Episode 4 Narrated and executive produced by Aaron Mahnke, with Robin Miniter as Senior Producer, research and writing help from the Grim & Mild team, and audio production from Otis Gray. ———————— EPISODE SOURCES Recent News “British police show up looking for a screaming woman and find a parrot,” UPI, https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/07/11/Essex-police-parrot-screaming-woman/4461689094904 “World experiences a run on pink paint due to the production of the new Barbie movie,” NPR, https://www.npr.org/2023/06/05/1180133265/barbie-movie-pink-paint-shortage “Knockoff Louis Vuitton handback the size of a grain of salt sells for 5 figures,”  HuffPost, https://www.huffpost.com/entry/small-handbag-sold-five-figures_n_649e6dd0e4b0c7e9d8e67347 Old News BBC News. “Cambridge University Selwyn Master Keeps ‘Banned’ Dog as ‘Very Large Cat.’” 8/28/2014. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-28966001#. Accessed 7/5/2023. Belmore, Ryan. “Today in Newport History: August 11, 1866-First Roller Skating Rink Opens to the Public in U.S.” What’s Up Newp. 8/11/2022. https://whatsupnewp.com/2022/08/today-in-newport-history-august-11-1866-first-roller-skating-rink-opens-to-the-public-in-us/. Accessed 7/5/2023. Bhatia, Aatish. “The Sound So Loud That it Circled the Earth Four Times.” Nautilus. 7/11/2016. https://nautil.us/the-sound-so-loud-that-it-circled-the-earth-four-times-2-236014/. Accessed 7/5/2023. Boundy, Hannah. “The Onion King and Market Manipulation.” Sherwood Financial Partners. 5/20/2021. https://www.sherwoodfp.com/post/the-onion-king-and-market-manipulation. Accessed 7/5/2023. Congress.gov. “H.R.376—An Act to Amend the Commodity Exchange Act to Prohibit Trading in Onion Futures in Commodity Exchanges.” Library of Congress. https://www.congress.gov/bill/85th-congress/house-bill/376/text. Accessed 7/5/2023. Dierking, Ellie. “Cambridge University Master Can Keep His Banned Pet Dog After Convincing Officials It’s a ‘Very Large Cat.’” Huffington Post. 8/29/2014. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/08/29/cambridge-university-banned-pet-dog-very-large-cat_n_5736276.html. Accessed 7/5/2023. Hermitanio, Maui. “Move Over Sue: Largest Dinosaur Ever Discovered to Replace T-Rex Display Spot at Field Museum in Chicago.” Tech Times. 2/6/2018. https://www.techtimes.com/articles/220436/20180206/sue-bigger-dinosaur-replace-t-rex-display-chicago-field-museum.htm. Accessed 7/6/2023. History.com Editors. “Krakatoa.” HISTORY. A&E Television Networks. 5/9/2018. https://www.history.com/topics/natural-disasters-and-environment/krakatoa. Accessed 7/5/2023. History.com Editors. “Skeleton of Tyrannosaurus Rex Discovered.” HISTORY. A&E Television Networks. 11/24/2009. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/skeleton-of-tyrannosaurus-rex-discovered. Accessed 7/6/2023. Montanari, Shaena. “America’s Most Famous (And Most Expensive) Dinosaur Turns 25 Today.” Forbes. 8/15/2015. https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaenamontanari/2015/08/12/americas-most-famous-and-most-expensive-dinosaur-turns-25-today/?sh=56f1e9edf974. Accessed 7/6/2023. Mosey, Roger. “The College Cat.” Selwyn College. University of Cambridge. 8/28/2014. https://www.sel.cam.ac.uk/news/-the-college-cat. Accessed 7/5/2023. Selwyn College. “The Master.” University of Cambridge. https://www.sel.cam.ac.uk/current-members/master-and-fellows/master. Accessed 7/5/2023. Smallwood, Karl. “Vincent Kosuga and His Onions.” Today I Found Out. 4/23/2014. http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/04/vincent-kosuga-onions/. Accessed 7/5/2023. Our Big Story Donahue, Bill. “Preview: Was the First Appalachian Trail Thru-Hiker a Fraud?” Backpacker. 9/13/2021. https://www.backpacker.com/stories/people/profiles/was-the-appalachian-trails-first-thru-hiker-earl-shaffer-a-fraud/. Accessed 7/6/2023.  Donaldson, David, and Maurice J. Forrester. A Grip on the Mane of Life: An Authorized Biography of Earl V. Shaffer. Gardners, PA: Appalachian Trail Museum, 2014.  “Hiker Completes Greater Part of 2000