On our season 1 finale, the ancient tournament of Kumitab continues as we pit some of our craziest subjects against one another including Ronald Reagan's sweatpants, a meth-addled WW2 solider, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon. A listener email explains the wonders of a nonstop Moby Dick reading marathon.

Listener Tabs:

https://slate.com/life/2024/01/moby-dick-whale-book-ship-massachusetts-captain-ahab.html

https://www.dailyrecordnews.com/news/getting-to-the-bottom-of-mel-s-hole/article_d72b6a68-7ac2-11e1-b3ce-001a4bcf887a.html

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This week we learn about how an offline meme of the number 47 made its way into Star Trek and how a hibernating lizard named Ol' Rip caught the attention of President Calvin Coolidge himself. A listener email shines a light on Disneyland's complex system of garbage tunnels.

Episode Tabs:

The 47 Society

https://www.47.net/47society/

The strange tale of Old Rip, the horned toad on display in a Texas courthouse

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texana/2018/10/05/the-strange-tale-of-old-rip-the-horned-toad-on-display-in-a-texas-courthouse/

Listener Tabs:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tigers_of_Mompracem

https://worldofwalt.com/disney-underground-trash-tubes.html

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This week we learn how the battle between Nikolai Vavilov and Trofim Lysenko reached its crescendo when the Nazis came for the Russian seed vault and how the Zeno Brothers claimed to have "discovered" the New World first. A listener email explains how bees love to play with balls.

Episode Tabs:

The Heroic Story of Nikolai Vavilov and The Saviors of the Seeds

https://campfirestoriespodcast.medium.com/the-heroic-story-of-nikolai-vavilov-and-the-saviors-of-the-seeds-c46e9efb076a

The Zeno Voyage

https://archive.org/details/voyagesofvenetia00zenorich/page/n33/mode/2up?view=theater

Listener Tabs:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/science/2022/oct/27/bumblebees-playing-wooden-balls-bees-study

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