Welcome to the second episode of What Did You Learn Today! We're a weekly podcast focusing on teaching each other the interesting new things we've learned throughout the week. Here's what's on deck this week: Wait, is that a real place? What does it take to get on Jeopardy? How much would it cost to build a tunnel between Europe and Africa? And much, much more. Kick back and learn with us!

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Sources and Further Reading:

Potemkin Villages:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresienstadt_Ghetto_and_the_Red_Cross

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potemkin_village

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Village_(North_Korea)

Jeopardy!:

https://lifehacker.com/how-to-get-on-jeopardy-1832949569

https://www.jeopardy.com/be-on-j/faqs

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/04/arts/television/jeopardy-holzhauer-stephanie-stein.html?fbclid=IwAR2iK9dQ6AQeJLJy-FvEx8W-Zg885T-Vf8c3Ck7mBFWIyGFCln7jvCZefsM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jeopardy!_contestants

https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/03/gender-differences-in-jeopardy-alex-trebek-says-women-wager-less-in-daily-double-bets.html

https://www.casino.org/jeopardy-odds/

Unborn Cities:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under-occupied_developments_in_China

https://www.businessinsider.com/these-chinese-cities-are-ghost-towns-2017-4?r=nordic

https://abcnews.go.com/International/chinas-fake-cities-eerie-replicas-paris-london-jackson/story?id=36525453

The Strait of Gibraltar Crossing:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/spain/articles/rail-tunnel-spain-morocco-strait-gibraltar-tarifa-tangier-casablanca/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/spain/articles/rail-tunnel-spain-morocco-strait-gibraltar-tarifa-tangier-casablanca/

Copyright Traps:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/krystieyandoli/welcome-to-the-agloe-general-store-come-back-soon

https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2014/03/18/290236647/an-imaginary-town-becomes-real-then-not-true-story

Planned Obsolescence:https://www.npr.org/2019/03/27/707188193/the-phoebus-cartel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_cartel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Light

https://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/history/the-great-lightbulb-conspiracy/