Everything Everywhere Daily

Whenever there is a lottery, the odds of winning are given. 

If you go to a pizzeria, they might tell you the number of possible pizzas that can be made, given their toppings. 

If you have a combination lock, it is secured because of the number of different solutions that are possible.

All of these things might seem different, but they are all part of the same branch of mathematics. 

Learn more about Permutations and Combinations and how they work on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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In 19th century America, a movement began to take areas of exceptional natural beauty and preserve them.

This idea of setting aside land for the purpose of preservation is something that was never really taken seriously before. 

These areas became known as national parks, and they spawned a movement of land preservation that spread around the world and continues to this day. 

Learn more about National Parks, America’s best idea, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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There is a good chance that sometime in the last few days, weeks, or months, you might have enjoyed a slice or two of pizza.

Pizza has become a near-ubiquitous food which can be found in almost every country. 

However, there is no one pizza. There are vehement disagreements about what pizza is best and what sort of toppings are acceptable. 

Learn more about pizza, where it came from, and its variations on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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In the Spring of 1846, a group of intrepid pioneers set out from Independence, Missouri, to cross the Oregon Trail to seek a better life in the fertile Oregon Territory. 

However, almost nothing went according to plan for this group. They got a late start, took a devastating wrong turn, and were delayed by many natural obstacles. 

They ended up being stuck in the mountains during the winter in one of the more horrific episodes in the history of the American West. 

Learn more about the Donner Party, what went wrong, and their horrific fat...

The cold war was the defining event of the second half of the 20th century. 

When exactly it ended has been subject to debate. Was it the fall of the Berlin Wall? Was the day the Soviet Union was dissolved?

There is an argument to be made that end might have actually occurred before any of those things, although no one knew it at the time. 

The event in question didn’t take place in Moscow or Washington but in a supermarket in the suburbs of Houston. 

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If you think of the First World War, your mind probably turns to images of trench warfare and thousands of men losing their lives to try and gain just a few meters of land. 

However, in the first few weeks of the war, this was not at all the case. In fact, it initially looked like the war might not even last two months. 

What stopped the collapse of France and began widespread trench warfare was a desperate battle that took place in the first week of September 1914.

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Thirty days hath September, and on 29 of those days, I’ll run normal episodes.

But for one day, I will turn the microphone over to you and answer your questions…..and that day is today. 

So stay tuned for another episode of Questions and Answers on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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Located in the middle of the Old City of Jerusalem lies one of the most famous structures in the world. 

In addition to being the visible symbol of the city, it lies on a plot of land that is one of the most historical and contested pieces of property on the planet.

It has been a center of controversy for thousands of years and looks to continue to do so for at least hundreds more.

Learn more about the Dome of the Rock and the ground it sits on, on this episode of E...

In 2015, the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan released an album that was unlike any other in the history of recorded music. 

It simultaneously set the record for the highest amount of money ever spent on a work of music, and it was the worst-selling album in history in terms of unit sales. 

The reason why it holds both of those distinctions is because only one copy of it was ever made. 

Learn more about Once Upon A Time in Shaolin and the album which is unlike any other ever made, on this episode of Eve...

On August 20, 1672, one of the most shocking moments in Dutch political history took place. 

Actually, it is one of the most shocking moments in world political history.

The man who was perhaps the most important political figure in the Dutch Republic was murdered by a mob of Dutch citizens…and then eaten. 

The events that led up to this event were some of the most significant in the history of the Netherlands. 

Learn more about Johan de Witt and his unlikely gastronomical demise on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.