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The Fake Epidemic - UI Podcast #022
Season 2 · Episode 22

The Fake Epidemic - UI Podcast #022

The incredible true story of two Polish doctors who used the microbe Proteus OX19 to create a pseudo typhus epidemic, which saved the lives of over 8,000 people.

Useless Information Podcast

June 11, 200921m 32s

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Show Notes

The incredible true story of two Polish doctors who used the microbe Proteus OX19 to create a pseudo typhus epidemic, which saved the lives of over 8,000 people. 

Also, learn which US president was first to appear on a circulating coin, the "doctor" who convinced women in NYC to disrobe before robbing them, the ashman who inherited a fortune, and two brothers who tried to teach in the same religious school. 

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