406 - Sayings: xX420YoLoXx Edition

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"Rule of Thumb"
http://www.stuffmomnevertoldyou.com/blogs/where-does-rule-of-thumb-come-from-not-legalized-wife-beating.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thumb
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/rule-of-thumb.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0BjpUhPg9g

"Handicapped"
http://www.snopes.com/language/offense/handicap.asp
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=handicap

"Cracker"
http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/07/01/197644761/word-watch-on-crackers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_(pejorative)
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Cracker

"Whole Nine Yards"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_whole_nine_yards

"Buck"
http://www.snopes.com/language/offense/buck.asp
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/03/dollar-called-buck/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-b-bradshaw/all-that-moola_b_6007430.html

"Tips"
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/09/what-is-the-origin-of-the-word-tip-as-in-leaving-a-tip/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratuity

"Saved by the Bell"
http://mentalfloss.com/article/55688/6-widely-repeated-phrase-origins-debunked
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/saved-by-the-bell.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/phrase-origins-that-are-wrong-2015-1

"420" (Blaze it!)
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Stoner-Chic-Traces-Origin-To-San-Rafael-2763464.php
http://articles.latimes.com/2002/apr/20/news/mn-39055

"Marmalade"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade
https://www.dailywritingtips.com/a-sweet-story-about-marmalade/
 

405 - Nautical Survival: He Cheated

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Can you eat tea for nutrition?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea

"Red sky at dawn..."
https://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/weather-sailor.html

Drinking Sea Water
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/drinksw.html
https://morethanjustsurviving.com/drinking-seawater-for-survival/
https://water.usgs.gov/edu/qa-seawater.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Bombard

Punch a shark in the nose
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-to-survive-the-shark-attack-that-is-never-going-to-happen-to-you-24121725/
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/09/science/the-claim-fight-off-a-shark-by-punching-it-in-the-nose.html

Urinating on a jellyfish sting
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/whats-behind-that-jellyfish-sting-2844876/

Surviving a rip tide
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_tide
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_current
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undertow_(water_waves)
 

204 - Cold War ft. "The Eastern Border"

Pencil/Pens in space race
1. Scientific American article
2. Mental Floss article

Measurement/Quota cheating
3. "My Time with Soviet Economics" - Roberts
4. Comic

5. “Tsar Bomba” video

Kennedy was peaceful/”I am a jelly doughnut” 
6. The Atlantic on "Ich bin ein Berliner"
7. The New York Times on "Ich bin ein Berliner"

“Winnie [Vinnie] Pooh”
8. Video

Kugel Panzer
8. Wikipedia article

Lost Cosmonaut
9. The Eastern Border episode on "The Lost Cosmonaut"

Gagarin’s “bumpy landing”
10. Russian Space Web piece on Gagarin's landing. 

Nixon’s alternative moon landing speech (failure/death of astronauts)
11. Speech

Mythconceptions: Fan Theories with NOLAnerdcast

Ed, Edd, n Eddy purgatory theory: 
http://moviepilot.com/posts/3350206

The Joker is the hero in The Dark Knight: 
https://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/3insgr/joker_is_the_hero_in_the_dark_knight/

Pokemon:
War Theory: http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_War_Theory
Post-Apocalypse: http://www.technobuffalo.com/2015/10/12/pokemon-is-a-darker-post-apocalypse-than-fallout-4-fan-theory/
Ditto Theory: http://www.gamesradar.com/ditto-fail-poke-clone-mew/

Darth Jar Jar: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yy3q9f84EA
http://darthjarjar.com/