looksmaxxing influencers are trapped on said island. A listener emails tells us about a very offensively named shop in India.

Episode Tabs:

Snake Island (Full Length Documentary)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjaz0mynQvk

Listener Tabs:

India's Hitler clothing shop owners to choose new name

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-19481400

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