Narrated and executive produced by Aaron Mahnke, with Robin Miniter as Senior Producer, research and writing help from the Grim & Mild team, and audio production from Otis Gray. ———————— EPISODE SOURCES Recent News “South Korean law change causes nation to grow younger overnight,” US News, https://www.usnews.com/news/offbeat/articles/2023-06-29/south-koreans-grow-younger-overnight-as-the-country-changes-how-it-counts-peoples-ages “Snail-racing championships return for first time since Covid,” UPI, ttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/07/07/Guinness-World-Records-snail-racing-Norfolk-England/4551688747354 “Canadian Farmer's "thumbs up" emoji leads to $62000 fine for undelivered flax,” Reuters, https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canadian-farmers-thumbs-up-emoji-leads-62000-fine-undelivered-flax-2023-07-07 Old News “'The Great Moon Hoax' is published in the New York Sun,” History.com, https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-great-moon-hoax “How the Sun Conned the World With “The Great Moon Hoax,”” JStor Daily, November 7, 2017, https://daily.jstor.org/how-the-sun-conned-the-world-with-the-moon-hoax “The Great Moon Hoax Was Simply a Sign of Its Time,” Smithsonian Magazine, July 2, 2015, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/great-moon-hoax-was-simply-sign-its-time-180955761 “The Great Moon Hoax of 1835,” Legends of America, https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ah-greatmoonhoax “A 100-Year-Old Fruitcake Was Found 'Perfectly Preserved' in Antarctica,” TIME, August 11, 2017, https://time.com/4896847/antarctic-trust-fruit-cake “100-Year-Old Fruitcake Found in Antarctica Is ‘Almost’ Edible,” National Geographic, August 10, 2017, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/antarctica-fruitcake-scott-terra-nova?loggedin=true&rnd=1687973739167 “The death of Robert Falcon Scott,” The History Press, https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/the-death-of-robert-falcon-scott “Untouched, Century-Old Fruitcake Found In Antarctica,” Smithsonian Magazine, August 15, 2017, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/immaculate-century-old-fruitcake-found-antarctica-180964504 “Scott of the Antarctic (1868 - 1912),” BBC, https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/scott_of_antarctic.shtml “Scott's Expedition,” American Museum of Natural History, https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/race-to-the-end-of-the-earth/scott “The Anglo-Zanzibar War: The Shortest War in Recorded History,” The Archive, January 19, 2023, https://explorethearchive.com/anglo-zanzibar-war “The Anglo-Zanzibar War,” History Today, August 2018, https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/anglo-zanzibar-war “The shortest war in history: The Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896,” Historical Association, November 19, 2014, https://www.history.org.uk/publications/resource/7950/the-shortest-war-in-history-the-anglo-zanzibar-wa “The Shortest War in History,” Historic UK, https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-Shortest-War-in-History Our Big Story “The Fascinating History of the Mona Lisa,” My French Country Home Magazine, March 11, 2022, https://myfrenchcountryhomemagazine.com/the-fascinating-history-of-the-mona-lisa/#:~:text=Leonardo% 20da%20Vinci%20began%20working,it%20remained%20for%20a%20century “...Perugia and his trial,” PBS, https://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/mona_lisa/mlevel_2/mlevel2_trial.html “How Vincenzo Peruggia Stole The Mona Lisa And Made It A Masterpiece,” All That’s Interesting, October 22, 2017, https://allthatsinteresting.com/vincenzo-peruggia-mona-lisa-theft “The Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre,” History Today, August 2011, https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/mona-lisa-stolen-louvre “Mona Lisa: The theft that created a legend,” CNN, November 19, 2023, https://www.cnn.com/2013/11/18/world/europe/mona-lisa-the-theft/index.html “Remember That Time When the Mona Lisa Was Stolen?,” SoloSophie, May 30, 2022, https://www.solosophie.com/mona-lisa-was-stolen “Theft of Mona Lisa: Topics in Chr