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
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Mary Anning (Entry 050.PS3420)
20/03/2018 Duración: 41minIn which a working-class woman becomes one of the greatest scientists of her age, discovers dinosaur poop, and sells seashells by the seashore. Certificate #36073.
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S.S. United States (Entry 1213.JB0926)
15/03/2018 Duración: 47minIn which an aluminum-heavy cruise liner falls on hard times, and John and Ken can't decide if "Blue Riband" is actually French or not. Certificate #39390.
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Rubber Barons (Entry 1087.EZ1613)
13/03/2018 Duración: 43minIn which Ken describes the nouveau riche of the Amazon rainforest, and John has a conspiracy theory about scarecrows. Certificate #25284.
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Father Coughlin (Entry 284.MT2309)
08/03/2018 Duración: 48minIn which a fiery Canadian gets 30 million Depression-era listeners for his little fascist radio show, and Ken and John pledge fealty to Martian invaders. Certificate #29423
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The Noid (Entry 840.PR0415)
06/03/2018 Duración: 49minIn which a claymation terrorist with inexplicable bunny ears disrupts pizza, takes hostages, and wins America's heart. Certificate #29250
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The Zuider Zee (Entry 1458.NA0104)
01/03/2018 Duración: 45minIn which the Dutch battle their oldest enemy: the Waterwolf. Almost certainly the Omnibus's last entry (alphabetically). Certificate #31078.
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London Bridge Is Down (Entry 733.2K0934)
27/02/2018 Duración: 50minIn which we make plans for the longest-awaited death in human history, and wonder how many Welsh corgis it takes to pull a gun carriage. Certificate #34884.
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Back Masking (Entry 091.EP0427)
22/02/2018 Duración: 44minIn which John investigates whether or not segassem terces naitnoc sgnos kcor, and Ken wonders why Satan would own a toolshed. Certificate #30148.
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Megafauna (Entry 772.JB4015)
20/02/2018 Duración: 42minIn which we learn which Ice Age animal is named after the human nipple, and which modern animal fills John's soul with bloodlust. Certificate #47448.
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Oneida (Entry 866.MT2230)
15/02/2018 Duración: 42minIn which a socialist preacher invents a tricky birth control technique he calls "male continence," leading directly to the lazy Susan and the assassination of an American president. Certificate #34322.
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The Bellamy Salute (Entry 112.HE0616)
13/02/2018 Duración: 39minIn which Ken blames a crucial bit of fascist iconography on the most successful magazine premium in American history, and John knows the lyrics to "Alaska's Flag" but refuses to sing it. Certificate #37863.
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Hat Etiquette (Entry 571.1C1104)
08/02/2018 Duración: 37minIn which John strongly admonishes future listeners not to get sloppy with their headwear, if they have heads. Certificate #25200.
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Death Discs (Entry 319.MK1610)
06/02/2018 Duración: 49minIn which the gruesome deaths in early 1960s teen ballads are variously blamed on capitalism, Marlon Brando, chastity, and giant clams. Certificate #34312.
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Mutual Assured Destruction (Entry 820.JE5022)
01/02/2018 Duración: 45minIn which the human race barely survives the 20th century. (Well, not all of it, obviously. Picasso didn't, for example.) Certificate #27008
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Mummy Brown (Entry 817.PR0716)
30/01/2018 Duración: 43minIn which the bodies of ancient kings are ground up to fertilize lawns, power locomotives, and paint portraits. Certificate #37891
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Thomas Midgley (Entry 786.ZC0508)
25/01/2018 Duración: 45minIn which the world's worst chemist gives everyone lead poisoning, and then puts a hole in the ozone layer as an encore. Certificate #25185
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Paris Syndrome (Entry 901.JS1002)
23/01/2018 Duración: 44minIn which twenty tourists a year have a psychological breakdown because the most magical city in the world is a little disappointing. Certificate #507
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The Sentinelese (Entry 1134.LV2024)
18/01/2018 Duración: 38minIn which John introduces us to the world's last uncontacted tribe—but not literally, because that would be illegal. Certificate #13568
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Kohoutek (Entry 692.JU0113)
16/01/2018 Duración: 38minIn which a Czech astronomer is hailed as the hero of 1973, only to have his discovery flame out by not flaming out. Then he gets very seasick on a cruise. Certificate #31644
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Monrovia, Moravia, Moldova, Moldavia (Entry 805.GN1032)
11/01/2018 Duración: 54minIn which John shares the soothing geographic mantra that has got him where he is today: sitting in a bunker teaching 30th-century cockroach-people how to tell medieval Central European principalities apart. Certificate #18088.