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Offbeat History: The Great Moon Hoax of 1835, Part 1
Offbeat History: The Great Moon Hoax of 1835, Part 1
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Length:
25 minutes
Released:
Mar 19, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
This offbeat 2015 episode covers a series of 1835 news articles about some utterly mind-blowing discoveries made by Sir John Herschel about the lunar surface. The serial had everything: moon poppies, goat-like unicorns, lunar beavers and even bat people.
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Released:
Mar 19, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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