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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

History, Society & Culture

4.58.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Luck has a lot to do with the creation of new curiosities. Sometimes that luck is found in a random choice, and sometimes it's entirely out of our control. The results, though, are never boring.

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0:00.0

Welcome to AirNmenky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

0:08.7

and Mild.

0:13.0

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

0:16.3

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

0:22.2

just waiting for us to explore.

0:25.4

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

0:36.7

They say flying is the safest way to travel.

0:39.4

The odds of dying in a plane crash is 1 in 11 million, and 95% of accidents involving

0:45.1

aircraft are non-fatal.

0:46.6

Still, when a crash occurs, it's harrowing and oftentimes tragic.

0:51.5

Lives are lost, and families are broken.

0:54.7

We often wonder what we might do when faced with such a hopeless situation.

0:58.8

Julian Copka didn't have to wonder, though.

1:01.7

She lived it, and then some.

1:04.8

Julian's parents were German, but worked for the Museum of Natural History in Peru during

1:09.5

the 1950s.

1:10.5

Their daughter was born in Lima in 1954 and raised there until the late 60s, at which point

1:16.6

she and her parents left Lima to live in the Amazon rainforest.

1:21.0

Her parents were ornithologists and had moved to the rainforest to start a biological research

1:25.6

station called Panguana.

1:27.6

They spent the next several years there, studying the various native plants and animals.

1:32.0

However, even though she was living in the jungle, Julian still had to worry about her

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