Stuff You Should Know

Blue zones are areas where people supposedly have more 100+ year-olds than average. But is it all based on faulty records? See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

An amazing case of an early modern mass sighting of UFOs came in Nuremberg, Germany in 1561. Except it wasn’t that at all. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Crooked teeth have always been a thing, but it took us a long time to do something about it. Learn about the twisted history of orthodontics today! See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

In December 1900 three lighthouse keepers vanished without a trace from a deserted island in Scotland. To this day no one knows exactly what happened to them. Find out all about this strange situation in this classic episode. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Private equity is a business operation where companies are bought and run at their leanest to maximize returns for a handful of investors. It can be a lifeline for a flailing company or run it into the ground. Either way, PE firms make out like bandits. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.