The practice of giving oneself multiple last names in ancient China for tax purposes resulted in a bizarre attempt to get into the army involving a massive birthday celebration.
The domestication of cats began more than 9,500 years ago with evidence of burial sites indicating their importance to humans. Despite their resemblance to big cats like lions, cats actually came from a mix of a European wild cat and an African wild cat.
The speaker goes to the bank to try and exchange a thousand dollars into fresh money for New Year's Day, but the bank is skeptical of the request.
The speaker talks about the difficulty of understanding reality and our place in it, and suggests that we can find truth and escape social manipulation by paying attention to our own intuition, finding cover from social perception when necessary, and experiencing the universe through activities like playing music.
The origins of the popular game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, which has many different names in different parts of the world, remains a mystery. However, the hosts explore the concept of game theory and how it applies to Roshanbo.