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Chuck gets all fancy and drops some film theory knowledge on Josh in today's Trapped in a Meeting.

Sir Walter Raleigh is an important figure in the history of the colonisation of America, but he met a rather gruesome end. Find out why a man who was once a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I ended his life with a public beheading.

Josh describes an unusual but effective method used to find a lost submarine, where everyone's wrong and yet everyone's also right. Find out what Bayesian search theory has to do with a submarine known as the Scorpion.

If you've ever used the phrase "beg the question" you almost certainly used it incorrectly. Here, Josh explains it so you don't say something dumb anymore.

On This Day In History, President Abraham Lincoln delivered what would be among the best-known speeches in history. Learn about the Gettysburg Address and how short it was in this episode.

On This Day In History, Charles Schulz, creator of Peanuts, the world's most popular comic strip, was born. Learn about the lasting impact left by Schulz in this episode.

Did you know you can't sneeze in your sleep? It's true, and Josh explains why here. Plus! Bonus info on people in persistent vegetative states.

Back in 1938 the coelacanth, a fish that had been thought to be extinct for 60 million years, was discovered alive in the nets of a South African fishing boat. Check out the story as Josh and Chuck find themselves in more trouble.

If you think that eating sugar leads to cavities, you're kind of right. Learn the rest of the details behind dental caries (that's a bonus term right there) with Josh in this episode of Don't Be Dumb.

Have you ever pointed in terror at the sky when geese fly overhead and simultaneously wondered why they form a V? Here are your answers.

You know how when you sit on the toilet your legs fall asleep after awhile? There's science behind that and you can expect to learn it by watching this video here.

That sad-faced hobo clown that's become an American pop culture icon was invented by a guy named Emmett Kelly. Celebrate Weary Willy Day with Josh and Chuck.

On this day in 1773, several dozen Bostonians dressed as Mohawk Indians and quietly boarded three ships in the city's harbor and dumped the tea overboard. It was a literally revolutionary act. Learn more in this episode of This Day In History.

Did you know that you have the equivalent of a car's worth of weight pressing down on you at all times thanks to the atmosphere above? It's true and by watching this you can be a lot smarter.

Today in 1977, Ted Bundy, one of America's most prolific killers of women, escaped from his cell at a Colorado jail. By the time he was caught two months later, he'd murder a woman and a girl and assaulted three other women.

Today in 1946, Pink Floyd guitarist and founding member Syd Barrett was born. Listen in as Josh and Chuck go over Barrett's career, cut short by a bad mix of LSD and mental illness.

Today in 1968, Johnny Cash performed a live concert for the inmates of Folsom State Prison in California. Join Josh and Chuck to learn about the Man in Black's historic concert and live album.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a day to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Join Josh and Chuck for a look back at the struggle for every state to recognize this national holiday.

Have you ever heard that dogs only see in black and white? That's a dirty lie. It turns out dogs can see some colors in the spectrum and Josh is here to tell you which ones and how. Watch this video and you will learn about how dogs see color! Color is detected by specialized cells in the eye called cones. Humans have three types of cones. That allows us to see colors along the <a href=" https://rumble.com/v4davn-rainbow-waterfall-falls-burst-into-colour-at-dawn-light.html" target="_blank">rainbow</a> spectrum that we can see, but we can't see infrared or ultraviolet. Dog's, on the other hand, have two kinds of cones which mean that they can see color too! But, where we see our nice rainbow, dogs see dark, medium and light blue, light grey, light yellow, brownish yellow and dark brown. So while dog's don't see all the colors we see and don't as vibrantly as we do, they still can see colors and anybody who says that dogs are colorblind is a liar! So the next time somebody tells you a dog is <a href=" https://rumble.com/v3b47j-colorblind-man-receives-enchroma-glasses-for-50th-birthday.html" target="_blank">colorblind</a>you set them straight and tell them Josh sent you! Dogs are less sensitive to variations in gray shades than humans are, as well as only about half as sensitive to changes in brightness. Dogs also tend to be nearsighted to varying degrees. While we can't ask dogs to read an eye chart or pick out colors, behavioral tests suggest that dogs see in shades of yellow and blue and lack the ability to see the range of colors from green to red.

Today is Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day, a day to be thankful for the advent of bubble wrap. But did you know it was originally invented for something else completely? Josh and Chuck fill you in on today&#039;s This Day in History.

People love to talk about what&#039;s the biggest, what&#039;s the smallest, what&#039;s the oldest, all that stuff. So sit there as Josh does it too about the largest organism in the world, okay?

On Feb. 3, 1971, police officer Frank Serpico was shot while trying to enter the home of a drug dealer. Some think Serpico was set up by corrupt cops who didn&#039;t like his squeaky-clean ways. Find out what really went down on This Day in History.

Did you know the FDA just kind of made up the idea that you need 2000 calories a day to live (and laugh and love)? It&#039;s true. Get busy with the facts about caloric intake with Josh.

If you put all of the living organisms on planet earth on a huge scale, the weight you&#039;d come up with is called biomass. Join Josh as he uses his noodle to calculate the answer.

Don&#039;t try it yourself, but it is possible to immunize yourself to some kinds of poison. Be silent and listen to Josh as he describes how it works.