4.3 • 4.8K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2017
⏱️ 81 minutes
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0:00.0 | This episode of Thinking Sideways is not brought to you by the sale of celebrities' toenail clippings. |
0:05.9 | Instead, it's brought to you by the United States of absurdity. |
0:10.1 | When you think about US history, you might remember the notable events like the Revolutionary War or the Civil Rights Movement really big things. |
0:18.1 | But did you know that there's a lot of really strange little things? |
0:22.2 | Like the straw hat riots of the 1900s or the fact that Elvis Presley |
0:28.6 | unsuccessfully attempted to get a badge from the federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs? |
0:34.3 | Because he was taken a bunch. They didn't give it to him. |
0:37.4 | Written by comedians Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds, the United States of absurdity, the untold stories of American history can fill those gaps in your education |
0:46.0 | with illustrated profiles of the weird tales you never knew. So pick up a copy today. |
0:52.1 | This episode is also brought to you by CrimeCon. |
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0:58.0 | You still have a chance. What is it? Two weeks? Oh my god, it's only two weeks till CrimeCon. |
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1:14.9 | And we're going to be there. You should be there. We'll see you in a couple of weeks. |
1:19.4 | Say, uh, bye. |
1:22.6 | Thinking sideways. |
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1:30.5 | You must find them. What do you have today? |
1:34.9 | I don't know. |
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