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This week we learn about the renegade Anne Hutchinson and how the MacArthur Maze was reconstructed in record time after a fire. A listener email explains the sword-fighting roots of the Best Man. Episode Tabs: The Trial of Anne Hutchinson https://www.famous-trials.com/hutchinson/2395-hutchinson-1637-account Rebuilding The Maze https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a60433142/macarthur-maze-reconstruction-cc-myers/ Listener Tabs: https://fpmaine.com/news/a-brief-history-of-the-best-man/ https://sports.yahoo.com/texas-high-schools-complete-23-inning-2-day-marathon-baseball-game-020427000.html Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a SUPPORT THE SHOW and get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to https://nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we are joined by special guest Steven Ray Morris (My Favorite Murder, See Jurassic Right) as we learn about fake buildings, Sperm whale defense tactics, and Lego lost at sea. A listener email penetrates some myths about lobotomies. Episode Tabs: Fake Buildings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fake_building Sperm whales survive surprise attack https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-21/sperm-whales-survive-surprise-orca-attack/103609696 Lego Lost at Sea https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/whimsical-legos-are-still-washing-ashore-decades-after-they-were-lost-at-sea-180979580/ Listener Tabs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Hendrickson Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to https://nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we learn about Jonathan the Seychelles giant tortoise and Air Force One petty theft. A listener email clarifies what the Grishaverse actually is. Episode Tabs: Jonathan the Tortoise https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-worlds-oldest-living-land-animal-a-tortoise-named-jonathan-turns-191-180983392/ The Real D.C. Crime Wave https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2024/03/28/the-real-d-c-crime-wave-00149591 Listener Tabs: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1kSMBcqUyd5Qk_Qj13siJD_NGD3tnnah8rPxd7L7J6bQ/htmlview https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Montferrand Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a SUPPORT THE SHOW and get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to https://nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we learn about the 1976 Tehran UFO Incident and the father of the modern time capsule. A listener email fetes a disgusting historical figure. Episode Tabs: 1976 Tehran UFO incident http://www.iiaf.net/tehran-dogfight-incident/ The Crypt of Civilization https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/crypt-of-civilization/ Listener Tabs: https://en.m.wikinews.org/wiki/Man_takes_armoured_vehicle_on_rampage_through_Western_Sydney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrare Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a SUPPORT THE SHOW and get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to https://nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we learn about horrific ant genuses and how the film industry was born out of everyone hating Thomas Edison. A listener email answers the age old question of "how long do pig orgasms last?" Episode Tabs: These ants decorate their homes with the heads of their enemies https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/ants-head-hunters-attack-trap-jaw-enemies-nests Thomas Edison: The Unintentional Founder of Hollywood https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2021/03/thomas-edison-the-unintentional-founder-of-hollywood Listener Tabs: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/100659-longest-orgasm-in-mammals https://nypost.com/2022/07/18/phrogging-hider-in-my-house-stranger-secretly-lived-with-us/ NEW: 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a SUPPORT THE SHOW and get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to https://nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we learn about Louis Le Prince, the REAL inventor of the motion picture camera and the origins of the color Grue. A listener email inspires a high end horse jacket clothing line. Episode Tabs: Who Killed Louis Le Prince? On the forgotten father of film https://harpers.org/archive/2022/04/who-killed-louis-le-prince-on-the-forgotten-father-of-film/ No one could describe the color blue until modern times https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-blue-and-how-do-we-see-color-2015-2 Listener Tabs: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/855685.Fly_Away_Home#CommunityReviews https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168159116302192?via%3Dihub NEW: 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a SUPPORT THE SHOW and get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to https://nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we discuss Roar, one of the most unsafe movies ever made and the Nintendo Power Hotline. A listener email reveals all the animals in elected office. Episode Tabs: Hollywood's real Tiger King: Insane big cat movie Roar getting VOD rerelease https://ew.com/movies/roar-movie-vod/ Inside The Nintendo Power Hotline https://www.gameinformer.com/2022/02/22/inside-the-nintendo-power-hotline Listener Tabs: https://a-z-animals.com/blog/top-9-animals-elected-to-office-in-the-united-states/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/inside-the-new-york-public-librarys-last-secret-apartments NEW: 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a SUPPORT THE SHOW and get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to https://nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we discuss the origins of the Michelin Man and a first hand account of Vikings from 922. A listener email answers the question of why we don't see Pandas in toilet paper ads. Episode Tabs: Allied Forces on D-Day Used a Popular Tourist Guide to Help Liberate France https://www.military.com/history/allied-forces-d-day-used-popular-tourist-guide-help-liberate-france.html “The Rus” (An Arab among the Vikings) https://content.ucpress.edu/chapters/12938.ch01.pdf Listener Tabs: https://youtu.be/aQthclI55Rk?si=Bw8xdEs8K-Ikbb0j https://youtu.be/4eJxAhhMiCk?si=xDb9O4IkpDOjEwrL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunder_Alley_(TV_series)?wprov=sfti1 NEW: 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a SUPPORT THE SHOW and get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to https://nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we have our first ever special guest, 500 Tabs' very own editor and friend Alyssa Cooper! We discuss a mountain murder mystery, the importance of March 27th, and sharks on a golf course. A listener email taps into some of our most primal fears. Episode Tabs: Ghosts on the Glacier https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/12/09/world/americas/aconcagua-mountain-expedition-photos.html The Wikipedia entry for the day of March 27 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_27 Six bull sharks inadvertently made their home on an Australian golf course. Then they vanished https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/18/sport/carbrook-bull-sharks-australia-golf-course-spt-spc-intl/index.html Listener Tabs: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/four-acre-spider-web_n_6095724 Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a SUPPORT THE SHOW and get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to