The famous blue people of Kentucky are no longer blue. But why were they like that in the first place?

The famous blue people of Kentucky are no longer blue. But why were they like that in the first place?

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Saddle up your emu, turn your eyelids inside out, and grab your theremin because Stuff You Should Know has assembled some of our oddest episodes into the SYSK Gets Weird Playlist. It’s high time you shook off that normie vibe, so get going pardner!

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Turn your eyelids inside out and grab your theremin because it&rsquo;s time to listen to the Stuff You Should Know Gets Weird Playlist, available now!&nbsp;
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Saddle up your emu, turn your eyelids inside out, and grab your theremin because Stuff You Should Know has assembled some of our oddest episodes into the SYSK Gets Weird Playlist. It&rsquo;s high time you shook off that normie vibe, so get going pardner!

SYSK Gets Weird Playlist

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

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

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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What's the deal with blue people?

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The advent of nuclear weapons and the Cold War kicked off a craze in the US for building rec rooms with foot-thick reinforced walls and outfitted with survival rations and board games. Would they work? Probably not. Find out (but not really) in this classic episode.

The advent of nuclear weapons and the Cold War kicked off a craze in the US for building rec rooms with foot-thick reinforced walls and outfitted with survival rations and board games. Would they work? Probably not. Find out (but not really) in this classic episode.

Selects: Fallout Shelters: Probably Useless (Let’s Never Find Out)

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Throughout the history of the world, there have been many cases of what is known as collective hysteria - groups of people, usually young women, who all exhibit the same physical symptoms of non-existent conditions. Is it psychosomatic? Is it group think?

Throughout the history of the world, there have been many cases of what is known as collective hysteria - groups of people, usually young women, who all exhibit the same physical symptoms of non-existent conditions. Is it psychosomatic? Is it group think?

SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What is Collective Hysteria?

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The Philadelphia Experiment is a bad movie from the 1980s, and also the conspiracy theory that refuses to die, despite virtually zero evidence of its occurrence. Learn all about this strange non-event in today's show.

The Philadelphia Experiment is a bad movie from the 1980s, and also the conspiracy theory that refuses to die, despite virtually zero evidence of its occurrence. Learn all about this strange non-event in today's show.

SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What was the Philadelphia Experiment?

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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What's the deal with blue people?

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