Interesting Things with JC #1381: "Terence Stamp" – From the shadow of the Blitz to the heights of cinema, he carried presence like a weapon. Few actors could command silence, power, and myth across six decades. This is the story of a gaze that never let go.

Interesting Things with JC #1380: "The Battery that Refuses to Die" – At Oxford, a mysterious battery has powered two bells for nearly 185 years. Unopened, unexplained, and still ringing. How can something built in 1840 outlast our smartest tech?

Interesting Things with JC #1379: "The Tunnel That Never Thaws" – Carved into ancient permafrost, this frozen tunnel holds more than ice, it holds time. From mammoth hair to volcanic ash, it’s a living archive beneath Alaska’s surface.

Interesting Things with JC #1378: "The Brazilian Current" – It moves just one mile an hour, but it carries more than 50 Amazon Rivers. When warm meets cold, the ocean stirs. So does the planet.

Interesting Things with JC #1377: "Explosive Pancake Batter of WWII" – It looked like breakfast…but it packed a punch strong enough to derail a train. How wartime spies turned flour into firepower...right under the enemy’s nose. This Episode was inspired by Dr. Igo.

Interesting Things with JC #1376: "Explosive Pancake Batter" – A squeeze bottle. A kitchen. A bang. What looked like a gunshot was actually breakfast science under pressure...literally.

Interesting Things with JC #1375: "The Piri Reis Map" – A 16th-century map drawn on gazelle skin holds coastlines that match the known world...and one that shouldn’t exist. Its lines spark both historical clarity and centuries of debate.

Interesting Things with JC #1373: "Betelgeuse – The Unsteady Giant" – In 2019, one of the brightest stars in our sky seemed to falter. What followed was a cosmic mystery of dust, pulse, and an ending still on its way.

Interesting Things with JC #1372: "James Lovell – Commander of Apollo 13" – From launching homemade rockets in Milwaukee fields to leading a crippled spacecraft safely home, James Lovell’s life was a flight plan written in courage. His steady hand turned near-certain disaster into one of history’s greatest rescues.

Interesting Things with JC #1371: "Bookless Library" – Shelves vanished. Screens replaced spines. For one city it was a bold leap into the future of reading.

Interesting Things with JC #1370: "Fly Fishing" – Mist rises, the line arcs, and history rides the cast. Two thousand years of craft aiming for one perfect break on the water.

Interesting Things with JC #1369: "Purple Heart Day" – There’s no ceremony for being wounded in war. Just a medal, a memory, and the silence that follows. On August 7, we remember what it costs to come home, and who didn’t.

Interesting Things with JC #1368: "The Truth About Glass" – It doesn’t rust, it doesn’t rot, and it never loses strength. From Mesopotamian beads to fiber optics, discover why glass is one of the most perfect materials we’ve ever made.

Interesting Things with JC #1367: "Loni Anderson" – She wasn’t supposed to be famous. She was supposed to be Leilani. But from St. Paul to syndication royalty, Loni Anderson rewrote the script...and the stereotype.

Interesting Things with JC #1366: "Today Is a Great Day!" – What if saying it out loud could shift more than just your mood? The data, and the dopamine, might surprise you!

Interesting Things with JC #1365: "Heterochromia" – One eye blue. The other, brown. Or green. Or gray. A rare twist of genetics leaves behind a quiet visual dissonance... and a beautiful biological mystery.

Interesting Things with JC #1364: "What is the Cryospheric Process?" – Frozen water isn’t just waiting...it’s working. From cracking glaciers to thawing ground, the cryosphere is Earth’s quiet engine of motion. What happens when it shifts?

Interesting Things with JC #1363: "Does the Past Still Exist?" – Einstein called time an illusion. Quantum theory muddies it. But memory…memory makes it real. What if the past isn’t gone, just waiting?

Interesting Things with JC #1362: "The Man Who Betrayed Washington" – He was once a war hero...wounded, decorated, and trusted by Washington. But ambition turned to treason, and one name became the costliest betrayal in American history.

Interesting Things with JC #1361: "The Metric Crescent Wrench" – Long before torque specs, there was legend. A vanished tool from 1743. The truth slips… one adjustment at a time.