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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

Wild Child

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

History, Society & Culture

4.58.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2020

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Today's tour will take us to strange places, some of which are far away, while others are a bit too close to home.

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0:00.0

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

0:09.0

and Mild.

0:13.4

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

0:16.7

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

0:22.5

just waiting for us to explore.

0:25.7

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

0:29.7

Einstein

0:37.2

Einstein has been quoted as saying,

0:39.1

the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

0:45.1

Except he never actually said that.

0:47.1

That quote has also been misattributed to Benjamin Franklin,

0:50.0

but its true origins date back to the 19th century.

0:53.2

The lesson is clear though.

0:54.8

After something is repeated enough times, the truth tends to be ignored.

0:59.0

It's enough to drive someone, well, you know.

1:02.3

It didn't matter how often the Brazilian people told their stories either.

1:06.0

Their truths were also ignored.

1:08.6

Take what happened to Topographer Jose Higgins in Sao Paulo.

1:12.3

While standing in a field in 1947, Higgins and several workers watched as a round object landed

1:17.8

several feet away from their location.

1:19.9

Everyone except Higgins was scared off, but the Topographer stayed put,

1:23.9

watching as three human-like creatures left the strange craft.

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