Part 2! After meeting on the 500 Open Tabs Discord, a few fans of the show got together and recorded a tribute episode "The Tab Conspiracy," so we decided to share it with our tens of listeners!! This week they discuss first and second sleep (which may or may not have been invented by Hobbits) and the results of when a fruit company unloaded 12000 metric tons of orange peels onto a national park in Costa Rica to study the effects of composting. Happy New Year! Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Tabs Wiki: https://500-open-tabs.fandom.com/wiki/500_Open_Tabs_Wiki 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

After meeting on the 500 Open Tabs Discord, a few fans of the show got together and recorded a tribute episode "The Tab Conspiracy," so we decided to share it with our tens of listeners!! This week they discuss how Ivo Zdarsky flew to Vienna in a homemade airplane to claim political asylum from Czechoslovakia and the life of Bud Hurlbut, the engineer/creator most famously known for designing Knott's Berry Farm. Happy Holidays! Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Tabs Wiki: https://500-open-tabs.fandom.com/wiki/500_Open_Tabs_Wiki 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Our Season 2 finale brings back the ancient tournament of Kumitab, where we pit some of our most unhinged subjects against one another including Bat Boy, Khutulun, and the 1800s self-replicating robot Jesus in a battle to the death. Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Tabs Wiki: https://500-open-tabs.fandom.com/wiki/500_Open_Tabs_Wiki 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we are joined by award winning author Amal El-Mohtar as we learn about herbiary plagiarism from the 16th century, how Kix cereal once offered toys with radioactive material, and the tale of a 14th century French dog pulling a reverse John Wick. A listener mail tells us about the most lopsided football game of all time. Holiday Market at Tito Rick's Garage Saturday December 13th, 11am-4pm 2918 Imperial Ave San Diego, CA 92102 Kaveh's Online Store: https://www.blacksmithfilms.com/store Cat People  https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hannah-hillam/cat-people/9780762486083/?lens=running-press Episode Tabs: Asking questions through fiction: research into Henry Lyte’s ‘A Niewe Herball’ (1578) https://www.herbalhistory.org/home/henry_lyte/ Kix cereal once offered 'Atomic Bomb Ring' with radioactive material as a promotion? https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kix-lone-ranger-atomic-bomb-ring/ A Murder and a Dog Seeking Justice https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/canine-corner/201008/a-murder-and-a-dog-seeking-justice Listener Tabs: 1916 Cumberland vs. Georgia Tech football game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916_Cumberland_vs._Georgia_Tech_football_game Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Tabs Wiki: https://500-open-tabs.fandom.com/wiki/500_Open_Tabs_Wiki 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we learn about the fascinating life of Russian inventor Leon Theremin, whose eponymous instrument led to the birth of electronic music and how San Francisco happily obliged a formerly successful South African businessman after he delcared himself Emperor of the United States. A listener mail tells us about the real birthplace of Captain Kirk. Kaveh's Shop: https://www.blacksmithfilms.com/store Cat People https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hannah-hillam/cat-people/9780762486083/?lens=running-press Episode Tabs: Theremin, an Electric Odyssey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqAhSEbBHJA  Emperor Norton https://www.foundsf.org/Emperor_Norton Listener Tabs: Riverside, Iowa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside,_Iowa Flight of the Blackbird https://www.la-barraca.be/azyriab.pdf Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Tabs Wiki: https://500-open-tabs.fandom.com/wiki/500_Open_Tabs_Wiki 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It's Thanksgiving week so we're showing our thanks to our tens of listeners by dedicating an entire episode to their tabs! Join us as we learn about Existentialism, criminals who are bad at stealing ruby slippers, and a prophet's foreskin. Listener Tabs: Philosophize This https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Austin Dam 1911 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DmZCpgl1FDY Catherine of Siena https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Siena Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Tabs Wiki: https://500-open-tabs.fandom.com/wiki/500_Open_Tabs_Wiki 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we're joined by very special guest, comic artist Harris Fishman AKA BeetleMoses as we discuss Roald Dahl's relationship to Tim Burton's 2005 adaptation of his book, how Wooly Mammoths helped propagate pumpkins in the Americas, and how the world's tallest man helped save