Acid Pop Podcast

Diabetes

Today we discuss how stopping people from peeing themselves to death turned into a million dollar industry.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_diabetes

https://www.everydayhealth.com/diabetes/understanding/diabetes-mellitus-through-time.aspx

https://www.verywell.com/trivia-facts-about-diabetes-1087709

http://insulinnation.com/living/the-aftermath-of-a-fatal-diabetes-related-accident/

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-bus-crash-driver-had-diabetes-common-for-transit-job-1.1863355

https://www.snopes.com/shane-patrick-boyle-died-after-starting-a-gofundme-campaign-for-insulin/

https://www.gene.com/stories/cloning-insulin

https://www.theblaze.com/news/2012/02/08/stop-resisting-police-beat-man-resisting-arrest-only-to-find-hes-in-diabetic-shock

Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbRYT6xK6pw

Elevators and Escelators

What could be safer than elevators and escelators? Well, it turns out, not much. But that doesn't mean they aren't thirsty for your blood...

Sources:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/how-ancient-romans-got-wild-animals-colosseum-180955580/

http://www.linselevator.com/Elevator_Myths.htm

https://landmarkelevator.com/history-of-elevator-technology/

https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nioshtic-2/20039852.html

https://listverse.com/2011/12/23/10-tragic-elevator-accidents/

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/15/nyregion/elevator-accident-kills-a-woman-in-a-madison-avenue-building.html

https://www.ranker.com/list/escalator-deaths/christopher-shultz?var=3&utm_expid=16418821-322.aCGzpiECRI6K2_CYUZm8eA.2&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUItAMY_Vlw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2HGT0vGesE

Inbreeding

Tempting as it might be, we're here to tell you why it may not be a great idea to sleep with your hot sibling.

Sources:

http://www.medicalbag.com/grey-matter/impact-of-royal-inbreeding-part-iii/article/472635/

https://blog.23andme.com/ancestry/the-end-of-a-dynasty-how-inbreeding-doomed-the-house-of-habsburg/

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/03/23/when-charles-ii-of-spain-died-the-autopsy-stated-that-his-body-did-not-contain-a-single-drop-of-blood-and-his-head-was-full-of-water/

http://www.habsburger.net/en/chapter/charles-ii-last-spanish-habsburg

https://www.puppyleaks.com/done-bulldogs/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16418-comment-good-riddance-to-british-bulldogs/#.VBpYVLQhMVY

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/english-bulldog-health-problems-inbreeding-pedigree-dog-breeds-breeders-a7160041.html

http://genetics.thetech.org/ask/ask243

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inbreeding#Laboratory_animals

http://genetics.thetech.org/ask-a-geneticist/double-cousins-share-one-quarter-their-dna

http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/resources/whats_a_genome/Chp4_1.shtml

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-mysteries-love/201505/are-we-attracted-people-who-look-us

https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2003/may/17/weekend7.weekend2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westermarck_effect

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wondermonkey/2011/11/bred-to-destruction.shtml

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/10/13/extreme-horse-breeding-leaves-animals-looking-like-cartoons/

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-complicated-legacy-of-a-panda-who-was-really-good-at-sex/

http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/haemophilia.html

Dentistry

Come cringe with us as we reflect on the drill whirring we all hear in our nightmares.

Sources

dentist | Origin and meaning of dentist by Online Etymology Dictionary

Worldmapper: The world as you've never seen it before

How Many Teeth Do We Have | Colgate® Oral Care

Teeth Trivia | Mark George DDS

10 Animals With Incredible Teeth - animal teeth - Oddee

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/avy4zj/the-worst-things-that-have-ever-happened-at-the-dentist-780

7 dentists share the most horrifying things they've seen at work | Fox News

Interesting Facts about Teeth and Dentistry | Children’s Dental Village | Phoenix, AZ area

New Years!

Happy 2018, everyone! Join us as we talk about some of the darker new years and some of the strangest traditions from around the world. 

Sources:

http://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-africa/adam-s-calendar-oldest-megalithic-site-world-003160

http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/prehistoric-calendar-revealed-stonehenge-006119

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day_Battle_of_1968

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Istanbul_nightclub_shooting

https://www.timeanddate.com/date/perfect-calendar.html

https://list25.com/25-strangest-new-years-traditions-from-around-the-world/4/

http://www.livinginpanama.com/living-in-panama/12-panama-new-year-rituals/#sthash.WvhUoYEb.dpbs

https://m.thevintagenews.com/2016/12/31/the-people-of-the-city-of-talca-chile-spend-the-new-years-eve-at-the-local-graveyards/

https://uniavisen.dk/en/seven-danish-new-year-traditions/

https://www.crowl.org/Lawrence/time/months.html

http://phobia.wikia.com/wiki/Neoannophobia

Accidental Amputations

Everyone makes mistakes, but there are times when those mistakes can cost people a literal arm and/or leg. Today we talk about how everyone can mix up their left and right, even surgeons.

