Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
By Brady Carlson
Cool Weird Awesome with Brady CarlsonAug 30, 2021
Baltimore’s Mr. Trash Wheel Cleans Up The Waterfront With Technology And Googly Eyes
This month in 2014, the debut of Mr. Trash Wheel! He’s become a social media sensation for his giant googly eyes and his dedication to cleaning up Baltimore’s waterfront. Plus: this month in 1984, the first online grocery order, by a retiree using her TV remote control (!)
Baltimore’s Trash Wheel family celebrating 10 years of cleaner water (WBAL)
Mr. Trash Wheel cleans up Baltimore Harbor with a dash of humor (PBS Newshour)
Online shopping: The pensioner who pioneered a home shopping revolution (BBC)
Did A Finnish Skier Actually Spit Out His Dentures On His Way To A Gold Medal?
Today in 1907, the birthday of Finnish Olympic gold medalist Kalle Jalkanen. His relay team had a big come from behind victory in the 1936 Winter Games, but what legend says happened along the way is an even more unusual part of the story. Plus: If you’re celebrating Mother’s Day this Sunday, you could head to St. Petersburg, Florida, which is home to the Museum of Motherhood.
The death of Finland's ski king was arcstained - Major executed four prisoners of war (Iltalehti)
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Some People Are Sweet On Kool-Aid Pickles, But Others Have Soured On The Idea
Today in 2007, the New York Times published a feature story on Kool Aid pickles, a sweet and sour treat that found some diehard fans in the southern US. Plus: officials in North Yorkshire, England say that to avoid issues with their geographic computer systems, their street signs will henceforth have no apostrophes.
A Sweet So Sour: Kool-Aid Dills (New York Times)
North Yorkshire Council to phase out apostrophe use on street signs (BBC)
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In The 90s, Coca Cola Wanted Us To Drink OK Soda
For National Have A Coke Day, a look at the time a few decades ago when Coke encouraged people not to drink something great, but to choose OK Soda. Plus: starting today in Homer, Alaska, it’s the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival.
The Strange Story Of "OK Soda" (Buzzfeed)
El Reno, Oklahoma Is The Home Of The Fried Onion Burger
Today in 1989, El Reno, Oklahoma held its first ever El Reno Burger Day. It was in honor of a local creation that's been popular for almost a century, the fried onion burger. Plus: for Tchaikovsky's birthday, the story of how a benefactor gave him a stipend that let him compose full time... with one very unusual string attached.
El Reno’s Fried Onion Burger Packed With Flavor And Long History (News9.com)
Tchaikovsky: Conflicted, Neurotic, Brilliant (California Symphony)
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The Outtakes From Orson Welles’ Wine Commercial Might Be His Most Legendary Work
Today was the birthday in 1915 of Orson Welles, who created timeless films, radio shows and stage plays... and outtakes for a wine commercial that went viral before any of us were on the internet. Plus: today in 1931, the birthday of baseball legend Willie Mays, who was such a great hitter that the scouting report had no advice on how to pitch to him.
I WAS THE MAN AT THE CLAPPERBOARD FOR ORSON WELLES’ LEGENDARY DRUNK WINE COMMERCIAL (MEL Magazine)
MAYS, WILLIE (N.Y. Outfielder) (Library of Congress)
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Ancient Romans Once Threatened To Exile Anyone Wearing Pants
One way you could celebrate National No Pants Day is to put on a Roman toga or tunic, though the ancient Romans actually did a 180 on the question of pants. Here's why they were for them after they were against them. Plus: tomorrow in Prague, Oklahoma, it’s the Kolache Festival.
How Pants Went From Banned to Required in the Roman Empire (Atlas Obscura)
KOLACHE FESTIVAL: PRAGUE, OKLAHOMA
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The Distress Call Mayday Doesn’t Have Anything To Do With May
Yes, today is a day in the month of May, but that's not where the international distress call "Mayday" comes from. We'll fill you in on the actual backstory. Plus: this weekend in Las Cruces, it’s the 2024 New Mexico Tamale Fest.
Why Is 'Mayday' the International Distress Call? (How Stuff Works)
The 2024 New Mexico Tamale Fest at Plaza De Las Cruces! (Cinco De Mayo)
Bonnie Richardson Won A State Track Team Championship By Herself - Twice
This month in 2008, a high school athlete from a very small town competed as a team of one in the Texas track championships, and finished first two years in a row. Plus: starting this Friday in Hilliard, Ohio, it’s the Early Television Convention.
