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The Eclipse that Killed a King

4/2/2024 • 19 min

Rama IV of Siam (from the “King and I” musical) used an eclipse to save his kingdom from greedy colonial powers. But it cost him his own life in the end. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Why Keep a Diary of a Toxic Snakebite?
Machiavellian Microbes
The Woman Who “Turned Back a Plague of Old Testament Proportions”
The Doom Lurking inside Trees
The Mona Lisa of the Seine
Savant Idiots
When Mummymania Swept the World
The Sadder Side of the Nobel Prizes
The Scientific Way to Fool a Nazi
The Mysterious Mote
The Science of D-Day
Can Plastic Surgery Keep You out of Prison?
The Russian Roswell
When Tenure Means Life and Death
A Deadly Soup for Babies

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