Sources:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/acrotomophilia#English

http://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/17/us/doctor-who-cut-off-wrong-leg-is-defended-by-colleagues.html

http://articles.latimes.com/2007/apr/04/local/me-veteran4

http://www.mastersinhealthcare.com/blog/2011/10-most-famous-medical-mistakes-of-all-time/

https://www.today.com/health/i-dont-want-happen-anyone-else-1C9418865

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotationplasty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njJUcTbR2SY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_ChitAgshk

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1540135/Stressed-doctor-cuts-off-patients-penis.html

Appetite

I hope you're hungry, because today we've got a menu full of candles, eels, and bicycles. 

Sources:

https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-the-longest-people-have-survived-without-air-food-water-sunshine-or-sleep

https://www.thedailymeal.com/eat/here-largest-meal-someone-has-ever-eaten

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2011/12/31/144478009/the-average-american-ate-literally-a-ton-this-year

https://articles.perfectorigins.com/much-poop-trapped-body/

https://io9.gizmodo.com/what-caused-these-men-to-eat-cats-and-candles-1685293458

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Domery

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrare

https://curiosity.com/topics/the-insatiable-appetite-of-charles-domery-curiosity/

https://www.geriwalton.com/charles-domery-singular-glutton-wi/

https://qz.com/916970/tarrare-the-bizarre-story-of-a-frenchman-who-ate-a-quarter-of-a-cow-daily-and-never-gained-weight/

http://www.urbo.com/content/the-true-case-of-tarrare-is-one-of-the-most-bizarre-and-grotesque-of-all-time

https://moviepilot.com/p/depraved-appetite-tarrare-cannibal/3957245

http://mentalfloss.com/article/66508/tarrare-greatest-glutton-all-time

https://www.verywell.com/cibophobia-fear-of-food-symptoms-and-treatment-2671851

https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=26232

http://www.fearof.net/fear-of-vegetables-phobia-lachanophobia/

http://phobia.wikia.com/wiki/Deipnophobia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misophonia

http://sapnadube.com/fear-of-eating-alone-phobia-selfiephobia/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphagia

https://www.rebootwithjoe.com/hunger-versus-appetite-spot-the-difference/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Lotito

Trains

All aboard for destruction, mehem, and carnage! Come with us as we learn the best and worst techniques for outrunning a tsunami on a train.

Sources:

http://common-phobias.com/siderodromo/phobia.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stephenson

http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/8-things-you-may-not-know-about-trains

http://www.trainhistory.net/train-facts/facts-about-trains/

http://www.historynet.com/crushs-locomotive-crash-was-a-monster-smash.htm

http://web.stanford.edu/group/chineserailroad/cgi-bin/wordpress/faqs/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_disasters_by_death_toll#Rail_accidents_and_disasters

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciurea_rail_disaster

http://web.stanford.edu/group/chineserailroad/cgi-bin/wordpress/faqs/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Sri_Lanka_tsunami_train_wreck

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ufa_train_wreck

Birds

Look up in the sky! Is that a bird? Why yes, yes it is. Today we talk about earth's most airborn species and discuss why you should never piss off a crow...

Sources

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/in-1932-australia-declared-war-on-emus-and-lost

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/the-great-emu-war-in-which-some-large-flightless-birds-unwittingly-foiled-the-australian-army/

https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-06/how-crows-recognize-individual-humans-warn-others-and-are-basically-smarter-you

https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-02/no-fair-crows-say

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nevermore-or-tomorrow-ravens-can-plan-ahead/

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/how-dangerous-are-cassowaries-really/

http://www.audubon.org/news/was-owl-real-culprit-peterson-murder-mystery

Vomit!

Gird your loins, this one's a doozey. We're diving into vomit. We didn't have to try too hard to make this one gross.

Sources:

https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/digestive-diseases/cyclic-vomiting-syndrome

https://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/digestive-diseases-nausea-vomiting#1

http://www.craveonline.com/site/1051139-10-amazing-facts-you-never-knew-you-wanted-to-know-about-vomitin

https://animals.howstuffworks.com/birds/vulture-vomit1.htm

https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-interesting-facts-about-hyenas-group-organization-and-behaviour

https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-people-who-died-of-inhalation-of-vomit/reference

http://www.decaturdaily.com/news/limestone_county/sheriff-vomit-left-behind-by-elkmont-burglar-leads-to-his/article_b1bbbc8d-866b-5f72-be3e-51b0c23a0868.html