A Historic Friendship, Pumpkin Care, Declaring Sovereignty

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

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4.6 • 963 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Learn about Harry Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle’s amity; how to keep a jack-o’-lantern fresh; and declaring sovereignty.

The stories in this episode originally aired October 21, 2018 “Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini’s Friendship, How to Read Food Labels, Jack-O’-Lantern Maintenance, and Declaring Sovereignty” https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/arthur-conan-doyle-and-harry-houdini-s-friendship

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0:00.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Curiosity.com.
0:06.5	I'm Cody Gough.
0:07.5	And I'm Ashley Hamer.
0:08.5	Today you learn about the spooky friendship between Harry Hudini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and simple tricks for keeping your
0:15.4	jackalantern fresh longer.
0:17.6	We'll also answer a listener question about whether you can buy an island and declare it a sovereign nation. We originally ran these stories in October
0:25.2	2018 and they're so perfect for the Halloween season. We remastered them just for you.
0:30.5	Plus stick around for a brand new recap segment at the end of today's episode. for you've probably
0:32.7	recap segment at the end of today's episode to hear our fresh
0:36.4	takes on all of today's stories. Right now let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:41.0	You've probably heard of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes,
0:46.0	and you've also probably heard of Harry Hudini,
0:49.0	possibly the most famous escape artist of all time.
0:52.0	But did you also know they were once very good
0:54.6	friends before they had a spooky falling out? Today we'll get into their
0:58.8	surprisingly paranormal story. It is October after all. I love hearing about celebrities in history who were
1:05.7	good friends. Like Thomas Edison and Henry Ford. I didn't know they were friends and
1:10.7	they were like best buds. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was an author and
1:14.2	Harry Hudini was a magician like that seems weird.
1:16.8	It'd be able to give J.K. Rolling was really good friends with Elon Musk.
1:20.3	Totally. Think how weird that would be.
1:22.3	This is exactly like that.
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