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2 10, 2023

The Marx Brothers Became Comedians Thanks To An Escaped Mule In Texas (Cool Weird Awesome 1099)

By |2023-10-02T10:53:36-04:00October 2, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

Today was the birthday in 1890 of Groucho Marx, perhaps the best known of the comic geniuses known as the Marx Brothers. And yet, if it hadn’t been for a runaway mule, they might never have ended up doing comedy.

29 09, 2023

Sometimes Coffee Isn’t A Beverage, It’s Coffee Jelly (Cool Weird Awesome 1098)

By |2023-09-29T06:40:31-04:00September 29, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

It's National Coffee Day, and while most coffee fans prefer to brew and drink the stuff, there are other options. For example, have you ever tried coffee jelly?

28 09, 2023

Two Australians Once Had A Staring Contest For Over 40 Minutes (Cool Weird Awesome 1097)

By |2023-09-28T09:34:24-04:00September 28, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |

Around this time in 2011, an event that was definitely not a “blink and you’ll miss it” affair: a staring contest that took over 40 minutes.

27 09, 2023

Hector, The Thunderstorm That Arrives Like Clockwork Over Australia’s Tiwi Islands (Cool Weird Awesome 1096)

By |2023-09-27T12:12:12-04:00September 27, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Around this time of year, the Tiwi Islands in northern Australia can start counting on pretty much the same thunderstorm showing up at the same time every day. It's so reliable, they even named it.

26 09, 2023

Johnny Appleseed’s Trees Gave Homesteaders A Way To Make Adult Beverages (Cool Weird Awesome 1095)

By |2023-09-26T09:35:06-04:00September 26, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |

Today in 1774 was the birthday of Johnny Appleseed. In some ways, the real life John Chapman was like the person depicted in books and movies. But he was also a savvy, albeit eccentric, entrepreneur whose apples were less for eating than they were for drinking.

25 09, 2023

William Faulkner Was An Iconic Author And A Mediocre Mailman (Cool Weird Awesome 1094)

By |2023-09-25T08:54:17-04:00September 25, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

Today in 1897, the birthday of William Faulkner, the Nobel Prize winning author of novels like The Sound and the Fury, and, for a few years, one of the most unproductive postmasters the US mail has ever seen. 

22 09, 2023

Robert Shields Kept A Decades-Long Diary Of Pretty Much Everything He Ever Did (Cool Weird Awesome 1093)

By |2023-09-22T08:56:29-04:00September 22, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

It’s National Dear Diary Day. And nobody kept a diary quite like Robert Shields, who for decades chronicled just about every little thing that happened in his life. 

21 09, 2023

Sam Brinkley, The “Longest Bearded Man In The World” (Cool Weird Awesome 1092)

By |2023-09-21T08:53:04-04:00September 21, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Today in 1850, the birthday of Sam Brinkley, who was a groundbreaker in the field of having a really really long beard.

20 09, 2023

Why The USSR Once Thought A Hot Dog Stand Was A Top US Military Installation (Cool Weird Awesome 1091)

By |2023-09-20T08:50:10-04:00September 20, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

Today in 2006, the Pentagon announced it would tear down a fascinating piece of Cold War history: a hot dog stand that the Soviets had once thought was actually a top military target.

19 09, 2023

A Soviet Cosmonaut Once Pretended To Land On The Moon To Troll NASA (Cool Weird Awesome 1090)

By |2023-09-19T09:04:40-04:00September 19, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Today in 1968, the Soviet Union was launching the Zond 5 mission, orbiting the moon. But on cosmanaut, knowing the US would be listening, decided to pretend he’d landed on the moon's surface.

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