Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” Was Partly Based On Real Bird Weirdness
Today in 1961, a news report in the Santa Cruz Sentinel about a strange bird event along the coast of California that ended up shaping an iconic movie about a strange bird event.
An All-Inmate Baseball Team Became Known As The “Death Row All-Stars”
Win or go home? A group of inmates in Wyoming thought they faced something even worse when they went onto the field.
When Eating With A Fork Was Scandalous
https://open.spotify.com/episode/508Ifp7yvnDAIqSVY4PB4f?si=ad25dde2da2a4721 it’s National Spork Day! The spoon/fork mashup got its start in the 1800s, so it’s a newbie compared to more utensils. The knife has been around since the [...]
The Guy Who Officially Had The First Social Security Number
Americans who pay into the system and receive benefits have Social Security Numbers, so who had the first one? The answer is kind of strange.
A Guy In Saudi Arabia Has Over 400 Video Game Consoles Connected To A Single TV
Today in 2024, Guinness announced a world record for most gaming consoles connected to a single TV, 444 in all. Here's how the record holder does it.
“Drop Kick Me Jesus” Is Country Music’s “Christian-Football Waltz”
Today in 1938, the birthday of Paul Craft, an acclaimed songwriter and musician whose catalog includes probably the world’s best known religious country football song.
A Fair In Washington State Is Famous For Its Spaceburgers
If you’re near Moses Lake, Washington in the next couple days, you can try an iconic fair food: the Spaceburger.
“America’s Unluckiest Woman” Lost Five Homes To Five Hurricanes
Some of us have good luck, some of us have bad luck. And some of us have such incredible, long-lasting bad luck that they end up on this show.
Here’s A Robot That’s Learning To Make Us Pizzas
We've done a lot of shows about robots, and we've done a lot of shows about pizza. Now, we're doing a show about a robot that's learning to make pizza with help from a team at Virginia Tech.
The Winchester Mystery House Probably Wasn’t Built To Be Mysterious
Sarah Winchester's decades-long renovation project turned an eight-room farmhouse into hundreds of rooms, and sparked endless rumors that at least some of those rooms are haunted.