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Things I Learned Last Night

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 You know when you can’t sleep at night so you Google everything about deep sea diving? Things I Learned Last Night (TILLN) is that, but in a podcast. Check us out on Spotify, Apple, or wherever else you get your podcastsSolar Flare Media
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  • Fred Soper | We Almost Eradicated Malaria. Then We Stopped.

    Fred Soper | We Almost Eradicated Malaria. Then We Stopped.
    Nov 3 2026
    For every three soldiers General MacArthur had in the Pacific during World War II, one was on the front line, one was on leave, and one was flat on his back in a hospital with malaria. That ratio is what kicked off one of the most arrogant public health projects in history. Fred Soper was a guy from Kansas who figured out that everyone fighting malaria was fighting the wrong thing. While other researchers dosed people with drugs to prevent and treat the disease, Soper said go after the mosquitoes instead. He mapped Brazil into a grid, built an army of sprayers, and coated everything in a pesticide called DDT that would keep killing mosquitoes for months after a single pass. It worked so well the US government handed him Japan, then the American South, then the whole globe. By the early 1960s malaria had been wiped out almost everywhere, with one glaring exception: the 1955 World Health Assembly voted not to extend eradication into sub-Saharan Africa, where the deadliest strain lived and the cost and danger ran highest. Jaron and Tim trace how JFK pushed funding, how governments pulled it, how the mosquitoes evolved resistance to DDT, and how George W. Bush reading the novel Roots led to the two-dollar insecticide-soaked bed nets of 2003. Then climate change and 2025 funding cuts start dragging the numbers back up. It is a story about how close we got, and how fast we keep letting it slip. Things I Learned Last Night is an educational comedy podcast where best friends Jaron Myers and Tim Stone talk about random topics and have fun all along the way. If you like learning, and laughing a whole lot while you do, then you’ll love TILLN. Watch or listen to this episode today! Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tilln.com/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Episode link: ⁠⁠https://tilln.com/fredsoper⁠⁠ Support TILLN & Join The Mailing List: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/tillnpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch this next: The Worm Wall → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUVx0jETLnI&pp=ygUPd29ybSB3YWxsIHRpbGxu Text TILLN to 66866 to become a patron and gain access to ad-free episodes, the exclusive discord, and earn discounts on TILLN Merch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    44 min
  • The Salad Oil Scandal | How a Scam Made Warren Buffett Rich

    The Salad Oil Scandal | How a Scam Made Warren Buffett Rich
    Oct 27 2026
    In November 1963, a man who filled giant tanks with water and floated a thin layer of soybean oil on top managed to borrow $180 million against inventory that mostly did not exist. His collapse almost crashed the stock market. Anthony "Tino" DeAngelis started in meat packing at 16 and worked his way up to running his own company, Goble, which got caught overcharging the government and selling substandard meat to the school lunch program after the 1946 National School Lunch Act. Bankruptcy did not stop him. He started Allied Crude Vegetable Oil Refining Corp in 1955, right as soybean oil boomed into the commodity everyone from Henry Ford to Wall Street wanted a piece of. Tino bought dozens of massive tanks in New Jersey, filled them almost entirely with water, floated a layer of oil on top, and built underground pipes to shuffle that same oil between tanks while American Express warehouse auditors checked them one at a time. On paper he had 1.8 billion pounds of oil, more than the entire United States inventory, and he used those receipts as collateral to pull $180 million in loans from 51 banks and corner 90 percent of soybean futures. When the con unraveled in November 1963, two brokerage houses folded and a full market crash loomed. Then JFK was assassinated, the New York Stock Exchange closed for the weekend, and a young Warren Buffett bought up AmEx stock on the dip. Jaron and Tim cover all of it while Tim sits beside a CPR dummy wearing his face. Things I Learned Last Night is an educational comedy podcast where best friends Jaron Myers and Tim Stone talk about random topics and have fun all along the way. If you like learning, and laughing a whole lot while you do, then you’ll love TILLN. Watch or listen to this episode today! Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tilln.com/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Episode link: ⁠⁠https://tilln.com/saladoilscandal⁠⁠ Support TILLN & Join The Mailing List: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/tillnpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch this next: The Teen Wolf of Wall Street → https://youtu.be/Nzw6d6HpZdY Text TILLN to 66866 to become a patron and gain access to ad-free episodes, the exclusive discord, and earn discounts on TILLN Merch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    59 min
  • The Wide Deceiver | The Man Who Faked His Way Onto the 49ers

    The Wide Deceiver | The Man Who Faked His Way Onto the 49ers
    Oct 20 2026
    A video of a San Francisco 49ers "wide receiver" running routes on a beach went viral last week, and football fans immediately clocked a dozen red flags. The helmet he took home. The wobbly spiral from whoever was throwing. The guy drawing routes on the ball like he'd never heard one named before. Daejon Love told women he matched with on dating apps that he was either a wealthy Swiss banker from one of the richest families in the country or a wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers. For about five years he ran both stories, and a surprising number of people believed him. Jaron and Tim break down how the con worked: the beach workout videos with terrible routes, the POV clips that turned out to be screen recordings stolen from actual NFL players, the LinkedIn that listed his job as "Receiver at National Football League," and the AI search results that made it all look legit. His partner was Taylor Chan, an 18-year-old who handled the technical side, including an app called Fake Bank Account Pro that let them flash phony $30 million balances to pressure women into dumping their savings into fake investment accounts. The FBI tracked 26 women and roughly $1.3 million before detaining both men at the Boise airport. Along the way the hosts get into their own run-ins with scammers, a Threads post about cat-food forks that drew 1,300 furious replies, and the strangest catfish story Jaron has ever heard, which ends with a wedding. Things I Learned Last Night is an educational comedy podcast where best friends Jaron Myers and Tim Stone talk about random topics and have fun all along the way. If you like learning, and laughing a whole lot while you do, then you’ll love TILLN. Watch or listen to this episode today! Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tilln.com/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Episode link: ⁠⁠https://tilln.com/widedeceiver⁠⁠ Support TILLN & Join The Mailing List: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/tillnpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch this next: Hollywood Con Queen → https://youtu.be/cUPb2ys8yLo Text TILLN to 66866 to become a patron and gain access to ad-free episodes, the exclusive discord, and earn discounts on TILLN Merch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 2 min
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