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#17 A Woman Who Loved Poetry and the Planets & A Cryptid Curious Politician

August 08, 2025 • Mostly Unsung • Season 1 • Episode 17

Welcome back for more stories from history you weren't taught in school! It's another mad one! Have you ever seen the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders? Andrea has, and she has opinions; while Annie wishes they'd change their main theme song.

This week, in your favourite comedy history podcast, Andrea takes us all the way to 18th Century China to tell the story of one woman is rewriting everything from maths to medicine to poetry. But first, she takes a moment to laugh over her own inability to do any kind of impression of theatre treasure and cinema icon, Tim Curry.

Then, join Annie as she tells the brave story of a prisoner of the Second World War and all round Naval hero. He travelled the world; only to return to Scotland and join the hunt for this podcast's favourite cryptid, the Loch Ness Monster!

Andrea used these sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Zhenyi_(astronomer)

https://kids.kiddle.co/Wang_Zhenyi_(astronomer)

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/wang-zhenyi

Annie used these sources:

https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/David_James_(British_MP)

https://www.bigredbook.info/david_james.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_James_(British_MP)

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