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China is building housing at a far faster pace than their population can fill it, leaving many eerie ghost cities in its wake. Plus, the bizarre story of a man encased in a steel cylinder for decades.

Did you see Donnie Darko? What was up with that "cellar door" thing?

Josh and Chuck get to the bottom of some mysterious craters popping up in Siberia, and discuss some harrowing statistics regarding truck stop serial killers. Plus! Real life drama happens in the studio, and Internet Roundup is never the same again.

It was ghastly to see your grandmother's hair had grown that time the county exhumed her, but you can feel better because it didn't really.

Josh and Chuck talk about the avian flu outbreak and the egg rationing it's causing, plus Josh talks about more macramé.

A 400-year old dress was found on a sunken ship and it's in remarkably good condition. In Delaware, the demolition of the former home of a notorious pedophile is blocked by the historic preservation commission.

They are creepy, sure, but they are also useful, cute and in great danger of extinction. So how do bat wings differ from bird wings? Let Josh and Chuck fill your brain with batty knowledge in the animated clip from Stuff You Should Know.

The day after Daylight Saving Time begins is an important day for napping, especially since it's National Napping Day. It's also Middle Name Pride Day and - perhaps most important of all - Chuck Norris' Birthday.

We've all heard the story about our country's first President chopping down a cherry tree as a wee child. But did it really happen? Josh sets you straight.

In India, cow urine is a hot commodity for uses as diverse as folk medicine and floor cleaners. Plus, a strange funeral wake involving a Green Lantern costume.

India is pushing to expand its solar power capacity in a big way, and Smithers finally comes out on The Simpsons.

Have you ever heard that we humans only use 10% of our brain? Well the person who told you that was using 0% of theirs.

Have you ever heard that we humans only use 10% of our brain? Well the person who told you that was using 0% of theirs.

Are you a regular weekly viewer of Don't Be Dumb who was also wondering just earlier today why manhole covers are round? If so, that's quite a fortuitous convergence of circumstances, because here's an episode covering precisely that topic.

Have you ever forgotten what you were doing? Especially when walking from one room to another? It turns out there might be an explanation for that.

A commercial air liner abandoned takeoff after the discovery of a mysterious smiley face, plus Josh and Chuck explain why grapes can appear to be magnetic, but are not.

The FBI is in hot water over its decision to re-host a child pornography website on its own servers in order to identify and arrest its users. Plus, there's a cool 3D printed skeleton of a hypothetical Sasquatch.

In India, cow urine is a hot commodity for uses as diverse as folk medicine and floor cleaners. Plus, a strange funeral wake involving a Green Lantern costume.

Josh and Chuck discuss a recent study that suggests merely observing others in stressful situations can stress us out, too.

This week Josh and Chuck take you to Ohio to visit the site of the largest roadside Jesus in Ohio and discuss why student loans are kind of a racket.

Did you see Donnie Darko? What was up with that "cellar door" thing?

Can it rain worms? Apparently so. Plus, there's a controversial new treatment for alcoholics involving aversion therapy.

It turns out bats are way more clever than we might have given them credit for. Plus, there's a lot of weird stuff on the U.S. one dollar bill.

The Aurora police have opened up the option of shooting at moving cars, and Josh has a glorious gallery of bitchin' vans.

Authorities in Mexico found a homemade bazooka that might have been used to launch drugs over the border, plus an artist draws monsters riding alongside passengers on New York's subways.