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Episode 22: Mosquito Coils, Ghanaian Fantasy Coffins, Kayfabe, Serendipity

Uncommon knowledge for curious minds. Everything interesting.

Who invented the mosquito coil, and what is it actually made of? 📍 There is a fantasy coffin tradition in Ghana. Don’t know what we’re talking about? We’ll explain. 📍 These days it’s an open secret that professional wrestlers are just faking it. There’s actually a special word for that. We’ll let you know what it is. 📍 And finally in this episode, we look at the origin of the word Serendipity, and what it has to do with a convoluted Persian fairytale.

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REFERENCED REMORANDOM CHAPTERS

Mosquito Coils are featured in REMORANDOM 2
Ghanaian Fantasy Coffins are featured in REMORANDOM 2
Kayfabe is featured in REMORANDOM 3
Serendipity is featured in REMORANDOM 1
Aeron Chair is featured in REMORANDOM 4


PODCAST CREDITS

REMORANDOM is produced and published in Sydney by REMO Since 1988

Podcast co-hosts: Remo Giuffré and Claudia Chan Shaw

Contact us via email at hello@remorandom.com

Original Theme Music by Tom Thum … using only his voice. Watch his 2013 TEDxSydney talk HERE.

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