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When does spaghetti grow on trees? When can you milk a duck? When does Google read your brainwaves? On April Fool’s Day!
Come with us into the chaotic world of April 1st as we explore where the tradition originated and how many kinds of hilarious pranks there are.
Dallas’s guest today is Moira Marsh, a folklorist at Indiana University and author of Practically Joking.
Edited and Produced by Freddy Chick, Senior Producer is Charlotte Long
Things vs. Humans: the spiteful behaviour of inanimate objects
First Ever Submarine
Inventing Fire: the First Spark of Humanity
Rise and Fall of High Heels
Sunglasses
Deep-Sea Submersibles & the Titan Disaster
Patriarchy
Donald Hebb: Brainwashing in the Cold War
Medieval Swords
Marie Curie
Nanotechnology
Wernher Von Braun: Nazi Father of Rocket Science
Digital Calculators
Oppenheimer: Inventor of the Atomic Bomb
Coca Cola: A Backyard Invention
Fritz Haber: Inventor of Poisonous Gas
Inventing Hello Kitty
Thermos Flask: A Hot and Cold History
The Walkman: The First Intimate Technology
Chewing Gum: From the Aztecs to Avocados
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