You could be forgiven for thinking the story behind elastics was boring. You’d still be wrong, though. The story of what’s holding up your underwear is a global drama, replete with war, industrial espionage, colonialism, destitute inventors – everything!

You could be forgiven for thinking the story behind elastics was boring. You&rsquo;d still be wrong, though. The story of what&rsquo;s holding up your underwear is a global drama, replete with war, industrial espionage, colonialism, destitute inventors &ndash; everything!

Turn down the gas on your Bunsen burner, distill a nice pot of tea, and slip into your most comfortable lab coat because Stuff You Should Know is submitting our most science-y episodes for your peer-review.  Prepare to go full egghead!

Turn down the gas on&nbsp;your Bunsen burner, distill a nice pot of tea, and slip into&nbsp;your most comfortable lab coat because&nbsp;Stuff&nbsp;You&nbsp;Should&nbsp;Know&nbsp;is submitting our most science-y episodes for&nbsp;your peer-review.&nbsp; Prepare to go full egghead!

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Listen to this collection of top episodes from iHeartRadio and iHeartPodcasts. 

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The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: Elastics: Where God and Science Smooch

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Cultures have come up with lots of personifications of death: Young and attractive? Yes. Riding a black buffalo? Check. Covered in tongues and eyeballs? Uh-huh. But in the West there’s only been one go-to soul taker for hundreds of years: The Grim Reaper.

Cultures have come up with lots of personifications of death: Young and attractive? Yes. Riding a black buffalo? Check. Covered in tongues and eyeballs? Uh-huh. But in the West there&rsquo;s only been one go-to soul taker for hundreds of years: The Grim Reaper.

(Don't Fear) The (Grim) Reaper

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Did you know that Richard Nixon had a FBI case file open on Beatle John Lennon? Well he did! Why? Listen to this classic episode to find out.

Did you know that Richard Nixon had a FBI case file open on Beatle John Lennon? Well he did! Why? Listen to this classic episode to find out.

Selects: John Lennon and the FBI

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Today, Chuck and Josh unlock a door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension. A dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into... the Twilight Zone.

Today, Chuck and Josh unlock a door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension. A dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into... the Twilight Zone.

The Twilight Zone Episode

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The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: Elastics: Where God and Science Smooch

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