60: Supermarket Sweep, Beetle Beer Bottle Sex, and Fake Filipino Vampires of the CIA

This week we're joined by special guest J. L. Westover as we deep dive into the mechanics of a capitalist gameshow of yesteryear, how Australian jewel beetles mistakenly bang discarded beer bottles, and that time the CIA tried to trick a Filipino communist guerrilla movement into thinking vampires were real. A listener email tells us how a Finnish pizza restaurant clapped back at Silvio Berlusconi by making an award winning spite pizza.

Episode Tabs:

How to Become a Fan of the Supermarket Sweep TV Game Show

https://www.wikihow-fun.com/Become-a-Fan-of-the-Supermarket-Sweep-TV-Game-Show

Nature Mimics: Why Bugs Mate With Beer Bottles

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2011/11/nature-mimics-why-bugs-mate-with-beer-bottles/

False Fang: When the CIA Staged a Vampire Attack

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/cia-philippines-vampire-attack

Listener Tabs:

Brother To Canberra's Notorious Penis Owl Erected In Northern Serbia

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-16/phallic-owl-statue-erected-in-serbia/10504392

The Pizza Berlusconi Battle: How Finland Beat Italy At Pizza

https://veryfinnishproblems.com/blogs/news/pizza-berlusconi

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