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Short Stuff: Magic 8 Ball

The Magic 8 Ball, the mystical fortune telling pool ball started out as a piece of customer swag for the Brunswick Billiard Company.  Since then, it has changed the course of history and shaped nations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  The Cajun Navy: Heroes or Liability?

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  Short Stuff: Color Psychology

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  Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan: Miracle is Right

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  Selects: Operation Mincemeat: How A Corpse Fooled the Nazis

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  The Magnificent Golden Gate Bridge

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  The Charge of the Light Brigade

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  Selects: The Truth Behind Cage-Free and Free-Range

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  The Ballad of Biggie and Tupac

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  Short Stuff: The S7VEN Deadly Sins

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  Keeping Time

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  Selects: BPD: The Worst Disorder or Not a Disorder at All?

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  Data Centers: Can't Live With Em, Can't Live Without Em

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  Short Stuff: Did a vampire legend help win the Cold War?

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  Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

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  Selects: How Forgiveness Works