Episode 22: Sweden - Greedy Badgers, Ghostly Priests, and Groundbreaking Failures

    


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This time on TLT, Ali gets attacked by badgers, Zaki pushes an old spirit off his chair, and Zaeem goes planet hopping. Join us as we explore the more peculiar sites of Sweden.



Random Rubbish

Pollinating Plants

https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/What_is_Pollination/

EDIT: Stupid plants making me sneeze for no reason. -- Ali



Fun Facts (we use the term loosely)

Biting Badgers

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/VLNmz6sKkmMW4CJTFQPpnF/six-weird-things-you-never-knew-about-sweden


Weird Names

http://awakeanddreaming.org/5-weird-laws-in-sweden

https://viewstockholm.com/crazy-facts-sweden


Tourism City Cards

https://www.stockholmpass.com


Sourdough Hotel

https://www.vice.com/en/article/wn743m/there-is-now-a-hotel-for-bread-dough-in-sweden



Actual Locations

Museum of Vikings

https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Attraction_Review-g189852-d12392260-Reviews-The_Viking_Museum_Vikingaliv-Stockholm.html


Birka (Viking City)

https://www.birkavikingastaden.se/en/ 


Aifur (Viking Restaurant) 

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/aifur-viking-bar-restaurant


Sweden Solar System

http://www.swedensolarsystem.se/en

EDIT: Definitely the best thing you've talked about on this podcast. -- Zaki

EDIT 2: Agreed, but let's be honest: It wasn't exactly a high bar.. -- Ali


Dellen Lake

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


R1 Nuclear Reactor

https://www.neimagazine.com/features/featureswedens-reactor-1-then-and-now-6938635

https://www.slowtravelstockholm.com/tours-activities/9-cool-and-unusual-things-to-do-in-stockholm/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/r1-nuclear-reactor


Dӧda Fallet (Dead Falls) of Ragunda

https://adventuresweden.com/doda-fallet-the-dead-falls-of-ragunda

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dead-falls-lake-ragunda

http://realscandinavia.com/doda-fallet-the-dramatic-story-of-swedens-dead-falls

EDIT: Can't believe you wasted your fact on this stupid hole. -- Ali

EDIT 2: I hole-heartedly agree with Ali. -- Zaeem

EDIT 3: In my defense, it said "Dead" in the name so I thought it would be interesting. -- Zaki

EDIT 4: Zaeem, I will put you in a hole 6 feet deep. How's that pun for you? Mug. -- Ali



Histories & Mysteries

Borgvattnet Vicarage (Scandinavia's Most Haunted House)

https://www.astonishinglegends.com/astonishing-legends/2019/4/14/borgvattnets-frightening-vicarage

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/borgvattnet-vicarage

https://coolinterestingstuff.com/borgvattnet-the-haunted-vicarage-sweden

EDIT: This is essentially what would happen if Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory was a ghost. -- Zaeem

EDIT 2: I wanted to visit this place and now all I'll think of is the stupid laugh track whenever the chair moves. Thanks a lot, you mug. -- Zaki


Devil's Bible by Herman the Recluse

https://fiveplustwoblog.wordpress.com/2016/06/18/stockholm-to-see-the-devils-bible

EDIT: Cool name aside, did Herman end up in the Museum of Failure? -- Zaki


Thermos Museum 

https://swedish-history-museum.getarchive.net/amp/topics/thermos


The Museum of Failure

https://museumoffailure.com 


Disgusting Food Museum

https://disgustingfoodmuseum.com


Trollskogen (The Troll Forest)

https://visitoland.com/en/gora-pa-oland/trollskogen-the-magical-forest

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/trollskogen-troll-forest

EDIT: Cannot believe you skipped this to focus on a hole in the ground instead. -- Zaeem

EDIT 2: Yeah, that was a stupid decision. -- Ali

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