by admin | Sep 22, 2021 | Episodes
Making a movie is a difficult, time-consuming, and expensive propositions. While some projects come together naturally, others seem to have tragedy, misfortune, and just plain bad luck heaped upon them. Horror films are fertile ground for apparent curses and it a...
by admin | Aug 23, 2021 | Episodes
On July 22, 1962, at 9:21 AM, NASA launched the Mariner I space probe to great fanfare. Less than five minutes later, the mission was “forcefully aborted.” According to NASA, ““The booster had performed satisfactorily until an unscheduled yaw-lift maneuver was...
by admin | Aug 16, 2021 | Episodes
Mutaz Barshim of Qatar and Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy had been friends for a decade since meeting at the world junior championships in Canada. Their track & field careers had paralleled each other, including potentially devastating ankle injuries. At the 2021...
by admin | Aug 9, 2021 | Episodes
Journey with me now to southeastern Pennsylvania, the area around present-day York and Lancaster, for this topic voted on by supporters at patreon.com/yourbrainonfacts, where you can get swag and bonus content and you totally should. My name’s… BEAUTIFUL...
by admin | Jul 26, 2021 | Episodes
In 2008, China began to assemble banks of artillery around Beijing, 6,781 artillery guns and 4,110 rocket launchers. Thousands of civilians, many of them peasant farmers without military experience, were enlisted to man the gun. The government was concerned about...
