# Rick Peterson

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Always Wondered - Why Do We Cross Our Fingers For Good Luck?

In this episode of Always Wondered, learn why we cross our fingers for luck.  How did twisting our hands into little pretzels become a way for us to cheat fate?   Also - hear the strange theory that claims a big chunk of our recorded history never actually happened!   We’ll untangle one of history’…

Always Wondered - Episode 77 Preview

In this upcoming episode, why do songs get stuck in our heads?  What causes those earworms to book extended stays inside our brains?  We’ll explain why it happens.  Also - hear the story of the strangest courtroom trial in history.  (Spoiler alert:  the defendant was a corpse!)  Plus - learn the or…

Always Wondered - Why do Songs Get Stuck in our Heads?

In this episode, why do songs get stuck in our heads?  What causes those earworms to book extended stays inside our brains?  We’ll explain why it happens.  Also - hear the story of the strangest courtroom trial in history.  (Spoiler alert:  the defendant was a corpse!)  Plus - learn the origin of t…

Always Wondered - Episode 78 Preview

In this upcoming episode of Always Wondered, who invented the Donut?  How did these pastries ever wind up with a hole in the middle?  We have the answer.  Also - hear about the time when people were convinced that they were made of glass!  (The story is very true and very weird!)  Plus - learn the …

Always Wondered - Who Invented The Donut? Why is There a Hole in the Middle?

In this episode of Always Wondered, who invented the Donut?  How did these pastries ever wind up with a hole in the middle?  We have the answer.  Also - hear about the time when people were convinced that they were made of glass!  (The story is very true and very weird!)  Plus - learn the origin of…

Always Wondered - Episode 79 Preview

In this upcoming episode, we ask why humans have a protruding nose?  Practically no other creature does.  So was it millions of years of evolutionary engineering, or did we just need a convenient place to prop up our glasses?  Also - what’s the reason the US continues to measure temperature in Fahr…

Always Wondered - Why Do Humans Have a Protruding Nose?

In this week’s episode, we ask why humans have a protruding nose?  Practically no other creature does.  So was it millions of years of evolutionary engineering, or did we just need a convenient place to prop up our glasses?  Also - what’s the reason the US continues to measure temperature in Fahren…

Always Wondered - Episode 80 Preview

In this upcoming episode of Always Wondered, can you really object at a wedding?  Is that an actual thing… or just a plot device dreamed up by Hollywood?  Also - we travel back to a time when people didn’t resolve their disputes with a strongly worded email…instead they just tossed their opponent o…

Always Wondered - Elmer's Glue: Who Was Elmer? The Surprising Story.

In this episode, can you really object at a wedding?  Is that an actual thing… or just a plot device dreamed up by Hollywood?  Also - we travel back to a time when people didn’t resolve their disputes with a strongly worded email… instead, they just tossed their opponent out the window!  Plus - we …

Always Wondered - Episode 81 Preview

In this upcoming episode of Always Wondered, why do men and women constantly battle over the thermostat?  We’ll explain why the sexes seem to have a completely different concept of “comfortable.”  Also - learn how popcorn (once hated by theaters) suddenly became the movie snack of choice!  Plus - w…