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What is the ultimate answer to life, the universe and everything?
Feb 15, 2020•4 min
The Misconceptions Podcast
Podcast by Derek Kruger
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Episodes
Stressed About Ulcers
Don't stress over ulcers.
Jan 20, 2020•3 min
BANANA AND REPUBLICS
Are bananas the best source of potassium? And what is a banana republic anyways?
Jan 03, 2020•5 min
Let Freedom Ring
Betsy Ross gets all the credit but she didn't make the flag and other truths about our origin stories.
Jul 21, 2019•11 min
Let's Conversate, Irregardless.
Vernacular or colloquial, some words just don't get no respect.
Jun 09, 2019•3 min
RED AND BULLS
Matadors have been fighting bulls with red flags forever...why red?
May 27, 2019•2 min
Seasons in the Sun
It's hot. it's cold. Near and far. WTF.
May 04, 2019•3 min
Computer Security is FUN
Think only IT dudes and dudettes have to worry about viruses on their devices?
Apr 07, 2019•8 min
Live Long and Prosper?
Was life nasty, brutish and short in the middle ages? Were they all stinky as all get out?
Apr 06, 2019•5 min
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARS ROVER!
Does the mars rover really play happy birthday to itself every year?
Mar 09, 2019•5 min
A Short One About Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte is one of the greatest leaders of the modern age despite his lack of stature. Was La Petit Corporal really diminutive?
Feb 23, 2019•5 min
The Guiness Book of World Records & Nazis
The connection to Guinness and the Third Reich
Feb 23, 2019•7 min
George Washington's Wooden Teeth
George Washington's Wooden Teeth by Derek Kruger
Feb 23, 2019•4 min
Cinco de Mayo
Where I discuss Cinco de Mayo
Feb 23, 2019•5 min
Death and Taxes
Who wants to live forever to just pay taxes?
Feb 23, 2019•5 min
The Dark Ages
The Dark Ages by Derek Kruger
Feb 23, 2019•3 min
EP05: Goldfish Memory
Do goldfish only remember the last 3 seconds?
Feb 23, 2019•2 min
Viking Helmets
Why do Viking helmets always have horns?
Feb 23, 2019•2 min
Highest Mountain or Tallest?
Turns out that while Everest is the highest mountain, it isn't the tallest. In fact, you can probably get to the top of the tallest mountain if you don't mind flying to paradise and taking a drive. Don't quote me on that, I didn't research it at all.
Feb 23, 2019•3 min
Microwaves and Grandma
Can a microwave kill grandma?
Feb 23, 2019•5 min
Coffee & Caffeine
Damn son. The first podcast of Common Misconceptions
Feb 23, 2019•6 min
CARROTS AND EYESIGHT REDO*
What do carrots have to do with eyesight and WW II?
Feb 14, 2019•8 min
Black Holes Don't Suck
Black Holes Don't suck...they're just very attractive.
Jan 26, 2019•5 min
Goldfish Memories
Do goldfish remember more than the last 3 seconds?
Jan 26, 2019•2 min
Coffee Beans
Aren't coffee beans, beans?
Jan 26, 2019•5 min
Toilet Water
Does the hemisphere you are in effect the direction that water will drain?
Jan 26, 2019•5 min
Fireworks are the Bomb
For nearly 2000 years humans have been blowing up...stuff.
Jan 26, 2019•6 min
Highest or Tallest
Highest or Tallest by Derek Kruger
Jan 26, 2019•3 min
When Was Christ Born
When was Christ born? Was it in December?
Jan 06, 2019•5 min
Xing The Christ Out of Xmas
Is X really meant to take Christ out of Xmas? Or was there a more mundane reason we write Xmas?
Dec 16, 2018•5 min
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