REVISITING Naked Founding Fathers, Jalapeño Thumb, Counting Vampires
About this episode
The episode explores strange vampire folklore, a weird pepper-related medical condition, and the naked bathing habits of some founding fathers.
In our final rerun episode during Rachel's parental leave, we have the oldest episode yet. It features one of Jess' first appearances on the show in which she details strange vampire folklore (and why they love to count), Claire Maldarelli shares a weird pepper-related medical condition, and Rachel gets into why some founding fathers bathed outside, in the open air, naked. The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts and stories with us in our Facebook group or tweet at us! Click here to learn more about all of our stories! Links to Rachel's TikTok, Newsletter, Merch Store and More: https://linktr.ee/RachelFeltman Rachel now has a Patreon, too! Follow her for exclusive bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/RachelFeltman Link to Jess' Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jesscapricorn Link to all of Jess' content: https://www.jesscapricorn.com/ -- Follow our team on Twitter Rachel…
People in this episode
Host: Rachel Feltman
Guests: Jess Boddy, Claire Maldarelli
Topics covered
- vampire folklore
- medical conditions
- founding fathers
- cultural history
- weird facts
Keywords
- vampires
- folklore
- medical condition
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Popular Science
Books & works: Naked Founding Fathers, Jalapeño Thumb, Counting Vampires
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