Stuff You Should Know

It was recommended as a great movie and a fun take on the afterlife. It was described as a great sleeper film.

It was mentioned as a dictionary created by Noah Webster, and discussed in relation to his efforts to establish a distinct American English.

It was the basis for the movie 'A Christmas Story', and the book described the infamous leg lamp in vivid detail, which was later adapted into the movie and has become a beloved Christmas icon.

It was mentioned that the speaker was reading a massive Beatles book and was always thinking about the Beatles, which is possibly this one.

It was described as a great short horror fiction story, and recommended for its quality.

It was written by a criminologist and sociologist in 1939, highlighting a bias in the U.S. where law enforcement focused on the working class rather than the upper class when it came to crime.

It was mentioned as the book where E.H. Sutherland coined the term 'white collar crime' in 1939. He argued that a bias existed in law enforcement against working class versus upper class crimes.

It was mentioned as one of the first books on origami, demonstrating the significance of cranes as a popular origami subject in the 18th century.

The phrase 'take it with a grain of salt' is believed to have originated from Pliny the Elder's recipe for an antidote to poison which included salt.

It was mentioned as an introduction to iron smelting and was described as containing pictures and being cool, with the hosts suggesting it was worth checking out.

Bill Gates mentioned reading this book recently, which discusses the strengths and weaknesses of various health systems, including the US, and its potential for improvement.

It was described as a classic and Tom Wolfe was considered by Josh Clark to be the greatest reporter of all time.

It was mentioned as a source of information regarding the Romans' use of soap, particularly a passage from 77 CE that detailed their usage of a soap-like substance.

It was described as a pamphlet turned into a book that provides information on how to perform a humbug flea circus, and one of the hosts expressed interest in reading it.

Montesquieu's book, written in 1748, was discussed as being the first proposal of the separation of powers, challenging the idea of a monarchy where only the monarch's word was law.

Henry Ford wrote this 60-page book in support of Mary Sawyer's story, which was a source of contention between her and Sarah Hale. It was seen as a biased work by the town of Newport, New Hampshire and its historical society.

It was described as a bone chilling and very good short story about seances within the spiritualist movement, by arguably one of the greatest American writers of all time.

Margaret Farrar edited many crossword puzzle books for Simon and Schuster, and the New York Times crossword puzzle was said to have originated from the idea of including news from that day's paper into puzzles, but later decided to use literature and pop culture instead.

It was discussed how the Book of Revelations mentions the number 666 as the number of the beast, which some interpret as Satan or an agent of Satan.