THE POWER OF ONE (Sports Illustrated)
Early Television Convention (Early Television Museum)
When News Companies Tried To Deliver Newspapers Through Radio Transmissions
Today in 1939, the opening of the World's Fair in New York. One of the inventions featured there was a way that newspapers could broadcast newspapers over the radio and have special receivers print out a copy of the paper for customers. Plus: Michigan State University's Abrams Planetarium is also home to the Moist Towelette Museum?!?
A Look Back at the Radio Newspaper of the Air (Radio World)
Moist Towelette Museum (Weird Universe)
Willie Nelson Once Recorded An Album To Pay Back Taxes To The IRS
Today in 1933 the birthday of Willie Nelson, a country music legend who once put out an album so that he could send royalties to the IRS to pay some overdue taxes. Plus: today in 1970, the birthday of Andre Agassi, who once figured out how to read a rival's serve in an unusual way.
Poor Willie (Texas Monthly)
WATCH: The amazing story of how Andre Agassi read Boris Becker’s serve by watching his tongue (Tennis365)
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A Single Tree In New York Grows 40 Different Fruits
For Arbor Day, the story of the Tree of 40 Fruit, a real tree in Syracuse, New York that shows just how many different fruit you can graft onto a single tree. Plus: starting tomorrow in Hawaii, it’s the Waikiki SPAM Jam.
Sculptor Sam Van Aken’s Tree of 40 Fruit (Syracuse University)
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Absorbing An Oil Spill With Cork And Lasers
On today's show we’re uncorking a new method to treat oil spills with cork and lasers, an unexpected and potentially greener combination. Plus: tomorrow is day one of the three day Vermont Maple Festival in St. Albans.
Trash to titan: Scientists create laser-treated cork that absorbs oil spills (Interesting Engineering)
The “Electronic Tongue” That Can Tell When Wine Starts To Spoil
Washington State University researchers have come up with another e-tongue, and this one can quickly sense the compounds that show up when wine is spoiling. Plus: this weekend in Mansfield, Indiana, it’s the Mansfield Mushroom Festival.
E-tongue can detect white wine spoilage before humans can (Washington State University)
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"English As She Is Spoke," A Guide To English Written By A Guy Who Didn't Really Speak English
For International English Language Day, the story of the most unusual guide to the language ever published, the one called “English As She Is Spoke.” Plus: this weekend in Mount Olive, North Carolina, it’s the North Carolina Pickle Festival.
English As She Is Spoke (1884) (Public Domain Review)
North Carolina Pickle Festival
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This Smart Glove Could Help Divers Warn Each Other When There’s Danger Nearby
There’s a new development under the sea: a smart glove that could help scuba divers help each other steer clear of danger. Plus: the website After the Beep is an online answering machine, where you can leave your own anonymous voice message for the world to hear.
New e-glove could allow scuba divers shout ‘shark’ attack underwater (Interesting Engineering)
After the Beep is a website where users can leave an anonymous voicemail (Boing Boing)
Two US Cities Each Insist Their Cuban Sandwich Is The Authentic One
Around this time in 2012, Tampa, Florida declared that “The Historic Tampa Cuban Sandwich” was the city’s signature sandwich. People in Miami weren't thrilled about this, because they insist their Cuban is the historic one. Plus: starting today in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, it’s the 2024 Artisan Guitar Show.
Tampa vs. Miami: The Fight for the Cuban Sandwich (Delish)
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The Minor League Baseball Game That Took Three Days To Play
Today in 1981, the Pawtucket Red Sox and Rochester Red Wings started playing a minor league game, and it just kept going and going and going, eventually becoming the longest ever. Plus: starting Saturday in Greenville, North Carolina, it’s Piratefest.
The Most Incredible Performance In Baseball’s Longest Game (Heard It From Hoard)
Kansas City’s Subtropolis Is A Huge Business Complex That’s 100 Feet Underground
There's a story you see online about how Ford stashed some surplus cars in an underground cave to preserve them until they could sell. We can't verify that entire story, but there is an underground business park in Kansas City that Ford has used for decades. Plus: the Ford Maverick may have had the grooviest set of paint color names in automotive history.
