Epic (and illegal) college pranks that demanded advanced engineering degrees, weeks of planning, and cross-country logistics. We look at feats requiring custom equipment to steal a 1.7-ton cannon and complex assembly to build a police car replica atop a massive dome. These stories reveal what happens when brilliant, unsupervised minds choose hilarity over homework, proving that the greatest challenge is often the joke itself.

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This episode discusses technically illegal activities undertaken as pranks, including theft of property (The Caltech Cannon Heist), breaking and entering, public disruption, and a hoax involving claims of building a nuclear reactor which crossed into a public safety concern (The MIT "Reactor" Prank). The content is framed within the context of historical college traditions and engineering challenges.

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Today we dive into the true roots of Thanksgiving, a holiday ranked second only to Christmas. The rosy story taught in school leaves out crucial details. We ask: Why wasn't turkey even on the menu, and what exactly brought the Wampanoag tribe to the Pilgrims' harvest festival? This rabbit hole uncovers the controversial history and long-held myths, examining why the accepted narrative obscures the brutal truths of early colonial history.

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This episode discusses the real history of Thanksgiving, focusing on controversial aspects and dark historical facts that differ from grade-school narratives. Topics include the whitewashing of history, the concept of Manifest Destiny, the bloody conflicts between settlers and Native Americans, including massacres, death from disease brought by colonizers, and the capture and selling of Native Americans into slaver

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Flower bulbs traded for houses. A man sat on a pole for weeks while crowds watched. Hundreds danced in the streets until they died. Stuffed animals became retirement plans. A prophecy sent people fleeing to mountaintops with homemade boats. This episode covers the moments when mass delusion took over—not because people were stupid, but because social pressure and fear of missing out override everything else. It all sounds ridiculous now. It felt inevitable then.

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This episode discusses mass hysteria events and economic bubbles. Treatment is historical and analytical.

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