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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.
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Monday Jan 01, 2024
Monday Jan 01, 2024
Originally released November 14, 2022. A recent government auction listed a "1989 Airstream Executive Air Coach" with little to no details about its history. Internet sleuths soon discovered that the RV was an important part of space exploration history!
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Bonus episodes and content available at http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent
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Monday Dec 25, 2023
Monday Dec 25, 2023
Originally released December 28, 2020. Many Americans have heard of the age-honored German tradition of hanging Pickle-shaped ornament on the Christmas Tree. But is it really a tradition in Germany? This episode explores the truth and myths behind this German "tradition."
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Monday Dec 11, 2023
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Originally released August 15, 2022. In 1939, as many as 22,000 Americans met for a Nazi rally in New York's Madison Square Garden. It was an event of the German-American Bund and attendees cheered while listening to anti-semitic, Nazi-sympathizing speeches. It's hard to believe that this type of thing could happen in America, but it's true. In this episode, we examine the event and then play the quick quiz with International Award-Winning Magician, Erik Tait.
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Bonus episodes and content available at http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent
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Monday Dec 04, 2023
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Originally released February 14, 2022. Prior to the Civil War, the United States Army experimented with using Camels to transport cargo through the American West. The Camel Corps program would have been considered largely successful if it weren't for the war. In this episode, we tell the story about how the camels were acquired, tested and the unlikely person who spearheaded the endeavor. Then we chat and play the quiz game with Las Vegas magician Mat Franco!
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Bonus episodes and content available at http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent
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Monday Nov 27, 2023
Monday Nov 27, 2023
Originally released May 31, 2021. When Adobe announced it would be discontinuing Flash in 2017, developers started replacing it with newer, more robust software. But one railroad system in Dalian, China didn't get the memo. When it was finally globally disabled in January of 2021, the entire railroad was disabled. In this episode, I get nostalgic about the good ole' days of flash animation, then tell the story about how it affected the railroad. Then we chat with Erik Tait, from Ships of the Northern Fleet and Penn & Teller Fool Us for the Quick Quiz!
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Bonus episodes and content available at http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent
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Monday Nov 20, 2023
Monday Nov 20, 2023
Did you know that London Bridge is in Arizona? In this episode, we talk about the history of London Bridge, it's several iterations and how it came to exist in Lake Havasu City, AZ. Then we play the quiz with Comedian, Writer and Actor Dan Wilbur!
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Bonus episodes and content available at http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent
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Monday Nov 13, 2023
Monday Nov 13, 2023
When the Captain of a yacht was rescued in the Atlantic Ocean, he told a story about how everyone else perished when the yacht sank. Then one of the other members of the party - an 11-year old girl - was rescued and told the truth. And the story that little Terry Jo Duperrault told was very different than the Captain's. She had experienced a harrowing scene of murder, then lived at sea for days before her rescue. In this episode, we tell the story of the Duperrault Family and the little girl who came to be known as the "Sea Orphan." Then we play the quiz with my wife Alison!
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Bonus episodes and content available at http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent
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Monday Nov 06, 2023
Monday Nov 06, 2023
There's an incredibly strange legend surrounding the port city of Hartlepool, England. The legend involves how the town decided to hang a monkey for being a French Spy. In this episode, we examine whether or not there's any truth to the legend, the way the town celebrates, and an unusual Mayoral race. Then we yap yap with Comedy Magician Ben Young!
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Bonus episodes and content available at http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent
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Monday Oct 30, 2023
Monday Oct 30, 2023
It's Halloween! And for this spooky holiday, we've compiled 5 of our spookiest episodes! Enjoy hearing about:
- a man who should be famous for inventing a veterinary device, but instead became famous for murder
- a popular Mexican dish that has its origins in human sacrifice
- a strange way that Victorian English people used mummies
- what happened to the mummified remains of an unidentified man
- the strange story of how ancient Italians kept vampires from eating living souls
It's a super-rewind digest episode! Enjoy listening and Happy Halloween!
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Bonus episodes and content available at http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent
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Monday Oct 23, 2023
Monday Oct 23, 2023
The World's Littlest Skyscraper is a 100-year old office building in the small city of Wichita Falls, Texas. It was built in 1919 and surprised everyone when it was completed, because they were expecting to see the 6th largest building in the world. Instead, they got a 4-story tiny brick structure. In this episode, we find out how it came about and how J.D. McMahon swindled a bunch of investors during the Texas Oil Boom. Then we chat with Comedy Writer Jimmy Mak! 
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