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Omnibus

Every 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.

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1:07:00

Episode 282: Ronco (Entry 1081.MI0303)

Omnibus ·

2020/08/06

In which a kitchen gadgeteer harnesses the power of late-night television to create a new American art form, the infomercial--but wait, there's more! Ken thinks music shouldn't come from a scarf. Certificate #32041.

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1:18:58

Episode 281: Vesna Vulovic (Entry 1404.EC0410)

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2020/08/04

In which a stubborn Yugoslavian air hostess sets a world record by surviving a six-mile fall from the sky, and John misplaces the Carpathians. Certificate #33008.

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57:46

Episode 280: Dutch Elm Disease (Entry 388.JL0112)

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2020/07/30

In which America's forests and suburbs are ravaged by a strange invader brought by bark beetles, and Ken insists on comparing tree sap to mucus even though no one wants that. Certificate #27612.

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1:17:26

Episode 279: Sister Cities (Entry 1165.AM0408)

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2020/07/28

In which post-war trauma and idealism inspire world cities to try a new kind of diplomacy, and John has big plans for Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Certificate #39656.

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1:14:11

Episode 278: Project MK-Ultra (Entry 993.HB0111)

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2020/07/23

In which the CIA becomes convinced that acid-laced cocktails are the solution to all our Cold War intelligence problems, and Ken suggests a new variant of foosball. Certificate #28598.

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1:14:05

Episode 277: The Tibetan Memory Trick (Entry...

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2020/07/21

In which a Victorian parlor game about poultry and tweezers blossoms into a tongue twister, a comedy act, and a broadcasting test, and John tunes a guitar because Frank Zappa isn't available. Certificate #34596.

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1:00:58

Episode 276: The Phoebus Cartel (Entry 931.JN0905)

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2020/07/16

In which an evil cabal of lightbulb manufacturers realizes they can sell more product if bulbs burn out faster, and Ken decides he invented Teddy Ruxpin. Certificate #24473..

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1:05:55

Episode 275: The Guru Letters (Entry 557.PR0513)

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2020/07/14

In which a Siberia-obsessed Russian mystic counts a future U.S. vice president among his acolytes, and John offers up our softest poets to the mosquitoes of Alaska. Certificate #43738.

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1:19:22

Episode 274: Hanky Codes (Entry 566.EZ1321)

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2020/07/09

In which we look back at the complex and clandestine history of sexual signaling in gay culture, and Ken thinks a lot of decades have the wrong adjectives. Certificate #34366.

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1:11:56

Episode 273: Fletcherizing (Entry 478.AC0754)

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2020/07/07

In which a Victorian food faddist persuades America and Europe to chew each bite of onion over seven hundred times, and John discovers what Woodrow Wilson would look like if he were an embezzler. Certificate #32596.

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1:19:23

Episode 272: Deborah Sampson (Entry 1100.JG0512)

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2020/07/02

In which a patriotic young colonist serves bravely in the American Revolution without anyone realizing she's secretly a woman, and Ken accuses a lot of deadbeat dads of doing murders in Maine. Certificate #37232.

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1:08:42

Episode 271: Thomas the Tank Engine (Entry 1300.TI0209)

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2020/06/30

In which children's love of model trains is reinvigorated in our era by an odd British TV property with an odd British ideology, and John thinks helicopters are probably hippies. Certificate #49600.

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1:08:23

Episode 270: Sea Silk (Entry 1120.EX3816)

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2020/06/25

In which surprisingly large mussels provide the world's finest cloth to a shrinking number of old Mediterranean women, and Ken wonders what a Tibetan antelope smells like. Certificate #29379.

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1:05:01

Episode 269: The 504 Sit-In (Entry 473.LK1413)

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2020/06/23

In which the Carter Administration waffles so long on a groundbreaking civil rights law that disabled protestors take over a federal building for almost a month, and John considers building a maze full of wolverines. Certificate #30708.

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54:31

Episode 268: Le Pétomane (Entry 926.IS0324)

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2020/06/18

In which a French baker discovers an unusual muscular ability that makes him an international star, and Ken works on his Kegels mid-recording. Certificate #22584.

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1:01:11

Episode 267: Pulsars, Discovery of (Entry 1008.IS4713)

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2020/06/16

In which the discoverer of neutron stars is largely ignored for her achievement, and John wonders about the precise verbiage to summon "Beetlejuice." Certificate #52246.

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1:08:13

Episode 266: TV Detection Vans (Entry 1351.MT1828)

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2020/06/11

In which the BBC employs a high-tech surveillance fleet to find out if Britons are seeing Doctor Who illegally, and Ken watches Monday Night Football on Tuesday nights. Certificate #48968.

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1:22:51

Episode 265: Roald Amundsen's Airship (Entry...

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2020/06/09

In which fifteen men in a dirigible, to say nothing of the dog, conquer the North Pole while arguing all the way, and John wonders if there are Italians on the Moon. Certificate #23607.

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53:22

Episode 264: Jesse Owens, Gold Medals of (Entry...

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2020/06/04

In which we examine the secondary market for Olympic medals, Nobel Prizes, game show trophies, and other awards, and Ken and John struggle to remember if Watson or Crick is the bad one. Certificate #2504.

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54:51

Episode 263: The Hero of Camperdown (Entry 583.IS3323)

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2020/06/02

In which one press-ganged sailor's quick thinking and bravery ends an invasion of Ireland and changes the course of history, while John and Ken disagree over the meaning of Elton John lyrics. Certificate #50975.

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