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How Oregon Trail Inspired A Generation To Learn About Dysentery (Cool Weird Awesome 184)

3 12, 2019

How Oregon Trail Inspired A Generation To Learn About Dysentery (Cool Weird Awesome 184)

By Brady Carlson|2019-12-03T06:22:31-05:00December 3rd, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: babies, Oregon Trail, video games|

It was 48 years ago today that kids first got to play the video game Oregon Trail - the invention of three student teachers from Minnesota who ended up changing video game history without realizing it. Plus: a hospital in San Antonio, Texas marks the holiday season by sending all its December newborns home in red and white hats… and stockings!

When A Store Held A Drawing For A Baby (Cool Weird Awesome 183)

2 12, 2019

When A Store Held A Drawing For A Baby (Cool Weird Awesome 183)

By Brady Carlson|2019-12-02T06:34:00-05:00December 2nd, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: babies, bumper cars, drawings|

It was the giveaway to end all giveaways: 70 years ago almost to the day, a store in Oregon advertised a drawing for a baby. How the heck did this actually happen? Plus: it's December and a good way to enjoy the season is a little thing called ice bumper cars.