Doing business 100 feet underground (CNN)
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 year's Summer Games with a "lunar Olympics"... only the astronauts almost had a disaster on their lunar-suited hands. Plus: for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's birthday, the story of why he took a role in a famous comedy movie.
An Apollo astronaut explains how he nearly killed himself 'horsing around' on the moon in 1972 (Business Insider)
Surely you can’t be serious: An oral history of Airplane! (AV Club)
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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 code (and a ninja turtle) and, according to Fast Company, the inventor of the resume. Plus: the Mona Lisa gets fan mail through its own mailbox.
Learn to write a résumé like the person who invented it—DaVinci (Fast Company)
Mona Lisa: Facts & Related Content (Britannica)
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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 famous for raising a rock. Plus: starting tomorrow in Rockwall, Texas it’s the annual Texas Pie Fest.
An Eagle Who Adopted a Rock Becomes a Real Dad (New York Times)
Here’s How to Get in on the End of Day Pie Fight at the Texas Pie Fest (Eater)
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 orbs in the Netherlands called POND. Plus: starting this Saturday, it's the Wamego, Kansas Tulip Festival.
These glowing orbs can tell you if water is clean or polluted (Fast Company)
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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 leech-based weather predicting contraption: the tempest prognosticator. Plus: today in 1953, a phone company director pretty much predicts the smartphones of today.
A Council Of Leeches Used To Predict Storms Inside The "Tempest Prognosticator" (IFL Science)
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 getting the acclaim she deserves: Florence Price. Plus: did you know that it was a violation of iTunes terms of service to use it to build weapons?
As Her Music Is Reconsidered, a Composer Turns 135. Again. (New York Times)
8 Ridiculous EULA Clauses You May Have Already Agreed To (MakeUseOf)
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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 country will eventually end up with the same surname - though it might take a while to get there. Plus: some residents of Luna Pier, Michigan were apparently so concerned about eclipse tourists that the mayor says they asked him to stop the eclipse.
Everyone in Japan will be called Sato by 2531 unless marriage law changed, says professor (The Guardian)
Solar Eclipse 2024: The only Michigan town that is in the path of totality (BridgeMI.com)
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 answering the call of nature. Plus: starting today in Darien, Georgia, it’s the Blessing of the Fleet.
Urinating WWII Great Dane's medal sold (BBC)
Dog cocked leg to extinguish Nazi bomb (Telegraph)
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, Australia, where a guy named Nathan walks around town with a very large papier mache carrot. Plus: this weekend in Sebring, Florida, it's the Sebring Soda Festival.
‘There he goes with the carrot’: how walking the streets with a giant papier-mache vegetable made Nathan a Melbourne legend (The Guardian)
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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 leaguer Ping Bodie took on an ostrich in an eating contest and won. Plus: a ketchup giant is installing dispensers on the sidewalks outside some of Chicago’s best-loved (and often ketchup-free) hot dog places.
A Yankee, an ostrich and 22 plates of pasta (MLB.com)
Ping Bodie (Society for American Baseball Research)
Heinz Is Putting Up Ketchup Dispensers To Tempt Chicagoans With Forbidden Condiment (Block Club Chicago)
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 a miniseries, but it just kept winning over audience after audience - even some audiences that were behind the Iron Curtain. Plus: all month long in and around Mount Vernon, Washington, it's the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival.
How 'Dallas' Won the Cold War (Washington Post)
J. R. Ewing Shot Down Communism in Estonia (New York Times)
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 Chicago Tribune put together a two page "report," complete with pictures, about swarms of dinosaurs wrecking the city. Plus: it’s Easter Monday, and in the village of Hallaton, Leicestershire, England, it's the day for a competition known as Bottle Kicking.
April 1, 1906: Chicago invaded by hordes of prehistoric monsters dealing death and destruction (Chicago Tribune)
Bottle Kicking in Hallaton (Amusing Planet)
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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 created. In this episode from November 2019, we take a trip through the website Weird Universe's Gallery of Art Hung Upside Down. Plus: a 9 year old who can't stop doodling, even in class, is now a professional artist. He's paid to doodle.
The Gallery of Art Hung Upside-Down (Weird Universe)
9-Year-Old Kid Who Kept Getting In Trouble For Doodling In Class Gets A Job Decorating A Restaurant With His Drawings (Bored Panda)
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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 created. In this episode from October 2021, the story of sculptor Edmonia Lewis. She was born in the 1840s to a Black father and a Chippewa mother, and became the first Native American and Black woman to become an acclaimed sculptor. Plus: the exhibit known as Little Canada features miniature versions of some of this big country’s most famous cities, landmarks and attractions.
Edmonia Lewis (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
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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 created. In this episode from September 2020, why even researchers run into challenges in verifying whether a Rembrandt is really his work or just a simulation. Plus: an interactive online map of continental drift can show you where a town or city used to be hundreds of millions of years ago.
The Rembrandt Research Project: Past, Present, Future
A Supposedly Fake Rembrandt Might Just Be Real (Vanity Fair)
Map Lets You See How Your Hometown has Moved Across 750 Million Years of Continental Drift (Good News Network)
Fine Art Week: Sarah Biffin, A 19th Century Painter “Without Hands” Who’s Getting 21st Century Recognition
This week we’re replaying some of our finest episodes about some of the finest works ever created. In this episode from December 2022, the story of 19th Century English miniaturist Sarah Biffin, a renowned artist who was born without full arms or legs and whose life and work are the subject of an exhibition now running in London. Plus: British Columbia-based artist Elspeth McLean turns round stones from the ocean into colorful and extremely ornate mini mandalas.
Who Was Sarah Biffin? (Philip Mould and Company)
Sarah Biffin: the celebrated nineteenth-century artist born without arms or legs (Art UK)
Found Ocean Stones Are Transformed Into Vibrant Mandalas You Can Hold in Your Hand (My Modern Met)
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 created. In this episode from October 2021, a look at the research into how pigeons take in and process visual information, like art. Apparently it's pretty complex. Plus: in Detroit, a local news reporter does a story about a local skateboard park, and flawlessly rides a skateboard in the middle of his report!
The Pigeon as Art Critic (Scientific American)
Van Gogh, Chagall and pigeons: picture discrimination in pigeons and humans (NIH)
Pigeons' Discrimination of Paintings By Monet and Picasso (Researchgate)
News anchor ends local skatepark dispatch by shredding into the sunset (AV Club)
If This TV Show Hadn’t Been Canceled, We Might Not Have Had The Original Versions of “Star Trek” and TV’s “Batman”
Today in 1931, the birthday of William Shatner, Captain Kirk from the original “Star Trek” series. Of course, if a different show he was supposed to star in had gone ahead, Shatner might not have ended up as Captain Kirk at all. Plus: tomorrow in Chicago, it’s St. Ryan’s Day, where anyone and everyone named Ryan is invited to come by and celebrate being a Ryan.
The failure of one toga-clad TV pilot completely altered the landscape of Sixties pop culture (MeTV)
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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, which had a "chili burger" on its original menu. Plus: for National Fragrance Week, a visit to San Francisco's Aftel Archive of Curious Scents.
Was the 'Bell Beefer' Burger Among Taco Bell's First Offerings? (Snopes)
This San Francisco Bay Area museum stinks (Boing Boing)
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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 in 1912. Better late than never! Plus: a college student asks a professor a question and gets a reply long after graduation.
Better late than never for Japan's first, "slowest" Olympian (Japan Times)
Hannah Jung For all the people that think they are bad at responding to emails (Hannah Jung on Twitter via Bored Panda)
The Nutty Narrows Bridge Was Built For Squirrels In Washington State
Today in 1963, the opening of a bridge in Longview, Washington. that wasn't for cars, or bikes, or even pedestrians. It was a bridge for squirrels. Plus: Milan's Palazzo Morando is hosting an exhibit of photos featuring the colorful street fashions of people in the Congo and other African countries.
Nutty Narrows Bridge opens in Longview on March 19, 1963. (HistoryLink)
African Street Style and Global Subcultures Celebrated in Retrospective Photography Exhibition (My Modern Met)
Wilson Pickett’s “Mustang Sally” Became A Hit, After A Tape Machine Cut It To Pieces
Today in 1941, the birthday of Wilson Pickett, a legend of soul and R&B music, and one who had an engineer save one of his future hit songs from a very hungry tape machine. Plus: today in 1970, the birthday of musician and actor Queen Latifah, who is known for a very specific requirement in her movie contracts.
