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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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1:16:41

Episode 182: Biosphere 2 (Entry 124.IS6517)

Omnibus ·

2019/08/22

In which an eccentric metallurgist with a theater troupe begins one of the strangest science experiments in history and learns that humankind might not be ready for Mars yet, and Ken watches Jeff Bezos injure a fig tree. Certificate #34308.

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1:21:21

Episode 181: Lottery Winners (Entry 736.HE1305)

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2019/08/20

In which we follow the history of government games of chance from ancient China to today's bankrupt Powerball millionaires, and John grifts his elementary school out of a side of beef. Certificate #32943.

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55:17

Episode 180: Fotomats (Entry 494.LV2342)

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2019/08/15

In which a bygone errand, developing vacation snapshots, becomes so widespread that it gets its own chain of drive-thru kiosks, and Ken's mom looks great in a red knit jumper and gold polyester turtleneck. Certificate #38597.

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48:51

Episode 179: Gold Hats (Entry 537.PS2103)

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2019/08/13

In which four mysterious cones are unearthed from proto-Celtic Europe, perhaps holding untold secrets of the calendar and cosmos, and John is surrounded by the happy nudists of the Danube. Certificate #23490

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55:45

Episode 178: ARkStorm (Entry 067.PS9303)

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2019/08/08

In which a periodic "atmospheric river" from the Pacific Ocean threatens to put a quarter of Californians underwater in the very near future, which scares Ken so much that he decides to drill holes in his couch. Certificate #23973.

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1:08:27

Episode 177: The Monkey Selfie (Entry 803.MT2220)

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2019/08/06

In which the legal and creative rights of a crested macaque are debated on the world stage, and we learn Ken wants to look like Popeye. Certificate #2720.

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1:06:36

Episode 176: The Onion Futures Act (Entry 867.NU1105)

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2019/08/01

In which two savvy farmers try to corner the market on onions by buying up the whole Midwestern supply, and John compares Gerald Ford to a Jesuit. Certificate #25671.

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59:37

Episode 175: Bob Dylan's Christian Period (Entry...

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2019/07/30

In which rock's most cryptic genius shocks the world by being "born again," releasing three uneven gospel albums and annoying a lot of concertgoers. Certificate #39323.

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56:56

Episode 174: Canning (Entry 180.LK1219)

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2019/07/25

In which doomed Arctic explorers and a spiritualist's vacuum sealer help revolutionize the science of food storage, and John reveals that his "dueling scars" are actually from drinking cold canned pasta. Certificate #42072.

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50:36

Episode 173: The Four-Color Map Problem (Entry...

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2019/07/23

In which over a century of mathematicians are unable to solve a geometry problem straight out of a coloring book, computers provide their first ever math "proof," and Ken challenges John to map a donut. Certificate #28876.

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57:02

Episode 172: The Church of the SubGenius (Entry...

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2019/07/18

In which a fictional pipe-smoking salesman invents a new quasi-religion for ironists, Discordians, and weirdos, and Ken believes he could have prevented the Trojan War. Certificate #31147.

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50:29

Episode 171: The Rural Purge (Entry 1091.PS6503)

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2019/07/16

In which CBS cancels a full slate of country-fried programming, reinventing TV and marginalizing rural America, and John somehow watches an awful lot of Hee Haw. Certificate #36841.

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55:57

Episode 170: Peak Phosphorus (Entry 911.PS9703)

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2019/07/11

In which one of the key nutrients for all life on Earth washes inexorably into the ocean all day every day, which really stresses Ken out. Certificate #52178

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56:08

Episode 169: John Dee (Entry 325.DA0202)

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2019/07/09

In which Queen Elizabeth's top astrologer dreams up the British Empire, solar power, and possibly even James Bond, and then loses his whole reputation to a charlatan with no earlobes, leading John to create a list of scientists who should have stayed in their lane. Certificate #44269

en

54:11

Episode 168: Quonset Huts (Entry 1023.PS6103)

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2019/07/04

In which the U.S. military builds hundreds of thousands of weird half-cylindrical shelters out of corrugated steel, and Ken reports on what they would look like with stained-glass windows. Certificate #35704

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1:07:06

Episode 167: Droodles (Entry 382.AC0212)

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2019/07/02

In which we remember Frank Zappa's favorite 1950s fad, brought to you by the inventor of Mad Libs, and John remembers why people actually thought a Sasquatch lived on top of the Space Needle back in foggier times. Certificate #48261.

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58:12

Episode 166: Furries (Entry 508.GN2716)

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2019/06/27

In which hundreds of thousands of people dress in big plush animal suits as a hobby, identity, or fetish, and Ken explains the secret Family Feud notebooks of his childhood. Certificate #26505

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53:18

Episode 165: Town Line, New York (Entry 1323.2C0617)

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2019/06/25

In which a tiny village secedes from the United States to join the Confederacy and forgets to rejoin for almost a century--even though it's in upstate New York just miles from the Canadian border. Certificate #42052.

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1:03:28

Episode 164: Cold Fusion (Entry 242.PR2004)

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2019/06/21

In which two of the world's smartest electrochemists get fooled by a botched experiment and the promise of fame, and John reveals that GPS mysticism is his pseudoscience. Certificate #19668.

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52:39

Episode 163: The Kamehameha Colonists (Entry 681.IS4204)

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2019/06/19

In which over a hundred of Honolulu's elite private school students are shipped off to some of the world's most remote islands on a top-secret government mission, and Ken wonders if sea turtles can feel dread. Certificate #22194.

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