https://nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we discuss insane mental health practices of the 1940s and the NBA's golden horse, Nikola Jokić. A listener email disgusts Kaveh. Episode Tabs: Mother’s Little Helper: Vintage Drug Ads https://www.goretro.com/2014/08/mothers-little-helper-vintage-drug-ads.html How Nikola Jokić Became The World’s Best Basketball Player https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/02/12/how-nikola-jokic-became-the-worlds-best-basketball-player Listener Tabs: https://www.everywhereist.com/2021/12/bros-restaurant-lecce-we-eat-at-the-worst-michelin-starred-restaurant-ever/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shave_%27Em_Dry Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a SUPPORT THE SHOW and get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to https://nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we discuss the trial of alleged werewolf Peter Stump and folk etymology. A listener email reveals how McDonalds tried to buy their way into fandom. Episode Tabs: Confessions of a Werewolf: The Trial of Peter Stump https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/a-german-werewolfs-confessions-horrified-1500s-europe What the Folk? https://daily.jstor.org/what-the-folk-the-charming-yet-totally-malappropriate-story-of-words/ Listener Tabs: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/17/has-an-old-soviet-mystery-at-last-been-solved https://kotaku.com/mcdonalds-grimace-wiki-ad-happy-meal-fandom-history-1850552640 Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a SUPPORT THE SHOW and get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to https://nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we discuss people who live at airports and panda diplomacy. A listener email reveals how rabbits frankly don't give a damn. Episode Tabs: Terminal Dwellers https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_have_lived_in_airports A Chinese cigarette tin launched D.C.’s 50-year love affair with pandas https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/03/16/pandas-china-nixon-dc/ Listener Tabs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello,_Dolly!_(film) https://historianandrew.medium.com/how-bugs-bunny-and-clark-gable-created-false-belief-that-rabbits-like-eating-carrots-65d25059b7d0 Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a SUPPORT THE SHOW and 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to https://nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week Kaveh concludes the Katamari style horrors of the Johnstown flood and Hannah shares how the Europeans had their own American Idol but for letters of the alphabet instead of singers. A listener email reveals if a childhood memory was in fact cake, and how it exploded. Correction: the Phoenician alphabet comes after the Proto-Sinaitic script and before the Greek alphabet  Episode Tabs: The Johnstown Flood pt. 2 https://www.geoinstitute.org/news/johnstown-flood-1889-catastrophe-civil-engineering-part-1 The Forgotten Letters of the English Alphabet https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/31904/12-letters-didnt-make-alphabet Listener Tabs: https://www.teachertube.com/videos/physical-science-for-children-all-about-forces-and-gravity-349164 https://annehelen.substack.com/p/larping-your-job Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a SUPPORT THE SHOW and 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to https://nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we return to Niʻihau for an insane adventure that followed the bombing of Pearl Harbor and learn about the Johnstown Flood and how dams are just like us and also like candy. A listener email finally puts the debate about white chocolate to rest. Episode Tabs: The Niihau Incident  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niihau_incident This Dam Break Was One of the Worst Man Made Disasters in American History. It Could Have Been Prevented. https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a42384940/johnstown-flood/ Listener Tabs: https://askinosie.com/blogs/the-nib/is-white-chocolate-really-chocolate https://annehelen.substack.com/p/larping-your-job Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a SUPPORT THE SHOW and 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to https://nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we discuss a forbidden Hawaiian island and Jesus's definitely legitimate final resting place in northern Japan. Also a listener clues us into the little discussed Eternal Riverdale phenomenon. Episode Tabs: Ni’ihau Island https://allthatsinteresting.com/niihau The Little-Known Legend of Jesus in Japan https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-little-known-legend-of-jesus-in-japan-165354242/ Listener Tabs: Halibut Crochet Pattern (U.S. National Park Service)nps.gov https://www.netflix.com/title/80133311 Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a SUPPORT THE SHOW and 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to https://nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On today's episode, third time’s the charm as we talk about liars and impostors from Victorian England to modern day crypto scammers. The centuries may change but the hustle never does. Episode Tabs: Crypto hedge fund CEO may not exist; probe finds no record of identity https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/crypto-hedge-fund-ceo-may-not-exist-probe-finds-no-record-of-identity/ Princess Caraboo https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Caraboo Listener Tabs: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramada_Plaza_JFK_Hotel https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/podcasts/the-daily/the-year-of-taylor-swift.html Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a SUPPORT THE SHOW and 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.TV/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this stomach-churning episode, we blast into the rotting, juicy worlds of Phossy Jaw and Exploding Whales. Episode Tabs: Phossy Jaw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phossy_jaw How do you get rid of a beached whale before it explodes? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/17/how-do-you-get-rid-of-a-beached-whale-before-it-explodes Listener Tabs: https://punchdrink.com/articles/tiki-bar-design/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erfurt_latrine_disaster Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a SUPPORT THE SHOW and 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.TV/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Our inaugural episode! Join us as we talk about the Mob’s influence on pizza and the addicting nature of Hobby Tunneling. Plus, some crabulous listener mail.  Episode Tabs: How the Italian Mob Changed Pizza Forever https://thedigestonline.com/dining/how-the-italian-mob-changed-pizza-forever/ Hobby Tunneling https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobby_tunneling Listener Tabs: https://everything2.com/title/The+Cider+House+Rules https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convergent_evolution Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a SUPPORT THE SHOW and 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.TV/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Each episode, hosts Kaveh Taherian and Hannah Hillam choose one of their countless open browser tabs and finally take the time to read and discuss its contents until they gain enough strength to close that tab once and for all. Premiering January 2024! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.