some dolphins. A listener mail tells us about the GOAT of goats, the Christmas Gävle in Sweden. Episode Tabs: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_(film) Study reveals ancient link between mammoth dung and pumpkin pie https://insider.si.edu/2015/11/dull-mastadon-taste-buds-once-helped-pumpkins-wild-ancestor-thrive/ World's tallest man saves dolphins https://www.theguardian.com/news/blog/2006/dec/14/anotherdolphin Listener Tabs: Gävle goat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gävle_goat# Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Tabs Wiki: https://500-open-tabs.fandom.com/wiki/500_Open_Tabs_Wiki 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we deep dive into how a political cartoon of William Howard Taft inspired Billy Possum who once tried to take control of the plush market from the Teddy Bear and how a listening device within a seemingly innocent gift from the Soviets during the Yalta Conference inspired the modern day RFID. A listener email shows us a TV portal to the past. 500 Open Tabs Wiki https://500-open-tabs.fandom.com/wiki/500_Open_Tabs_Wiki Episode Tabs: Politics and Possum Feasts: Presidents Who Ate Opossums https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2019/09/politics-and-possum-feasts-presidents-who-ate-opossums/ Leon Theremin Changed Spying FOREVER with this 1940s invention! https://youtu.be/GyryQltyDwA?si=5xtxJGadvhtLxyH3 Listener Tabs: My Retro TVs https://80s.myretrotvs.com Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Tabs Wiki: https://500-open-tabs.fandom.com/wiki/500_Open_Tabs_Wiki 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we deep dive into the true story of ten strangers who were picked to live on a "sex raft" to find out what happens when people stop being polite and start banging, and the hilarious origins of Bat Boy, the Weekly World News's flagship creation. A listener email informs us about the PT Barnum of Baseball. Kaveh's KPop Demon Hunters / Calvin and Hobbes mashup shirt (also available in kids' sizes ) https://www.blacksmithfilms.com/store/rumi-and-derpy-t-shirt 500 Open Tabs Wiki https://500-open-tabs.fandom.com/wiki/500_Open_Tabs_Wiki Episode Tabs: Mutiny on the Sex Raft https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jan/14/mutiny-on-the-sex-raft-70s-experiment-santiago-genoves BAT BOY’S 30TH ANNIVERSARY! https://weeklyworldnews.com/mutants/183465/bat-boy-30th-anniversary Listener Tabs: BILL VEECK, THE P. T. BARNUM OF BASEBALL https://www.historynet.com/bill-veeck-the-barnum-of-baseball/ A Brief History of "The Firelands" https://www.hcc-ogs.org/firelands-history.html Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Tabs Wiki: https://500-open-tabs.fandom.com/wiki/500_Open_Tabs_Wiki 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It's finally Halloween! This week we're joined by very spooky guest Alyssa Cooper as we learn about Gef, a talking Mongoose who haunted a rural home on the Isle of Man, how haunted houses share a history with Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum, and how unfounded rumors about razor blades in apples continue to ruin trick or treating for everyone. A listener mail tells us about an aspiring lawyer who took a bite out of crime. Episode Tabs: The strange and deeply unlikely tale of Gef the talking mongoose https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2024/03/the-strange-and-deeply-unlikely-tale-of-gef-the-talking-mongoose/ The Great Depression Origins of Halloween Haunted Houses https://www.history.com/articles/halloween-haunted-house-great-depression Halloween Sadism https://www.joelbest.net/halloween-sadism Listener Tabs: Fabric of a Nation – American Quilt Stories at Boston MFA https://cottoncandyfabrics.blog/2022/01/03/fabric-of-a-nation-american-quilt-stories-at-boston-mfa/ Summer Associate’s Naughty Toddler Impression Gets Her Bounced From Biglaw https://abovethelaw.com/2025/07/summer-associates-naughty-toddler-impression-gets-her-bounced-from-biglaw/ Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we're together in New York as we discuss the grand finale of the Astor Place riot which unfolded like a Looney Tunes style fight and Barry Bremen, the great sports impostor who posed as players for the MLB, the NBA, and a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader. A listener email informs us of the official rubbing mud of Major League Baseball. Episode Tabs: The Astor Place Riot: Blood On The Cobblestones https://www.gothamcenter.org/blog/astorplaceriot-commemorationpart2-zy4la-cerc4-ezwep-hsfs3s-rnyg3-tm6kl-anff2-8hdc3-el4s7-lryac The Counterfeit Athlete: Barry Bremen, the Man Who Pretended to Be an MLB, NBA, and NFL All-Star https://www.mentalfloss.com/sports/barry-bremen-the-great-imposter Listener Tabs: Baseball Rubbing Mud https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_Rubbing_Mud Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week the story of the Astor Place riot continues with the Bowery Boys gang further