History's worst ideas. Still backfiring.
Sixty-second true stories about laws, wars and schemes that went hilariously wrong, and the weird ways they still shape the world today.
Your host is Dottie, a retro file clerk with a red bandana and a very low opinion of bad ideas. Every episode ends with her Backfire Rating, from one flame to five, and a big red stamp.
Case closedWhy a chicken controls truck prices
Recent cases include the Chicken Tax, France invading Mexico over a bakery, the war over a pig, the bricked-up windows of England and the army that lost a war to emus.
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