Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson

A “Lunar Olympics” Almost Ended In Disaster For The Apollo 16 Astronauts

Today was the launch date in 1972 of Apollo 16, a mission that tried to pay tribute to that...

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Leonardo da Vinci, Inventor of the Resume

Today in 1452, the birthday of Leonardo da Vinci, the painter of the Mona Lisa, namesake of a...

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Murphy, The Eagle Who Became Dad To A Rock

This month in 2023, a big moment in the life of an eagle named Murphy, who had become internet...

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Glowing Orbs In The Netherlands Could Light The Way Toward Clean Water

There’s a new way to find out whether fresh water is actually fresh and clean: a set of glowing...

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The Tempest Prognosticator Used Leeches To Predict Stormy Weather

Today was the birthday in 1794 of George Merryweather, the inventor of his era’s most fascinating...

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Florence Price Finally Takes Her Place On The List Of Great Composers

Today in 1887 (or, by some accounts, 1888), the birthday of a composer who’s really only now...

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A Study Says Everyone In Japan Could Have The Same Last Name Five Centuries From Now

A study from Japan's Tohoku University says that if current trends continue, everyone in the...

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• 8 días

A Dog In The UK Saved Lives During The Blitz, Thanks To A Full Bladder

This month in 1941, a dog in the UK became a hero in a very strange way, stopping a bomb by...

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• 11 días

A Guy In Melbourne Walks Around With A Giant Carrot Just For Fun

It's International Carrot Day. If you want to see a really unique carrot, try Melbourne,...

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• 12 días

Baseball Player Ping Bodie Once Won An Eating Contest Against An Ostrich

Today in 1919, one of the strangest moments in the history of professional baseball, when major...

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• 13 días

Communist Countries Thought The TV Show “Dallas” Would Scare Citizens Away From Capitalism, But It Backfired

Today in 1978, the premiere of the iconic TV show “Dallas.” It was originally just supposed to be...

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In 1906, Chicago’s Newspapers Told Everybody The City Was Being Attacked By Dinosaurs

It was probably more elaborate than your standard April Fools Day joke: today in 1906, the...

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Fine Art Week: Some Art Looks Great Even When Accidentally Hung Upside Down

This week we’re replaying some of our finest episodes about some of the finest works ever...

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Fine Art Week: Edmonia Lewis, A Sculptor Who Brought Her Subjects To Life

This week we’re replaying some of our finest episodes about some of the finest works ever...

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• 19 días

Fine Art Week: Why Is It So Hard To Tell A Real Rembrandt Painting From A Copy?

This week we’re replaying some of our finest episodes about some of the finest works ever...

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• 20 días

Fine Art Week: Sarah Biffin, A 19th Century Painter “Without Hands” Who’s Getting 21st Century Recogni

This week we’re replaying some of our finest episodes about some of the finest works ever...

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• 21 días

Fine Art Week: Pigeons Would Make Pretty Good Art Critics

This week we’re replaying some of our finest episodes about some of the finest works ever...

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• 22 días

If This TV Show Hadn’t Been Canceled, We Might Not Have Had The Original Versions of “Star Trek” and T

Today in 1931, the birthday of William Shatner, Captain Kirk from the original “Star Trek”...

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Taco Bell Once Sold A Burger Called The “Bell Beefer”

It's our show's fifth birthday! It's also the birthday in 1962 of the first Taco Bell restaurant,...

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• 26 días

Shizo Kanakuri Finished A Marathon He’d Started 54 Years Earlier

Today in 1967, a Japanese athlete Shizo Kanakuri, finished a Olympic marathon that he’d started...

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