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January 6, 2022 61 mins

Season 2! This week on Encyclopedia Obscura Casey and Karen dive back into their books. This episode covers the history of aviation and a curse (of course) as well as Abraham.

Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
Logo:  nydaaa
Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod   

Casey's Sources:
https://hauntedwalk.com/news/the-vengeful-ghost-of-lady-be-good/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Be_Good_(aircraft)
https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196178/lady-be-good/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot-air_balloon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ_129_Hindenburg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AeroVironment_Helios_Prototype
https://www.baatraining.com/top-10-interesting-facts-about-aviation/
https://bestlifeonline.com/airplane-facts/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_direction_finder

Karen's Sources:
https://www.biblica.com/bible/
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/religion-by-country
https://www.bl.uk/sacred-texts/articles/the-abrahamic-religions
https://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/apo/jasher/11.htm
https://weareisrael.org/2014/07/22/abram-destroys-terahs-idols/
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=covenant+between+god+and+abraham+torah
https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/oldtestament/section1/
https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/8176/jewish/Chapter-12.htm
https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1324268/jewish/What-Were-Abrahams-10-Tests.htm
Additional sources on our Instagram!

Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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