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Stuff You Should Know

Five Crazy Government Experiments

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.582.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2010

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Chuck and Josh discuss five of the most bizarre experiments ever undertaken by governments, from transplanted puppy heads to Cold War psychics, in this episode.

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0:00.0

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0:05.7

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0:08.3

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0:16.4

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0:17.7

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0:23.6

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0:30.4

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0:33.2

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0:35.8

Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from Howstuffworks.com.

0:43.9

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0:47.3

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0:49.7

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0:55.7

Hey and welcome to The Podcast.

0:57.2

I'm Josh Clark.

0:58.7

There's Charles W. Chuck Bryant.

1:00.3

Say hey Chuck.

1:01.3

Hey Chuck.

1:02.1

That makes this stuff you should know.

1:03.7

It's such an old joke.

1:04.7

Yeah.

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