500 Open Tabs

Part 2! After meeting on the 500 Open Tabs Discord, a few fans of the show got together and recorded a tribute episode "The Tab Conspiracy," so we decided to share it with our tens of listeners!! This week they discuss first and second sleep (which may or may not have been invented by Hobbits) and the results of when a fruit company unloaded 12000 metric tons of orange peels onto a national park in Costa Rica to study the effects of composting. Happy New Year!Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7aEmail your closed tab submissions to: [email protected] us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs500 Open Tabs Wiki: https://500-open-tabs.fandom.com/wiki/500_Open_Tabs_Wiki500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

After meeting on the 500 Open Tabs Discord, a few fans of the show got together and recorded a tribute episode "The Tab Conspiracy," so we decided to share it with our tens of listeners!! This week they discuss how Ivo Zdarsky flew to Vienna in a homemade airplane to claim political asylum from Czechoslovakia and the life of Bud Hurlbut, the engineer/creator most famously known for designing Knott's Berry Farm. Happy Holidays!Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7aEmail your closed tab submissions to: [email protected] us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs500 Open Tabs Wiki: https://500-open-tabs.fandom.com/wiki/500_Open_Tabs_Wiki500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Our Season 2 finale brings back the ancient tournament of Kumitab, where we pit some of our most unhinged subjects against one another including Bat Boy, Khutulun, and the 1800s self-replicating robot Jesus in a battle to the death.Email your closed tab submissions to: [email protected] us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs500 Open Tabs Wiki: https://500-open-tabs.fandom.com/wiki/500_Open_Tabs_Wiki500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7aGet 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we are joined by award winning author Amal El-Mohtar as we learn about herbiary plagiarism from the 16th century, how Kix cereal once offered toys with radioactive material, and the tale of a 14th century French dog pulling a reverse John Wick. A listener mail tells us about the most lopsided football game of all time.Holiday Market at Tito Rick's GarageSaturday December 13th, 11am-4pm2918 Imperial Ave San Diego, CA 92102Kaveh's Online Store:https://www.blacksmithfilms.com/storeCat People https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hannah-hillam/cat-people/9780762486083/?lens=running-pressEpisode Tabs:Asking questions through fiction: research into Henry Lyte’s ‘A Niewe Herball’ (1578)https://www.herbalhistory.org/home/henry_lyte/Kix cereal once offered 'Atomic Bomb Ring' with radioactive material as a promotion?https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kix-lone-ranger-atomic-bomb-ring/A Murder and a Dog Seeking Justicehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/canine-corner/201008/a-murder-and-a-dog-seeking-justiceListener Tabs:1916 Cumberland vs. Georgia Tech football gamehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916_Cumberland_vs._Georgia_Tech_football_gameEmail your closed tab submissions to: [email protected] us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs500 Open Tabs Wiki: https://500-open-tabs.fandom.com/wiki/500_Open_Tabs_Wiki500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7aGet 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we learn about the fascinating life of Russian inventor Leon Theremin, whose eponymous instrument led to the birth of electronic music and how San Francisco happily obliged a formerly successful South African businessman after he delcared himself Emperor of the United States. A listener mail tells us about the real birthplace of Captain Kirk.Kaveh's Shop:https://www.blacksmithfilms.com/storeCat People https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hannah-hillam/cat-people/9780762486083/?lens=running-pressEpisode Tabs:Theremin, an Electric Odysseyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqAhSEbBHJA Emperor Nortonhttps://www.foundsf.org/Emperor_NortonListener Tabs:Riverside, Iowahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside,_IowaFlight of the Blackbirdhttps://www.la-barraca.be/azyriab.pdfEmail your closed tab submissions to: [email protected] us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs500 Open Tabs Wiki: https://500-open-tabs.fandom.com/wiki/500_Open_Tabs_Wiki500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7aGet 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.