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Selects: Gobble Gobble: Turkeys!

Turkeys are a very interesting bird as it turns out. Which may be why many people are leaving it off their Thanksgiving table this year. Learn all about them right now in this classic episode!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Short Stuff: Boston Molasses Flood

In 1919 one of the most bizarre disasters in history took place in Boston’s North End when a really fast, towering wave of molasses covered the neighborhood, killing people and animals in horrific ways and knocking buildings from their foundations.See omnystudio.com/listener for ...  Show more

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