fueling the divide between English and American theatre styles and the fearsome Mongolian Warrior Khutulun, who refused to marry a man who couldn’t beat her in wrestling. A listener mail tells us all about rejection sensitivity dysphoria. Episode Tabs: THE MOST FASCINATING RIOT YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF https://theoutline.com/post/8659/the-astor-place-opera-house-riot-of-1849-was-lit The Mongolian Princess Who Challenged Her Suitors to a Wrestling Match—and Always Won https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/560956/mongolian-princess-who-challenged-her-suitors-wrestling-match-and-always-won Listener Tabs: Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria - RSD https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24099-rejection-sensitive-dysphoria-rsd The Theory of The Four Humors by Hippocrates https://psychologyfor.com/the-theory-of-the-four-humors-by-hippocrates/ Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we're in NYC as we deep dive into how a satirical 1800s magazine helped coin the city's nickname and the origins of a bitter rivalry between the American stage actor Edwin Forrest and English actor William Charles Macready that led to a full scale riot in 1849. A listener email explains Action Bronson's connection to November Rain. Come see us at NEW YORK COMIC-CON! Artist Alley, Table D-33 October 9-12, 2025 Episode Tabs: Why is New York City Called Gotham? https://www.untappedcities.com/why-is-new-york-city-called-gotham-a-nickname-with-a-millennium-of-history/ THE MOST FASCINATING RIOT YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF https://theoutline.com/post/8659/the-astor-place-opera-house-riot-of-1849-was-lit Listener Tabs: How did the Starling get to America? https://www.birdful.org/how-did-the-starling-get-to-america/ Action Bronson - "Easy Rider" (Official Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58RSC7HO9aU Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we deep dive into activist Dan Kwong's efforts to restore a baseball field at a former California internment camp and about researchers who lived in subterranean caves for months at a time without access to clocks, calendars, or the sun. A listener email explains some sweet, sweet history. Come see us at NEW YORK COMIC-CON! Artist Alley, Table D-33 October 9-12, 2025 Episode Tabs: The Moving Story of Bringing Baseball Back to Manzanar https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/moving-story-of-bringing-baseball-back-to-manzanar-where-thousands-of-japanese-americans-were-incarcerated-during-world-war-II-180986312/ Caveman: And Interview with Michel Siffre https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/30/foer_siffre.php Listener Tabs: Malm Whale https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/malm-whale White Rabbit (Candy) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rabbit_%28candy%29 Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we deep dive into the absolutely disgusting history of medical researchers who experimented on themselves and the story of teenager Sybil Ludington, the unfortunately nicknamed "female Paul Revere," who rode 40 miles in the pouring rain to warn American revolutionaries of the encroaching British army. A listener email explains a werewolf baby phenomenon. Kaveh's Panel at LA COMIC-CON: Middle Eastern/ North African Representation in Media SEPTEMBER 27, 2025 11:00am, ROOM 407 Episode Tabs: 20 Self-Experimenting Medical Researchers in History https://historycollection.com/20-self-experimenting-medical-researchers-in-history/ Sybil Ludington https://www.historicpatterson.org/Exhibits/ExhSybilLudington.php Listener Tabs: Babies develop 'werewolf syndrome’ after medicine mix-up in Spain https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/29/babies-develop-werewolf-syndrome-after-medicine-mix-up-in-spain Dr. Pepper Museum Animatronic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kQ1GJ17-6E Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a SUPPORT THE SHOW by adding theTab For a Cause extension: tabforanimals.org/opentabs and help end suffering for animals trapped on factory farms today! Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we conclude the story of Sushi Row with how Koda Farms' development of their proprietary Kokuho Rose rice allowed Kawafuku to become the first Sushi bar in Los Angeles and how historical cure-alls ended up mostly being aggressive laxatives. A listener email explains the traditional Soviet astronaut movie of choice. Episode Tabs: L.A.’s sushi revolution was fueled by this secret ingredient from the Central Valley https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-05-03/la-sushi-revolution-fueled-by-secret-ingredient Lewis and Clark marked their trail with laxatives https://offbeatoregon.com/2501d1006d_biliousPills-686.077.html Listener Tabs: White Sun of the Desert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Auj_u7wEyw8 Johnny Fiveaces: Original meme artwork sells for $5,100 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50817558 Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a SUPPORT THE SHOW by adding theTab For a Cause extension: tabforanimals.org/opentabs and help end suffering for animals trapped on factory farms today! Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we deep dive into how Monochronic culture forced its will on the Polychronic world and how Ventura Blvd in Los Angeles earned the moniker of Sushi Row by housing the greatest concentration of Sushi restaurants outside of Japan. A listener email explains how the Monkey Puzzle Tree became an Oregon staple. Episode Tabs: Time and Culture https://nobaproject.com/modules/time-and-culture This Little Tokyo restaurant is long gone. But it changed L.A.’s food scene forever https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-05-03/la-sushi-history-began-at-little-tokyo-restaurant Listener Tabs: Monkey Puzzle Tree https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/araucaria-araucana Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a SUPPORT THE SHOW by adding theTab For a Cause extension: tabforanimals.org/opentabs and help end suffering for animals trapped on factory farms today! Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we deep dive into how a newly founded America's insecurity about their status in the world led to their obsession with front lawns (and 9/11?) and the story of Portland's most polite train robber, Bill Miner. A listener email explains how Max Headroom briefly took over the Chicago airwaves in 1987. ROSE CITY COMIC-CON: SEPTEMBER 5-7, 2025 ARTIST ALLEY: TABLE D-01 Episode Tabs: The American Obsession with Lawns https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/anthropology-in-practice/the-american-obsession-with-lawns/ Outlaw Bill Miner’s First Train Robbery was a Fiasco https://offbeatoregon.com/1311b-bill-miner-train-robber-in-oregon.html Listener Tabs: 30 Years Later, Notorious ‘Max Headroom Incident’ Remains a Mystery https://news.wttw.com/2017/11/21/30-years-later-notorious-max-headroom-incident-remains-mystery Simo Häyhä https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_Häyhä Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a SUPPORT THE SHOW by adding theTab For a Cause extension: tabforanimals.org/opentabs and help end suffering for animals trapped on factory farms today! Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we deep dive into how an obsessive Irish mechanic changed the world of tractors after a handshake deal with Henry Ford and how in the early 2000s, the Thai government embarked on a mission of gastrodiplomacy by helping Thai restaurants proliferate around the world. A listener voice memo tells the story of an old Serbo-Romanian woman who poisoned people in hundreds. SUMMER 2025 T-Shirt Drop: Ken Allen has had Kenough (ENDS AUG 29th!!) https://www.bonfire.com/500-open-tabs-ken-allen/ Episode Tabs: The Life and Legacy of Harry Ferguson https://www.ulstertransportmuseum.org/guest-blog/life-and-legacy-harry-ferguson You Think You Understand Thai Culture Because You Eat at Thai Restaurants? Think Again https://www.foodandwine.com/why-are-there-so-many-thai-restaurants-7104115 Listener Tabs: Nettle Eaters Chomp in Revived World Championships https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj6152l8z20o Baba Anujka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Anujka Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a SUPPORT THE SHOW by adding theTab For a Cause extension: tabforanimals.org/opentabs and help end suffering for animals trapped on factory farms today! Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we deep dive into the life of Orangutan Ken Allen, the San Diego Zoo's most infamous escape artist and how the drawings of young boy named Onfim gave art historians insight into what life was like for a child in medieval Russia. A listener voice memo explains the origins of Batman and Robin. SUMMER 2025 T-Shirt Drop: Ken Allen has had Kenough! https://www.bonfire.com/500-open-tabs-ken-allen/ I'm Me and It's This Game's Fault - Full SDCC Panel https://youtu.be/MVjXA_NGnVU Episode Tabs: Fear of the Animal Planet: The Hidden History of Animal Resistance https://www.akpress.org/fear-of-the-animal-planet-e-book.html Onfim Wuz Here: On the Unlikely Art of a Medieval Russian Boy https://lithub.com/onfim-wuz-here-on-the-unlikely-art-of-a-medieval-russian-boy/ Listener Tabs: Comic Books, Dr. Wertham, and the Villains of Forensic Psychiatry https://jaapl.org/content/early/2020/10/06/JAAPL.200041-20 The trashiest enigma: Alex Jordan and the House on the Rock https://thetangential.com/2014/11/30/the-trashiest-enigma-alex-jordan-and-the-house-on-the-rock/ Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a SUPPORT THE SHOW by adding theTab For a Cause extension: tabforanimals.org/opentabs and help end suffering for animals trapped on factory farms today! Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.