Week 13: The Spaghetti Tree Hoax
From Half-Arsed History by Riley Knight
March 25, 2026 · 37 min · Episode 50013
About this episode
This episode covers the origin of gerrymandering, the renaming of Constantinople, notable birthdays, and the BBC's spaghetti tree hoax.
This week in history we’ve got the origin of gerrymandering, the renaming of Constantinople, we’ve got the birthdays of composers and scientists and painters, and we’ve got the time the BBC convinced half of Britain that spaghetti grew on trees. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Topics covered
- gerrymandering
- Constantinople
- spaghetti tree hoax
- birthdays of composers
- birthdays of scientists
- birthdays of painters
Keywords
- history
- comedy
- society
- culture
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Constantinople, Britain
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