Episode 14 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 “Doritos sets record for longest 'cheese pull,’” Toronto Sun, September 20, 2023, https://torontosun.com/news/weird/doritos-sets-record-for-longest-cheese-pull “RNA recovered from Tasmanian tiger—a first for extinct animal,” Science, September 20, 2023, https://www.science.org/content/article/rna-recovered-tasmanian-tiger-first-extinct-animal “‘Demon’ Chucky doll arrested in Mexico for wielding real knife to scare people,” New York Post, September 23, 2023, https://nypost.com/2023/09/23/chucky-doll-arrested-in-mexico-for-wielding-knife-to-rob-people/ “Police in Mexico arrest and handcuff Chucky doll after series of robberies,” Independent, September 29, 2023, https://news.yahoo.com/police-mexico-arrest-handcuff-chucky-184151734.html?guccounter=1  “Scientists recover RNA from an extinct species for the first time,” CNN, September 20, 2023, https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/19/world/scientists-recover-rna-tasmanian-tiger-thylacine-scn/index.html “Stage Once Used by Shakespeare Discovered by Chance,” Daily Beast, October 5, 2023, https://www.thedailybeast.com/stage-once-used-by-shakespeare-discovered-by-chance  Old News Anderson, Heather Arndt. “How 2 Oregon Brothers’ Efforts to Mitigate Food Waste Created the Beloved Tater Tot.” OPB. 2/2/2023. https://www.opb.org/article/2023/02/02/tater-tots-created-oregon-potato-scraps-ore-ida/. Accessed 8/8/2023. Andrews, Evans. “What Killed Harry Houdini?” HISTORY. A&E Television Networks. 10/31/2016. Updated 8/2/2023. https://www.history.com/news/what-killed-harry-houdini. Accessed 8/7/2023. Atkinson, Stuart. “The Story of Félicette, the First Cat in Space.” Sky at Night Magazine. BBC. 10/14/2022. https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-missions/felicette-first-cat-space. Accessed 8/8/2023. Bellis, Mary. “October Calendar of Famous Inventions and Birthdays.” Thought Co. Updated 7/3/2019. https://www.thoughtco.com/today-in-history-october-calendar-1992499. Accessed 8/8/2023. “Harry Houdini.” Biography. Updated 4/15/2021. https://www.biography.com/celebrities/harry-houdini. Accessed 8/7/2023. “Lightning Kills 11 Soccer Players.” The Seattle Times. 10/28/1998. https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19981028&slug=2780150. Accessed 8/8/2023. Markel, Howard. “What Caused Harry Houdini’s Mysterious Death?” PBS News Hour. 3/24/2019. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/what-caused-harry-houdinis-mysterious-death. Accessed 8/7/2023. Perry, Tod. “How Two Brothers’ Attempts to Eliminate Food Waste Resulted in the Beloved Tater Tot.” Up Worthy. 2/3/2023. https://www.upworthy.com/tater-tots-history. Accessed 8/8/2023. Puiu, Tibi. “Remembering Félicette: The First Cat in Space.” ZME Science. 4/29/2023. https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/natural-sciences/animals/pets/meet-felicette-the-first-cat-in-space/. Accessed 8/8/2023. Sheikh, Knvul. “The Lightning Capital of the World gets Struck 603 Times Per Square Mile Every Year.” Mashable. 5/11/2026. https://mashable.com/article/most-lightning-prone-place-in-the-world. Accessed 8/8/2023. Tanner, Marcus. “Lightning Kills an Entire Football Team.” Independent. 10/29/1998. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/lightning-kills-an-entire-football-team-1181336.html. Accessed 8/8/2023. “Two Newspaper Articles Announcing Houdini’s Death on October 31, 1926.” Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/resource/varshoud.hs051/?r=0.256,0.368,0.828,0.472,0. Accessed 8/7/2023. “What was the First Animal Sent Into Space?” Royal Museums Greenwich. https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/what-was-first-animal-space#:~:text=As%20well%20as%20the%20fruit,monkeys%20and%20pig%2Dtailed%20monkeys.. Accessed 8/8/2023. Wu, Katherine J. “Félicette, the First Cat in Space, Finally Gets a Memorial.” Smithsonian Magazine. 1/28/2020. https://www.smithso