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Every March, the United States experiences a period known as March Madness.  It is the time when college basketball teams compete for a national championship. The process of crowning a national champion is a months-long process where teams vie for a chance to make the national tournament. From there, in theory, every team that makes the big dance has a shot at becoming a champion. All you have to do is win five, or maybe six, consecutive games. Learn more about March Madness and how the NCAA Basketball tournament works on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.Sponsors Mint Mobile Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Stitch Fix Go to stitchfix.com/everywhere to have a stylist help you look your best Tourist Office of Spain Plan your next adventure at Spain.info  Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures. Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/--------------------------------Executive Producer: Charles DanielAssociate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhereUpdate your podcast app at newpodcastapps.comDiscord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFhInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredailyTwitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretripWebsite: https://everything-everywhere.com/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All of you are familiar with the ABCs. It is one of the very first things that children are taught.Not only are they taught the letters that comprise the alphabet, but they are also, usually at the same time, taught the order of the alphabet. The order of the alphabet is something that is so ingrained that most of us usually don’t even think about it. Yet, if you think about it, the order of the letters is completely arbitrary, but if we didn’t have an order, our world would be very different. Learn more about why the alphabet is in alphabetical order on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.Sponsors Mint Mobile Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Stitch Fix Go to stitchfix.com/everywhere to have a stylist help you look your best Tourist Office of Spain Plan your next adventure at Spain.info  Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures. Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/--------------------------------Executive Producer: Charles DanielAssociate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhereUpdate your podcast app at newpodcastapps.comDiscord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFhInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredailyTwitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretripWebsite: https://everything-everywhere.com/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the summer of 1863, after two years of war, Confederate General Robert E. Lee felt it was possible to swiftly end the conflict by taking the fight to the Union. Up until this point, almost all of the fighting had taken place in Virginia. Lee felt that by moving to the north, he could achieve several objectives that would lead the Union to seek peace.His march to the north resulted in the largest battle of the war, which would ultimately be the turning point of the entire conflict.Learn more about the Battle of Gettysburg, why it happened and how it was resolved on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.Sponsors Mint Mobile Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Stitch Fix Go to stitchfix.com/everywhere to have a stylist help you look your best Tourist Office of Spain Plan your next adventure at Spain.info  Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures. Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/--------------------------------Executive Producer: Charles DanielAssociate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhereUpdate your podcast app at newpodcastapps.comDiscord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFhInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredailyTwitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretripWebsite: https://everything-everywhere.com/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discover the incredible journey behind the invention of the telephone, highlighting its evolution as a collaborative effort rather than just the brainchild of a single genius. Delve into the intriguing battle for patents, focusing on Elijah Gray’s liquid transmitter and its competition with Alexander Graham Bell’s designs. Uncover the technological advancements of the 19th century that made this revolutionary communication tool possible and explore the complex narratives that shaped modern telecommunications.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, a war erupted in the world of video technology.Two competing video tape formats fought to gain supremacy in the market. In the end, one format crushed the other and was left as the victor.However, legend holds that the inferior format was actually the victorious one. Learn more about Betamax vs. VHS videotape wars and if the worse technology actually won on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.Sponsors Mint Mobile Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Stitch Fix Go to stitchfix.com/everywhere to have a stylist help you look your best Tourist Office of Spain Plan your next adventure at Spain.info  Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures. Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/--------------------------------Executive Producer: Charles DanielAssociate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhereUpdate your podcast app at newpodcastapps.comDiscord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFhInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredailyTwitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretripWebsite: https://everything-everywhere.com/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1869, the world was shocked by a discovery that was made outside of the town of Cardiff, New York. Two workers discovered what was claimed to be the remains of a 10 foot tall, petrified human being. The claim set off a fiery debate between those who thought it was proof of the Bible and those who just thought it was a long lost statue. It turned out, neither group was correct. Learn more about the Cardiff Giant and one of the biggest hoaxes of the 19th century on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Mint Mobile Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Stitch Fix Go to stitchfix.com/everywhere to have a stylist help you look your best Tourist Office of Spain Plan your next adventure at Spain.info  Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures. Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/--------------------------------Executive Producer: Charles DanielAssociate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhereUpdate your podcast app at newpodcastapps.comDiscord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFhInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredailyTwitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretripWebsite: https://everything-everywhere.com/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For as long as humans have been watching the night sky, they noticed that every so often, during a full moon, the moon would briefly go dark, or at least change color. They often created mythical explanations for the event.Eventually, this ancient people began to record its occurrences and were able to calculate when it would happen. As we learned more about the universe, the explanation for the moon changing became less mythical and more scientific, but it was still a sight to behold.Learn more about lunar eclipses and how they work on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.Sponsors Mint Mobile Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Stitch Fix Go to stitchfix.com/everywhere to have a stylist help you look your best Tourist Office of Spain Plan your next adventure at Spain.info  Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures. Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/--------------------------------Executive Producer: Charles DanielAssociate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhereUpdate your podcast app at newpodcastapps.comDiscord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFhInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredailyTwitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretripWebsite: https://everything-everywhere.com/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the most devastating weapons in the medieval world was the crossbow. It evolved from early hand-held projectile weapons into a powerful tool of warfare that shaped battles for centuries.It was one of the few weapons powerful enough to stop a fully armored knight.Yet, despite its power, it wasn’t necessarily the most powerful ranged weapon on a battlefield and when something better came along, it was quickly replaced.Learn more about the crossbow and how it influenced history on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.Sponsors Mint Mobile Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Stitch Fix Go to stitchfix.com/everywhere to have a stylist help you look your best Tourist Office of Spain Plan your next adventure at Spain.info  Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures. Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/--------------------------------Executive Producer: Charles DanielAssociate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhereUpdate your podcast app at newpodcastapps.comDiscord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFhInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredailyTwitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretripWebsite: https://everything-everywhere.com/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, known to history as Claudius, was the fourth Emperor of Rome. Of the emperors that came before him and all those who came after him, he was the most unlikely of emperors. Up until the moment he became emperor, no one during his entire life seriously thought of him as emperor material. When he became emperor, he surprised everyone. Learn more about Emperor Claudius and his surprising rise to power on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.Sponsors Mint Mobile Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Stitch Fix Go to stitchfix.com/everywhere to have a stylist help you look your best Tourist Office of Spain Plan your next adventure at Spain.info  Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures. Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/--------------------------------Executive Producer: Charles DanielAssociate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhereUpdate your podcast app at newpodcastapps.comDiscord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFhInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredailyTwitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretripWebsite: https://everything-everywhere.com/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the 18th century, a French astronomer who was a regular comet hunter kept finding things in the sky that weren’t comets, but they also weren’t stars or planets. He created a list of these objects, not because he was trying to catalog the night sky, but rather to help other comet hunters avoid these common objects.It turned out his list consisted of some of the most incredible objects inside and outside of our galaxy.Learn more about Messier Objects, how they were documented and what they are on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.Sponsors Mint Mobile Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Stitch Fix Go to stitchfix.com/everywhere to have a stylist help you look your best Tourist Office of Spain Plan your next adventure at Spain.info  Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures. Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/--------------------------------Executive Producer: Charles DanielAssociate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhereUpdate your podcast app at newpodcastapps.comDiscord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFhInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredailyTwitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretripWebsite: https://everything-everywhere.com/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices