With the “Curious City Scavenger Hunt: Chicago Eats Edition” now underway, we’re revisiting a story about foods created right here in Chicago.
Everything Everywhere Daily - The Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Ask most Muslims what the holiest site is in Islam, and they would all obviously tell you it is the Kaaba at the Great Mosque of Mecca.
Ask most Christians what the holiest site is in Christianity, and you might get a blank stare or at least several different answers.
Through most of Christianity, there has been one place that has been agreed upon as the holiest site, and it has been the cause of wars and disagreements which have continued to this day.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Real Life Dexter
For eight seasons, the TV show Dexter showed the fictional life of a crime solving forensics expert who just so happened to have been a serial killer who killed serial killers.
This got me wondering, has there ever been a real life Dexter? A killer, or even a criminal, who targeted other criminals?
Well, there sort of has been. Learn the story of the real life Dexter on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Damnatio Memoriae
The ancient Romans had a practice called Damnatio Memoriae, which was to banish someone’s memory from public life. It was also sometimes known as oblivion. It called for the complete deletion of the person’s name or image from all statues, inscriptions, coins, and texts.
While the practice neither began nor ended with the Romans, they are ones who gave it the name we used today.
Learn more about the history of expunging people from history on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Bay Curious - The Unassuming East Bay Beach Strewn With Ceramic Treasures
On a tucked-away beach in Richmond, Calif., shards of broken pottery outnumber sand or rocks. It’s an odd feeling, like you’ve stumbled on some kind of archaeological site right next to the Costco. Locals affectionately call this place TEPCO beach, after the Technical Porcelain and Chinaware Company that used to operate in nearby El Cerrito. Bay Curious listener Jo Ann Yada wants to know the story behind the beach, and how so much broken pottery wound up here.
Additional Reading:
- The Unassuming East Bay Beach Strewn With Ceramic Treasures
- TEPCO: The Defunct Ceramics Factory That Still Dishes Out Nostalgia
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Reported by Katrina Schwartz. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz and Rob Speight. Additional support from Erika Aguilar, Jessica Placzek, Kyana Moghadam, Paul Lancour, Suzie Racho, Carly Severn, Bianca Hernandez, Ethan Lindsey, Vinnee Tong, and Asal Ehsanipour.
Everything Everywhere Daily - The Washington Generals
Sports history is littered with really bad teams. The 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers didn’t win a single game and wound up losing 26 in a row. The 2012 Charlotte Bobcats went 7-59 for a .106 winning percentage. The 1899 Cleveland Spiders set a record for futility in baseball winning only 20 games out of 154.
However, all of those teams are giants compared to the worst professional sports team in history: The Washington Generals.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Kayfabe
One of my dirty secrets is that I’m a fan of pro wrestling. Whenever I tell people this the first thing I inevitably hear is, “you know it's fake right?”
This idea that people think professional wrestling is real comes from the concept that wrestling insiders call kayfabe.
Learn about the history of kayfabe and how this concept from professional wrestling can be used to navigate the modern world on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Drug Lord Hippos
Pablo Escobar was the biggest drug lord the world has ever known. At the height of his power, he had a near-monopoly on cocaine trade in the United States. He had a peak inflation-adjusted net worth of $60 billion dollars. He was personally responsible for thousands of murders and dozens of acts of terrorism in Colombia.
Today in Colombia, there are approximately 100 hippopotamuses roaming wild.
What do these two things have to do with each other? Well, everything.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Grandmother of Europe
Traditionally, the royal families of Europe would arrange marriages amongst their children to establish alliances and bonds between their houses.
While this really isn’t done that much anymore, it also wasn’t that long ago that it was done. One monarch, in particular, Queen Victoria, was really good and marrying off her children. So good in fact that almost every royal house in Europe can trace their ancestry back to her.
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Curious City - Was There A Burial Mound In Chicago Shaped Like A Lizard?
A listener noticed an odd detail on an old map. Curious City investigated whether it was the site of an ancient burial mound.