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Forgotten history, bizarre tales & facts that seem too strange to be true! Host Michael Kent asks listeners to tell him something strange, bizarre or surprising that they‘ve recently learned and he gets to the bottom of it! Every episode ends by playing a gameshow-style quiz game with a celebrity guest. Part of the WCBE Podcast Experience.
Forgotten history, bizarre tales & facts that seem too strange to be true! Host Michael Kent asks listeners to tell him something strange, bizarre or surprising that they‘ve recently learned and he gets to the bottom of it! Every episode ends by playing a gameshow-style quiz game with a celebrity guest. Part of the WCBE Podcast Experience.
Episodes

Monday Feb 02, 2026
The Lazarus Lizards: Cincinnati’s Accidental Invasion
Monday Feb 02, 2026
Monday Feb 02, 2026
In this episode we unpack the true story of how ten small lizards smuggled home by a ten year old on a family trip to Italy became a thriving reptile population in Cincinnati Ohio. From their journey in a sock to the remarkable adaptation and spread of Podarcis muralis in the Midwest, this is the strange and true tale of the Lazarus lizards. Then we chat with Comedian Tanya Vora!
Did you know The Internet Says It's True is now a book? Get it here: https://amzn.to/4miqLNy

Review this podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-says-it-s-true/id1530853589
Bonus episodes and content available at http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent
For special discounts and links to our sponsors, visit http://theinternetsaysitstrue.com/deals

Wednesday Jan 28, 2026
Mid-Week Mini: You Gotta Respect the Tittle
Wednesday Jan 28, 2026
Wednesday Jan 28, 2026
In this week's Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk about the tittle.
Did you know The Internet Says It's True is now a book? Get it here: https://amzn.to/4miqLNy
Review this podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-says-it-s-true/id1530853589
Bonus episodes and content available at http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent

Monday Jan 26, 2026
Before ICE: Historical Echoes
Monday Jan 26, 2026
Monday Jan 26, 2026
In the 1930s, the United States quietly expelled over a million people during the Great Depression - and more than half of them were American citizens. This episode explores how fear, economics, and bureaucracy combined to erase a chapter of history that sounds impossible but is tragically real. Then we chat with Natalie Keller Pariano of Natterdoodle!
Did you know The Internet Says It's True is now a book? Get it here: https://amzn.to/4miqLNy

Review this podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-says-it-s-true/id1530853589
Bonus episodes and content available at http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent
For special discounts and links to our sponsors, visit http://theinternetsaysitstrue.com/deals

Wednesday Jan 21, 2026
Mid-Week Mini: The Eiffel Tower’s Growth Spurt
Wednesday Jan 21, 2026
Wednesday Jan 21, 2026
In this week's Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk about how the Eiffel Tower suffers from shrinkage when it's cold!
Did you know The Internet Says It's True is now a book? Get it here: https://amzn.to/4miqLNy
Review this podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-says-it-s-true/id1530853589
Bonus episodes and content available at http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent

Monday Jan 19, 2026
Still Burning: The 1901 Centennial Light
Monday Jan 19, 2026
Monday Jan 19, 2026
There is a lightbulb in California that has been glowing since 1901, and it is still on today. In this episode, we explore the true story of the Centennial Light, how it survived a century of technological change, and why its endurance has less to do with lost engineering secrets and more to do with the tradeoffs we choose. Then we chat with Comedian Jay Black!
Did you know The Internet Says It's True is now a book? Get it here: https://amzn.to/4miqLNy

Review this podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-says-it-s-true/id1530853589
Bonus episodes and content available at http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent
For special discounts and links to our sponsors, visit http://theinternetsaysitstrue.com/deals

Wednesday Jan 14, 2026
Mid-Week Mini: Your Fresh Stomach Lining
Wednesday Jan 14, 2026
Wednesday Jan 14, 2026
In this week's Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk about how quickly you grow a new stomach lining!
Did you know The Internet Says It's True is now a book? Get it here: https://amzn.to/4miqLNy
Review this podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-says-it-s-true/id1530853589
Bonus episodes and content available at http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent

Monday Jan 12, 2026
Presidential Palates: A Hidden History - Part 2
Monday Jan 12, 2026
Monday Jan 12, 2026
At some point, presidential food stopped being private and started becoming a message. In Part Two of this two-part series, we follow the shift from quiet meals to cultural flashpoints, from jelly beans and broccoli to fast food and ice cream, and explore how what presidents eat becomes shorthand for personality, politics, and power. It sounds like trivia, but it tells you exactly how America learned to watch itself eat. Then we chat with Speaker and Author Marissa Cohen!
Did you know The Internet Says It's True is now a book? Get it here: https://amzn.to/4miqLNy

Review this podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-says-it-s-true/id1530853589
Bonus episodes and content available at http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent
For special discounts and links to our sponsors, visit http://theinternetsaysitstrue.com/deals

Wednesday Jan 07, 2026
Mid-Week Mini: Are Sharks Older Than Trees?
Wednesday Jan 07, 2026
Wednesday Jan 07, 2026
In this week's Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk about how sharks are older than trees.
Did you know The Internet Says It's True is now a book? Get it here: https://amzn.to/4miqLNy
Review this podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-says-it-s-true/id1530853589
Bonus episodes and content available at http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent

Monday Jan 05, 2026
Presidential Palates: A Hidden History - Part 1
Monday Jan 05, 2026
Monday Jan 05, 2026
Before presidential meals became photo ops, they were shaped by survival, region, and habit. In Part One of this two-part series, we trace the favorite foods of America’s earliest presidents and discover how corn, salt fish, macaroni, and cherries reveal a young country still figuring out how to feed itself. These aren’t cute trivia facts. They’re clues to how power looked before anyone was watching. Then we chat with Speaker and Author Marissa Cohen!
Did you know The Internet Says It's True is now a book? Get it here: https://amzn.to/4miqLNy

Review this podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-says-it-s-true/id1530853589
Bonus episodes and content available at http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent
For special discounts and links to our sponsors, visit http://theinternetsaysitstrue.com/deals

Monday Nov 24, 2025
Static Barrier: The Invisible Wall Incident
Monday Nov 24, 2025
Monday Nov 24, 2025
This week we explore the bizarre true story of an invisible barrier inside a 3M manufacturing plant that workers could feel as they walked through a doorway. It sounds like science fiction, but it was actually caused by massive static electricity fields generated during high speed film production. We dig into the physics, the engineers who investigated it and the other strange static related stories that make this one of the most surprising manufacturing mysteries ever to happen inside 3M. Did you know The Internet Says It's True is now a book? Get it here: https://amzn.to/4miqLNy

Review this podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-says-it-s-true/id1530853589
Bonus episodes and content available at http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent
For special discounts and links to our sponsors, visit http://theinternetsaysitstrue.com/deals
