The Plaice to Know

Episode

255: No Such Thing As A Bouncy Asteroid

2019-02-08 · 5 places on the map · episode transcript

  1. ThebesOne-offGreece

    In Thebes, they had a secret band of an army where they were all lovers, all gay lovers, so they would all be in this army together and they would all be fighting.

    mentioned at 00:09:32 · See it on the map →

  2. Forbidden CityRecurringChina

    Every single Manchu woman in the kingdom had to apply to become a concubine in the Forbidden City. You weren't allowed to marry until you'd applied to check the emperor didn't want to marry you.

    mentioned at 00:18:54 · See it on the map →

  3. My fact is that women who were applying to be Qing dynasty concubines had to spend a night sleeping with the emperor's mother first so that she could check they didn't snore. Wow. So the selection process to be a…

    mentioned at 00:18:54 · See it on the map →

  4. Imperial PalaceOne-offChina

    Jia Jing decided to move out of the Imperial Palace and became a Taoist magician who spent his whole life having sex with virgins and drinking magic potions made from bodily fluids.

    mentioned at 00:25:43 · See it on the map →

  5. St AndrewsOne-offUnited Kingdom

    At least one golfer got in a round at 2.30 in the morning in St Andrews of Scotland.

    mentioned at 00:41:36 · See it on the map →

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