Pencil/Pens in space race
1. S cientific 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. S peech

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203 - Food: Salty over Coffee

August 22, 2016 / Greg Tilton

1. "Best Food Facts" piece on apple wax.
2. Washington State University research on apple wax.
3. Peanuts comic about "Chubby Bunny."
4. Civil Trial over Chubby Bunny.
5. Woman dies playing Chubby Bunny.
6. McDonald's "pink goo" McNuggets.
7. "Kids' Health" article on myth of coffee stunting growth.
8. Smithsonian magazine piece on myth of coffee stunting growth.
9. 1933 ad by Smithsonian magazine claiming coffee stunted growth.
10. FDA on letting food cool before putting in fridge.
11. AARP on letting food cool before putting in fridge.
12. Aspartame cancer/headaches.

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201 - Disney: Moral Fixation

August 06, 2016 / Greg Tilton

Sources:
1. Court case by Christian pro life organization against Disney.
2. More on the court case in local newspapers.
3. Little Mermaid controversy covered in article in The Daily Beast.
4. Source video for priest/wedding scene claim.
5. Phallic tower claim investigated by Reel Rundown.
6. "SEX" in Lion King source video.
7. Topless woman in the The Rescuers source video.
8. Snopes article about The Rescuers.
9. Snow White and the 7 stages of cocaine.
10. Jessica Rabbit wardrobe malfunction Snopes piece.
11. Disney's blacklist 1 and 2.

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Mythconceptions: Fan Theories with NOLAnerdcast

July 04, 2016 / Greg Tilton

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/

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106 - Death: Heads will roll with Heavy Souls

May 02, 2016 / Greg Tilton

Skald Podcast: http://aubreysitterson.com/tag/skald/

Nails and hair
Basis for some vampires
Crypt Keeper
Maple WB, M. Dead men do tell tales. New York: Doubleday, 1994.

Weight of soul
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D07E5DC123EE033A25752C1A9659C946697D6CF
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadweight_tonnage

https://www.cremationsolutions.com/information/scattering-ashes/all-about-cremation-ashes/
http://science.howstuffworks.com/cremation2.htm

Decapitation
Roached can survive decapitation and starve to death.

https://thechirurgeonsapprentice.com/2012/08/13/losing-ones-head-a-frustrating-search-for-the-truth-about-decapitation/

Henri Languille Quote
"I waited for several seconds. The spasmodic movements ceased. The face relaxed, the lids half closed on the eyeballs, leaving only the white of the conjunctiva visible, exactly as in the dying whom we have occasion to see every day in the exercise of our profession, or as in those just dead. It was then that I called in a strong, sharp voice: "Languille!" I saw the eyelids slowly lift up, without any spasmodic contractions –- I insist advisedly on this peculiarity –- but with an even movement, quite distinct and normal, such as happens in everyday life, with people awakened or torn from their thoughts.
Next Languille’s eyes very definitely fixed themselves on mine and the pupils focused themselves. I was not, then, dealing with the sort of vague dull look without any expression, that can be observed any day in dying people to whom one speaks: I was dealing with undeniably living eyes which were looking at me. After several seconds, the eyelids closed again, slowly and evenly, and the head took on the same appearance as it had had before I called out.
It was at that point that I called out again and, once more, without any spasm, slowly, the eyelids lifted and undeniably living eyes fixed themselves on mine with perhaps even more penetration than the first time. Then there was a further closing of the eyelids, but now less complete. I attempted the effect of a third call; there was no further movement -– and the eyes took on the glazed look which they have in the dead.
I have just recounted to you with rigorous exactness what I was able to observe. The whole thing had lasted twenty-five to thirty seconds."

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