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  • Ep.38 The Sundial

    Ep.38 The Sundial
    2025/11/04
    Long before clocks ticked and phones buzzed, people told time by shadows. This episode looks at the invention and spread of sundials from Ancient Egypt to Rome and beyond, exploring how these simple yet ingenious devices shaped daily life, religion, and even architecture.

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    The History Of is your daily dose of weird, wonderful, and occasionally ridiculous history. Each episode takes one topic an object, a place, a job, a trend and unpacks the surprising story behind it. No homework, no boring lectures, just history you’ll actually want to share.

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    28 分
  • Ep.37 Gnosticism

    Ep.37 Gnosticism
    2025/11/03
    Gnosticism was one of the most influential and controversial belief systems of the ancient world. In this episode, we trace its rise from early Christian and Hellenistic thought, its focus on secret knowledge and the struggle between spirit and matter, and the writings that defined it. From the Nag Hammadi texts to the fiery debates of church fathers who tried to suppress it, Gnosticism shaped philosophy, mysticism, and heresy for centuries. We also explore how echoes of Gnostic ideas survive in literature, spirituality, and modern culture, reminding us of humanity’s endless search for hidden truths.

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    28 分
  • Ep.36 Contact Lenses

    Ep.36 Contact Lenses
    2025/10/31
    From Leonardo da Vinci’s strange sketches to today’s high-tech smart lenses, contact lenses have come a long way. In this episode, we follow the story from the earliest glass shells that could barely be worn, through the rise of rigid plastic lenses, to the soft and disposable contacts that transformed vision care in the late twentieth century. Along the way we meet the inventors, the guinea pigs, and the fashion icons who helped turn a medical oddity into an everyday essential. Whether for clear sight, colored eyes, or even future technology, contact lenses continue to shape how we see the world.

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    The History Of is your daily dose of weird, wonderful, and occasionally ridiculous history. Each episode takes one topic an object, a place, a job, a trend and unpacks the surprising story behind it. No homework, no boring lectures, just history you’ll actually want to share.

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    20 分
  • Ep.35 The Great Pyramid of Giza

    Ep.35 The Great Pyramid of Giza
    2025/10/29
    Rising from the desert more than 4,500 years ago, the Great Pyramid of Giza remains one of the most astonishing achievements in human history. In this episode, we uncover how Pharaoh Khufu’s ambitious project turned into the largest stone monument ever built, the mysteries of its chambers and passageways, and the long afterlife of the pyramid as a target for looters, scholars, and tourists alike. From quarries and ramps to starlit alignments and modern scans, the Great Pyramid tells a story of engineering genius, cultural power, and the endurance of a wonder that refuses to fade.

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    24 分
  • Ep.34 Gong Farmers

    Ep.34 Gong Farmers
    2025/10/27
    In the dark corners of medieval towns, someone had to deal with what everyone else left behind. This episode explores the world of gong farmers, the night workers who climbed into cesspits and hauled away human waste by hand. We trace their origins in medieval England, their strange status as both necessary and despised, the risks they faced in their nightly work, and how the rise of modern sanitation eventually put them out of a job. From stinking tools to surprising wages, the story of gong farmers reveals how much societies depend on the people willing to do the dirtiest work.

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    18 分
  • Ep.33 The Guillotine

    Ep.33 The Guillotine
    2025/10/24
    It was meant to be humane, efficient, and equal. Instead, it became the most feared symbol of the French Revolution. In this episode, we trace the story of the guillotine from its Enlightenment origins to its bloody role during the Reign of Terror, and its long, awkward afterlife as France’s official method of execution well into the 20th century. From public spectacles and political purges to its final use in 1977, the guillotine left a mark that went far beyond the scaffold. Today it lives on in films, songs, and nightmares as a reminder of how a machine built for justice became an icon of fear.

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    24 分
  • Ep.32 The Rubik's Cube

    Ep.32 The Rubik's Cube
    2025/10/22
    It began in a Budapest classroom in 1974 as a wooden teaching tool and became one of the most addictive puzzles the world has ever seen. In this episode, we follow the Rubik’s Cube from its invention by Ernő Rubik to its global craze in the 1980s, its sudden fall into attic storage, and its revival in the age of speedcubing and the internet. From world records to viral videos, from classrooms to championships, the Cube has twisted its way into history as more than a toy. It is a cultural icon, a mathematical wonder, and proof that sometimes the simplest designs never stop surprising us.

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    The History Of is your daily dose of weird, wonderful, and occasionally ridiculous history. Each episode takes one topic an object, a place, a job, a trend and unpacks the surprising story behind it. No homework, no boring lectures, just history you’ll actually want to share.

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    17 分
  • Ep.31 Changelings

    Ep.31 Changelings
    2025/10/20
    For centuries, families across Europe whispered the same terrifying story: that fairies could steal a human child and leave a changeling in its place. In this episode, we trace the eerie folklore of changelings from its origins in Celtic and Germanic myth, through the witch trials and panics of the early modern period, to its haunting echoes in literature, psychology, and modern horror. Was it a way to explain illness and difference, or something darker? From cradle-side rituals to courtroom accusations, the changeling story reveals the fears, hopes, and mysteries of people trying to make sense of the unknown.

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    22 分