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Interesting Things with JC
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Episodes vary in duration from 30 seconds to 8 minutes.
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453: "English - The Language of the Sky"
Interesting Things with JC #453: "English - The Language of the Sky" - During international flights, all pilots must introduce themselves in English. Interestingly, all air traffic controllers at foreign airports must be able to speak English with pilots.
452: "An Illinois-Shaped Cornflake"
Interesting Things with JC #452: "An Illinois-Shaped Cornflake" - In 2008, two sisters from Virginia discovered an Illinois-shaped cornflake and, believe it or not, sold it on eBay for $1,350.
451: "Vitamin D Deficiency"
Interesting Things with JC #451: "Vitamin D Deficiency" - Vitamin D's main job is to keep the right amount of calcium and phosphorus in the blood, which is important for keeping bones strong. Experts say that our modern way of life is one of the primary causes of vitamin D deficiency.
450: “Love Your Lawyer Day"
Interesting Things with JC #450: “Love Your Lawyer Day" is observed on November 4, which is the first Friday of the month this year.
449: "International Sandwich Day"
Interesting Things with JC #449: "International Sandwich Day"—Every year on November 3, the unofficial holiday commemorates the birthday of John Montagu and the naming of the Sandwich!
448: "Lipids and Brain Inflammation"
Interesting Things with JC #448: "Lipids and Brain Inflammation" - Scientists from the Salk Institute and UC San Diego have characterized a class of lipids that appear to have anti-inflammatory properties and decline in the brain with aging. These findings may have implications for neurodegenerative diseases.
447: "Princeton Physicists Find Room-Temperature Quantum State".
Interesting Things with JC #447: "Princeton Physicists Find Room-Temperature Quantum State".
446: "Trick or Treating on Halloween"
Interesting Things with JC #446: "Trick or Treating on Halloween" - How it started, why we do it, and where it’s going! This special episode was inspired by Emma McMurray.
445: “World Record Jack-O-Lantern”
Interesting Things with JC #445: “World Record Jack-O-Lantern” - A gardener in Minnesota is turning the biggest pumpkin ever grown in the United States, which weighs 2,560 pounds (1,186 kg), into the biggest jack-o'-lantern ever made.
444: "Werewolves"
Interesting Things with JC #444: “Werewolves”-According to legend, "werewolves" are people who shape-shift into vicious, ravenous monsters in a powerful wolf-like form.
443: “The True Story of Hansel and Gretel”
Interesting Things with JC #443: “The True Story of Hansel and Gretel” is based on real events that happened in the Baltic countries between 1314 and 1322.
442: "Salem Witch Trials"
Interesting Things with JC #442: "Salem Witch Trials" - 19 people were hanged to death for the crime of witchcraft, and one was crushed to death by a rock during a shocking and brutal point in American history.
441: "Old Plastic Halloween Masks"
Interesting Things with JC #441: "Old Plastic Halloween Masks"—Even if the outrageously gaudy Halloween costumes were uncomfortable, easy to tear, and didn't look like the characters they were supposed to be…it didn't matter.
440: "Hulda of Bohemia - the Witch of Sleepy Hollow"
Interesting Things with JC #440: "Hulda of Bohemia" is believed to be the "High German witch doctor" who enchanted Sleepy Hollow and left the town with a "drowsy, dreamy effect to hang over it."
439: "The Headless Horseman"
Interesting Things with JC #439: "The Headless Horseman" - The story of the Headless Horseman starts in Sleepy Hollow, New York, and is based on some real events.
438: "Samhain & Halloween"
Interesting Things with JC #438: "Samhuinn & Hallows' Eve" - You can find the roots of Halloween in the Celtic Samhain festival in Ireland.
437: "Bacon"
Interesting Things with JC #437: "Bacon" was first mentioned in writing around 1500 B.C.
436: "2 Signs in October"
Interesting Things with JC #436: "2 Signs in October" - Libra & Scorpio
435: "Tummy Rumblies"
Interesting Things with JC #435: "Tummy Rumblies" - Why is your tummy growling after you've just eaten?
434: "Countries with THE in their name"
Interesting Things with JC #434: "Countries with THE in their name"