"Mustang Sally" at 45 (Interview) – Sir Mack Rice and Spooner Oldham Tell The Story (Rock Cellar)
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson & 9 Other Actors With Bizarre Contract Clauses (ScreenRant)
Before Alarm Clocks, Some People Awoke With Help From A “Knocker-Up”
It’s Sleep Awareness Week, and today we’re talking about the part of sleep people usually like the least: the part where the alarm clock wakes us up. Or, in the time before alarm clocks, the part where the local "knocker-up" pounded on the doors to get people out of bed. Plus: the story of how rock singer Bret Michaels asked to adopt a huskie named Bret Michaels.
A 2,000-Year History of Alarm Clocks (Atlas Obscura)
Musician Bret Michaels to adopt dog who saved kitten's life (3 News Now)
Legendary Physicists Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard Once Teamed Up To Design A Refrigerator
For Alfred Einstein's birthday, the story of how he and fellow prominent physicist Leo Szilard co-designed a unique kind of refrigerator in the 1920s. Plus: the letter Einstein wrote in 1936 for a time capsule that would be opened in a thousand years.
Einstein’s Little-Known Passion Project? A Refrigerator (WIRED)
Missive (Futility Closet)
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Here’s A Tiny Fish That Can Make Sounds As Loud As A Jet Engine
Danionella cerebrum is a completely transparent fish that's only 10-12 millimeters long. And researchers have just figured out how it can produce sounds that reach 140 dB or higher. Plus: a resident of Salem, Ohio has one of the largest ever collections of PEZ dispensers, around 4,000 in all.
A 12 mm fish produces 140-decibel sound to communicate in turbid waters (Phys.org)
Salem PEZ collector shows off massive collection (WKBN)
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A Boycott Against Charles Boycott Gave Us The Word “Boycott”
Today in 1832, the birthday of Charles Boycott, whose name has been used for over a century anytime people decide to deliberately take their business away from a group or a company. Plus: this month in Worcester, Massachusetts, you can cover the fees for lost or missing books and DVDs by sending the library a cat picture.
Charles Boycott: The Man Who Became a Verb (Amusing Planet)
Act meow: Cat pics will pay your fines at Worcester's libraries (WBUR)
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New York City’s 311 System Has Gotten Some Wild Calls Over The Years
This month in 2003, New York City launched its 311 service, a service that has helped residents with a wide range of non-emergency issues… and a few absolute head-scratchers. Plus: a video on Reddit appears to show someone operating a supermarket checkout in Osaka, Japan while in a full-size, realistic looking cat costume.
State of NYC311 20th Anniversary Report (NYC.gov)
Part-time cat at Namba-Marui, Osaka - Japan (Interesting as F___ on Reddit)
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Musical Alarms Could Help Save Lives In Hospitals
There's a phenomenon in hospitals called "alarm fatigue" - there's so much loud beeping from machines that it can actually cause problems for patient care. An anesthesiologist and a music cognition researcher have teamed up to find alternatives to the jarring beeps. Plus: starting Sunday in south central Alaska, it’s the 2024 Arctic Winter Games.
Making Alarms More Musical Can Save Lives (Scientific American)
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Cap’n Crunch Once Got Sued Because There Weren’t Actual Berries In Crunch Berries Cereal
For National Cereal Day, the stories of people who have taken cereal makers to court over some pretty eye-opening claims. Plus: did you known Cap'n Crunch once had a nemesis?
THE PEOPLE V. CAP’N CRUNCH: INSIDE THE CRUNCH BERRY LAWSUITS (MEL)
Cap'n Crunch vs. The Sogmaster (1987) (YouTube)
Whey Protein Could Help Stop E-Waste
Could the secret weapon against electronic waste may be cheese? Research finds a process involving the byproduct of cheesemaking known as whey protein could help recover gold and other precious metals from old computer motherboards. Plus: starting tomorrow in Nashville, Indiana, it's the Indiana Button Society Show & Competition.
Turning waste into gold (ETH Zurich)
Indiana State Button Society Annual Button Show
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Ruth Belville, The Last “Time Carrier” In London
Today in 1854, the birthday of a very important person in the history of how we keep track of time: Ruth Belville, who has been called the “Greenwich Time Lady.” Plus: this weekend in Las Vegas, the National Grocers Association is holding the Best Bagger National Championship.
History: The lady who sold time (New Scientist)