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The Internet Says it’s True

by Michael Kent

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It’s our 300th episode, so we’re doing things a little differently. Michael is joined in the studio by five returning guests and very funny people — Jimmy Mak, Glen Tickle, Dan Wilbur, Matt Donnelly, C.J. Johnson and Jay Black — to hear…
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October 5, 2026 · 58 min

This week, as we near our 300th episode, we're rewinding back to our 100th episode. Originally released August 1st, 2022. For our 100th episode, we're talking about the awful fire that happened in Dublin, Ireland in 1875. It resulted in…
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September 30, 2026 · 3 min

In this week's Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk about how it's illegal to only own one guinea pig in Switzerland. Did you know The Internet Says It's True is now a book? Get it here: https://amzn.to/4miqLNy Review this podcast at…
Endless Dance: The 1518 Plague

September 28, 2026 · 49 min

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Mid-Week Mini: Butterflies Taste with their Feet

September 23, 2026 · 3 min

In this week's Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk about how butterflies taste with their feet. Did you know The Internet Says It's True is now a book? Get it here: https://amzn.to/4miqLNy Review this podcast at https://pod…
Project Azorian: Stealing a Soviet Sub

September 21, 2026 · 54 min

In 1968, a Soviet ballistic-missile submarine disappeared somewhere in the Pacific. The Soviets couldn't find it, but the United States did - and what happened next involved Howard Hughes, a fake deep-sea mining company, a gigantic…
Mid-Week Mini: The Ampersand

September 2, 2026 · 3 min

In this week's Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk about the origin of the ampersand and how it used to be recited at the end of the alphabet! Did you know The Internet Says It's True is now a book? Get it here: https://amzn.to/4miqLNy Review…
Against Odds: Hopkins Finds Petrovka

August 31, 2026 · 57 min

Anthony Hopkins needed a copy of The Girl from Petrovka to prepare for a movie role, but none of the major London bookstores he tried had one. Then, while waiting for a train at Leicester Square Underground station, he spotted the exact…
Mid-Week Mini: The Tiffany Problem

August 26, 2026 · 3 min

In this week's Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk about The Tiffany Problem Did you know The Internet Says It's True is now a book? Get it here: https://amzn.to/4miqLNy Review this podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/…
Crossword Spy: D-Day's Strange Leak

August 24, 2026 · 57 min

Weeks before D-Day, readers of the Daily Telegraph began encountering some unusual answers in the newspaper's crossword puzzle - Utah, Omaha, Overlord, Mulberry and Neptune. British intelligence noticed too. The man constructing the…
Mid-Week Mini: Why Chicken is Called Chicken?

August 19, 2026 · 2 min

In this week's Mid-Week Mini Episode, we talk about why chicken is called chicken when other meats have fancy names. Did you know The Internet Says It's True is now a book? Get it here: https://amzn.to/4miqLNy Review this podcast at…

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About the show

Forgotten history, bizarre tales & facts that seem too strange to be true! Host Michael Kent asks listeners to tell him something strange, bizarre or surprising that they‘ve recently learned and he gets to the bottom of it! Every episode ends by playing a gameshow-style quiz game with a celebrity guest. Part of the WCBE Podcast Experience.