In the early 1800s, one swindler tricked hundreds of people into investing in a nonexistent country -- and even into moving there. Learn about Gregor MacGregor's invented kingdom of Poyais in this episode of BrainStuff.

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In the early 1800s, one swindler tricked hundreds of people into investing in a nonexistent country -- and even into moving there. Learn about Gregor MacGregor's invented kingdom of Poyais in this episode of BrainStuff. Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>

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How Did Gregor MacGregor Swindle People into Moving to a Country that Didn't Exist?

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Turning cream into a stick of butter involves some complex chemistry, crystallization, and (traditionally) fermentation. Learn more -- plus the difference between sweet cream, cultured, and European butters -- in today's episode of BrainStuff.

Turning cream into a stick of butter involves some complex chemistry, crystallization, and (traditionally) fermentation. Learn more -- plus the difference between sweet cream, cultured, and European butters -- in today's episode of BrainStuff.

How Does Butter Get Its Texture, Flavor, and Color?

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Some idioms have a fairly clear origin, but others have been lost to time and legend. Learn about the game that inspired calling dibs, the media that created calling shotgun, and why the 'real' McCoy was probably a number of people -- all in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on these articles: https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/famous-inventors/why-do-people-call-things-the-real-mccoy.htm; https://people.howstuffworks.com/what-are-dibs-and-why-do-call-them.htm; https://people.howstuffworks.com/riding-shotgun-phrase.htm

Some idioms have a fairly clear origin, but others have been lost to time and legend. Learn about the game that inspired calling dibs, the media that created calling shotgun, and why the 'real' McCoy was probably a number of people -- all in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on these articles: <a href="https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/famous-inventors/why-do-people-call-things-the-real-mccoy.htm">https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/famous-inventors/why-do-people-call-things-the-real-mccoy.htm</a>; <a href="https://people.howstuffworks.com/what-are-dibs-and-why-do-call-them.htm">https://people.howstuffworks.com/what-are-dibs-and-why-do-call-them.htm</a>; <a href="https://people.howstuffworks.com/riding-shotgun-phrase.htm">https://people.howstuffworks.com/riding-shotgun-phrase.htm</a>

Why Do We Call Dibs and Shotgun, and Who Was the Real McCoy?

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The Batagaika crater (or, technically, megaslump) is a massive pit caused by thawing permafrost -- and it's only getting bigger. Learn what paleontologists have found there (and why geoscientists are worried about it) in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on these articles: https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geology/batagaika-crater.htm; https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geology/permafrost.htm

The Batagaika crater (or, technically, megaslump) is a massive pit caused by thawing permafrost -- and it's only getting bigger. Learn what paleontologists have found there (and why geoscientists are worried about it) in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on these articles: <a href="https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geology/batagaika-crater.htm">https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geology/batagaika-crater.htm</a>; <a href="https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geology/permafrost.htm">https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geology/permafrost.htm</a>

Why Is Siberia's Batagaika Crater Known as the Doorway to Hell?

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How Did Gregor MacGregor Swindle People into Moving to a Country that Didn't Exist?

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