Omnibus

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Sinopsis

Twice a week, Ken Jennings and John Roderick add a new entry to the OMNIBUS, an encyclopedic reference work of strange-but-true stories that they are compiling as a time capsule for future generations.

Episodios

  • The Longest Prizefight (Entry 733.HE1032)

    23/11/2021 Duración: 01h07min

    In which a seven-hour boxing match tests the patience of New Orleans crowds and changes the rules of the sport, and Ken thinks straws should be made of cornstarch. Certificate #26215.

  • The Smiley Face Killer(s) (Entry 1177.JB2414)

    18/11/2021 Duración: 01h05min

    In which investigators differ on whether binge-drinking or a homicidal conspiracy is killing American college students, and John plays Frogger to get to the East River. Certificate #23582.

  • The Great Bell of Dhammazedi (Entry 548.EX3925)

    16/11/2021 Duración: 48min

    In which the largest bell ever cast spends four centuries in the mud at the bottom of a Burmese river, and Ken makes a terrible grandfather clock decision. Certificate #50855.

  • The Kalakala (Entry 681.2S1918)

    11/11/2021 Duración: 01h12min

    In which a burned-out ferry becomes an art deco American icon of the future and then a derelict eyesore, and Ken blames Seattle for the great San Francisco fire of 1906. Certificate #19361.

  • The All-Americans Go to Japan (Entry 032.1K0728)

    09/11/2021 Duración: 56min

    In which a Tokyo newspaperman with big dreams lures Babe Ruth onto a pre-war baseball barnstorming tour, and John regrets that fancy lounges are mostly for drinking. Certificate #36360.

  • Eternal September (Entry 428.1C1533)

    04/11/2021 Duración: 01h10min

    In which the 1993 back-to-school week that never ended kills an early outpost of the internet, and Ken annoys online Winnie-the-Pooh fans. Certificate #47957.

  • Salmon Chaos (Entry 1098.LK0506)

    02/11/2021 Duración: 01h15min

    In which a viral craze inspires hundreds of young Taiwanese folks to put a fish in their names, and John hits a cement wall in his attempts to mate. Certificate #50920.

  • Myers-Briggs (Entry 821.2T0223)

    28/10/2021 Duración: 01h23min

    In which two pioneering women and amateur Jungians devise a way to classify sixteen different types of human personality, and Ken explains his Star Trek slash fiction. Certificate #36282.

  • Bloody Mose (Entry 134.EZ1106)

    26/10/2021 Duración: 01h36s

    In which America's first city for free Black people rises from the salt marshes of Spanish Florida, and John regrets quoting a Monty Python sketch. Certificate #31305.

  • Ramtha (Entry 1029.AC1616)

    21/10/2021 Duración: 01h25min

    In which the discovery of quantum mechanics leads inevitably to the reappearance of a 30,000-year-old warrior god from a lost continent, and Ken proposes missionaries for silverware. Certificate #27324.

  • The Cahokia Mounds (Entry 173.IS2502)

    19/10/2021 Duración: 01h10min

    In which a complex of massive earthworks in southern Illinois is assumed to have been built by Vikings, Hindus, or Welshmen, and John is fascinated by sexy voodoo. Certificate #34924.

  • The Cheapside Hoard (Entry 210.MT0620)

    14/10/2021 Duración: 01h06min

    In which a mysterious treasure is founded in a central London basement, and Ken has a question about the various beads and bangles of Aerosmith. Certificate #7089.

  • Potsdam Giants (Entry 972.1S1704)

    12/10/2021 Duración: 57min

    In which the "soldier king" of Prussia recruits and kidnaps Europe's tallest men to serve as his grenadiers, and John admires "merry" people of every height. Certificate #10109.

  • Merkins (Entry 777.1C1115)

    07/10/2021 Duración: 01h55s

    In which we trace the surprisingly long and eventful history of body hair grooming, and Ken wonders if Brad Pitt will be hot forever. Certificate #33732.

  • Laetrile (Entry 696.MK1618)

    05/10/2021 Duración: 01h43s

    In which apricot pits are discovered to be a cause of cyanide toxicicity rather than a cure for cancer, and John wanders Europe under the protection of a United States Senator. Certificate #527.

  • Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (Entry 182.PS4303)

    30/09/2021 Duración: 01h09min

    In which erosion on North Carolina's Outer Banks prompts the government to move a twelve-story lighthouse half a mile inland, and Ken is in favor of shipwrecks when the ships are bad. Certificate #6374.

  • The Cotsworth Calendar (Entry 283.JB0306)

    28/09/2021 Duración: 01h02min

    In which a gifted Yorkshire boy fails to talk the League of Nations into a thirteen-month year, and John thinks autumn gets short shrift. Certificate #25901.

  • The Erie War (Entry 424.PR2822)

    23/09/2021 Duración: 01h12min

    In which America's richest men invent many, many types of securities fraud while tussling over a New York State railroad, and Ken imagines a zoo full of cows. Certificate #32641.

  • Kennewick Man (Entry 683.GN2304)

    21/09/2021 Duración: 01h12min

    In which a prehistoric nomad becomes the center of a heated legal battle nine thousand years after his death, and John announces a hydroplane race. Certificate #17567.

  • The Town of Bent Necks (Entry 1323.SS0701)

    16/09/2021 Duración: 01h09min

    In which two Nazi brothers divide a German town into rival athletic shoe factions, and Ken plans a hotel heist. Certificate #31961.

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