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Today’s episode: Operation Cat Drop.
Yes, the time the World Health Organization literally air-dropped cats into the jungles of Borneo.

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Today’s story: The Great Molasses Flood of 1919.
Yes, you heard right. An industrial disaster where the deadly weapon wasn’t dynamite, wasn’t gunpowder… but molasses.

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Today’s episode: Roman Dental Hygiene.
Yes, the time when the secret to a dazzling smile was… urine.

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Today’s episode: Timothy Dexter, America’s Lovable Mad Millionaire.
He made a fortune, threw fake funerals for himself, wrote a book with no punctuation, and honestly, might have been the first great American troll.

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Today’s episode: The Exploding Whale of Florence, Oregon.
Yes, the time in 1970 when the state of Oregon decided the best way to get rid of a dead whale on the beach… was dynamite.

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Today’s episode: The Bat Bombs of WWII.
Yes, the time the U.S. Army tried to turn thousands of tiny, harmless bats into a fleet of miniature kamikaze bombers. Spoiler alert: it did not go well.

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Today’s story: Heroin for Coughs.
Yes, there was a time when doctors, pharmacists, and even parents thought heroin was the ideal cough medicine—for kids, for adults, even for your grandma.

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Today’s episode: The Cobra Bounty Backfire.
Yes, the time the British government in India tried to solve a snake problem with money—and ended up with way more snakes.

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