TRC #567: Longest Word + Shag Harbour UFO Coin + OK Hate Symbol Pt. 2

This week, Darren’s perspicacity shines through when he drops some knowledge on the panel about the longest words in the English language. Next, Cristina learns that the Canadian Mint is issuing a coin commemorating ‘Canada’s Roswell’…wait, Canada has a ‘Roswell’? Lastly, Adam reexamines the recent OK sign controversies to establish whether it’s O-KKK after a listener writes in with a new theory.

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Longest Word

Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylalanyl…isoleucine

Wikipedia – Longest Word 

Wikipedia – Pneumonoultra… 

Wikipedia – Titin 

TopTenz (pronunciation videos)  

ThoughtCo

Shag Harbour UFO Coin

Vice: Shag Harbour Coin

Wiki: Shag Harbour UFO Incident

Skeptoid: Shag Harbour

Vice: Canada’s Most Infamous UFO Sighting

Library and Archives Canada

Collections Canada

Mint.ca: Shag Harbour Coin

Mint.ca: Falcon Lake

OK Hate Symbol Pt. 2

Family outraged after a Universal character made ‘OK’ symbol on 6-year-old’s shoulder – USA Today

Is that an OK sign? A white power symbol? Or just a right-wing troll? – SPLC Southern Poverty Law Center

What the “OK” Hand Signal Means for the Militia Movement – SPLC Southern Poverty Law Center

Did Stephen Miller Throw a White Power Sign? – Snopes

Ku Klux Klan (hand sign) – ADL

The Circle Game – Know Your Meme

New Zealand Mosque Shooting Suspect Brenton Tarrant Flashes White Power Sign in Court – The Daily Beast

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