This episode investigates obscure words for conversations about bizarre histories, considering their origins and familiar words from the same root. Words explored include diluvial, nundination, expetible, tripudiate, mucilaginous, delitescent and redhibition.
Hear a collection of strange moments from the past, from a deadly latrine collapse in Erfurt to a speculative frenzy over tulips, a mysterious dancing outbreak, and a city flooded with molasses.
Sources:
https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/erfurt-latrine-disaster-what-happened/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20160419-tulip-mania-the-flowers-that-cost-more-than-houses
https://www.britannica.com/event/dancing-plague-of-1518
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/molasses-flood-physics-science/
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