Today in 1797, the launch of the USS Constitution, the oldest active duty ship in the US Navy’s fleet. And for the last half century or so, a part of keeping “Old Ironsides” in operation is a special US Navy forest.
Today in 1965, there was an unusual visitor high atop New York’s famous Empire State Building: a Ford Mustang. And it took some doing to get it up there.
We’re replaying some of our favorite episodes on the ice this week.
Autonomous vehicles have high-tech systems to see “see” what’s around them on the roads. A project in Germany asks if these cars also need to be listening to what’s around them too.
As a Halloween week prank in 1998, DJs in Tennessee said people had to exchange their old $20 bills for the new ones, or they would become worthless.
For World Octopus Day, the story of Otto, who proved that not only is an octopus clever, it can be a little too clever.
Sometimes a cookbook is more than a set of recipes: it’s a window into a culture.
In Japan, even silent films had voices, thanks to live performers known as benshi.
Today in 1932, the London newspaper The Times published its first edition with a brand new typeface: Times New Roman. And it's been a big deal ever since, even in the computer age.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6fsgMxvlC4R9Zr4rKSCRJs?si=ef22d0f6d6ca479b Today in 1998, the debut of the Furby. This toy became a legit 90s phenomenon, one so popular that it actually raise some concerns in the national security [...]
