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January 17, 2025 39 mins

Why did the US Civil Aeronautics Administration invent a gun to shoot chickens during WWII? Does anyone remember the Columbia Shuttle disaster or was it lost to history? Is the Goodyear Blimp remote controlled? Are there any jobs where drinking improves performance? Kyle and Jheisson answer these questions and more as they float their way across Wikipedia from chicken guns to the Columbia space shuttle disaster to the Goodyear Blimp. 

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