Episode 1

Recent News

1. “South Korean law change causes nation to grow younger overnight,” US News, https://www.usnews.com/news/offbeat/articles/2023-06-29/south-koreans-grow-younger-overnight-as-the-country-changes-how-it-counts-peoples-ages

2. “Snail-racing championships return for first time since Covid,” UPI, ttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/07/07/Guinness-World-Records-snail-racing-Norfolk-England/4551688747354

3. “Canadian Farmer's "thumbs up" emoji leads to $62000 fine for undelivered flax,” Reuters, https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canadian-farmers-thumbs-up-emoji-leads-62000-fine-undelivered-flax-2023-07-07

Old News

1. ““The Great Moon Hoax” is published in the “New York Sun”,” History.com, https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-great-moon-hoax

2. “How the Sun Conned the World With “The Great Moon Hoax,”” JStor Daily, November 7, 2017, https://daily.jstor.org/how-the-sun-conned-the-world-with-the-moon-hoax

3. “The Great Moon Hoax Was Simply a Sign of Its Time,” Smithsonian Magazine, July 2, 2015, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/great-moon-hoax-was-simply-sign-its-time-180955761

4. “The Great Moon Hoax of 1835,” Legends of America, https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ah-greatmoonhoax

5. “A 100-Year-Old Fruitcake Was Found 'Perfectly Preserved' in Antarctica,” TIME, August 11, 2017, https://time.com/4896847/antarctic-trust-fruit-cake

6. “100-Year-Old Fruitcake Found in Antarctica Is ‘Almost’ Edible,” National Geographic, August 10, 2017, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/antarctica-fruitcake-scott-terra-nova?loggedin=true&rnd=1687973739167

7. “The death of Robert Falcon Scott,” The History Press, https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/the-death-of-robert-falcon-scott

8. “Untouched, Century-Old Fruitcake Found In Antarctica,” Smithsonian Magazine, August 15, 2017, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/immaculate-century-old-fruitcake-found-antarctica-180964504

9. “Scott of the Antarctic (1868 - 1912),” BBC, https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/scott_of_antarctic.shtml

10. “Scott's Expedition,” American Museum of Natural History, https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/race-to-the-end-of-the-earth/scott

11. “The Anglo-Zanzibar War: The Shortest War in Recorded History,” The Archive, January 19, 2023, https://explorethearchive.com/anglo-zanzibar-war

12. “The Anglo-Zanzibar War,” History Today, August 2018, https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/anglo-zanzibar-war

13. “The shortest war in history: The Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896,” Historical Association, November 19, 2014, https://www.history.org.uk/publications/resource/7950/the-shortest-war-in-history-the-anglo-zanzibar-wa

14. “The Shortest War in History,” Historic UK, https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-Shortest-War-in-History

Our Big Story

1. “The Fascinating History of the Mona Lisa,” My French Country Home Magazine, March 11, 2022, https://myfrenchcountryhomemagazine.com/the-fascinating-history-of-the-mona-lisa/#:~:text=Leonardo% 20da%20Vinci%20began%20working,it%20remained%20for%20a%20century

2. “...Perugia and his trial,” PBS, https://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/mona_lisa/mlevel_2/mlevel2_trial.html

3. “How Vincenzo Peruggia Stole The Mona Lisa And Made It A Masterpiece,” All That’s Interesting, October 22, 2017, https://allthatsinteresting.com/vincenzo-peruggia-mona-lisa-theft

4. “The Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre,” History Today, August 2011, https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/mona-lisa-stolen-louvre

5. “Mona Lisa: The theft that created a legend,” CNN, November 19, 2023, https://www.cnn.com/2013/11/18/world/europe/mona-lisa-the-theft/index.html

6. “Remember That Time When the Mona Lisa Was Stolen?,” SoloSophie, May 30, 2022, https://www.solosophie.com/mona-lisa-was-stolen

7. “Theft of Mona Lisa: Topics in Chronicling America,” Library of Congress, https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-theft-mona-lisa

8. “How Did Vincenzo Peruggia Steal the Mona Lisa?,” The Collector, https://www.thecollector.com/how-did-vincenzo-peruggia-steal-the-mona-lisa

9. “5 Times the Mona Lisa Was Vandalized or Stolen,” ARTNews, May 31, 2022, https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/artists/mona-lisa-vandalism-1234630407/vincenzo-peruggia-mona-lisa-theft

10. “The Theft That Made The 'Mona Lisa' A Masterpiece,” NPR, July 30, 2011, https://www.npr.org/2011/07/30/138800110/the-theft-that-made-the-mona-lisa-a-masterpiece

11. “How Vincenzo Peruggia Stole Mona Lisa and Returned It to Italy,” WideWalls, October 14, 2022, https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/vincenzo-peruggia