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The frog that murders everything and also tells you if you're pregnant
North Carolina's original illegal amphibian has the answer you're looking for, and also has a lot to answer for.
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3 Hole Punch: A paper mill, RichTok, and glorious preacher hair
Here are three short North Carolina stories, hand-curated for you, the discerning Rabbit Hole reader.
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Here's what it was like to watch NASCAR come roaring back to a place that it left for dead more than a generation ago.
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Declaring your favorite Cook Out shake is for amateurs. True professionals mix them.
There are more than 40 different milkshakes to try at America's greatest regional fast food chain. But when you mix? INFINITE POSSIBILITIES. Here's your…
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Meet the pilot who drew a giant ballerina with his flight path
A guy from Raleigh tracked his plane with GPS to create a 25 mile-long dancer, along with other pieces of invisible sky art. He never intended for…
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Mick Jagger went to a dive bar in Charlotte and literally everybody missed him
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The story behind an Outer Banks house that collapsed into the ocean
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Clogger, TikTok Thyself
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An obituary for the man who saved North Carolina from nuclear disaster
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The tiny North Carolina newspaper that won a Pulitzer Prize
Reporters at the Washington Daily News found out there was a cancer-causing chemical in the city water supply. Their reporting changed a law, saved…
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Five paragraphs (and one video) that explain North Carolina barbecue
I'm not talking about what's better: Eastern or Lexington-style, whole hog or pork shoulder. I'm more interested in what the state of barbecue in this…
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Panthers Aren't Real
I looked into a thing that I'd heard a long time ago: That the screaming cat noise that's played at Carolina Panthers games doesn't actually come from a…
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Away Message: Panthers Aren't Real
Listen now | Shortly after I moved to Charlotte in 2005, I became a Carolina Panthers fan because it was much better than being a fan of the Cleveland…
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Let's pretend that Disney World would actually move here, even though it won't.
Let’s get this out of the way first: Disney World is not picking up and moving here, even though it’s locked in a dumb feud with Florida’s gover…
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And now, some news about Away Message
Is the podcast back? Maybe? Will it continue to exist? Yes! What comes next? I don't know!
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The drug dealer from "Outer Banks" is the most North Carolina character on TV right now
Plus, other over-the-top thoughts about the third season of the greatest show in Netflix.
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Here's what happened the first time a North Carolina lawmaker switched parties
In 1967, Sen. Jesse Austin did a bunch of things that grabbed headlines across the state. Then he switched from the Democratic to the Republican party…
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A Rabbit Hole Short: The "sand" at The Masters comes from North Carolina
One mine owner's trash was Augusta National's treasure.
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North Carolina Rabbit Hole
North Carolina Rabbit Hole
Get lost in the strange minutiae of the best state in the country.
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