Episode 40: The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010) is the story of a badass woman archaeologist from Belle Époque France. Well, she’s really more of a journalist and grave robber, misappropriating ancient knowledge for personal reasons. Still, it’s the only movie I know of that has resurrected Egyptian mummies, pterodactyls, and nuclear-physics-based telekinesis!

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In this episode:

• Based on a graphic novel

• Pterodactyls and Pteranodons and Pterosaurs, oh my!

• The Jurassic period is named after the Jura Mountains in France

• Canopic Jars

• Before the Breathalyzer There Was the Drunkometer

• Graham Hancock’s “Ancient Apocalypse” is the most dangerous show on Netflix

• Guillotine facts