500 Open Tabs · Dec 10, 2025 · 1:32:07
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This week we are joined by award winning author Amal El-Mohtar as we learn about herbiary plagiarism from the 16th century, how Kix cereal once offered toys with radioactive material, and the tale of a 14th century French dog pulling a reverse John Wick. A listener mail tells us about the most lopsided football game of all time.
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Cat People
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hannah-hillam/cat-people/9780762486083/?lens=running-press
Episode Tabs:
Asking questions through fiction: research into Henry Lyte’s ‘A Niewe Herball’ (1578)
https://www.herbalhistory.org/home/henry_lyte/
Kix cereal once offered 'Atomic Bomb Ring' with radioactive material as a promotion?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kix-lone-ranger-atomic-bomb-ring/
A Murder and a Dog Seeking Justice
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/canine-corner/201008/a-murder-and-a-dog-seeking-justice
Listener Tabs:
1916 Cumberland vs. Georgia Tech football game
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916_Cumberland_vs._Georgia_Tech_football_game
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