There Were Storm Chasers Even In The 19th Century (Cool Weird Awesome 996)
Today in 1884, A.A. Adams of Kansas took what is the earliest-known photo of a tornado. Early storm photos are pretty remarkable, for a lot of reasons.
![Illustration of Stephen Bishop. By Illustration from "Guide Book to the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky: Historical, Scientific, and Descriptive" by Horace Carter Hovey (published R. Clarke and Company in 1882) [Unknown illustrator] - Library of Congress, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51910499](https://www.bradycarlson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210615bishop-80x32.jpg)
Stephen Bishop Explored Mammoth Cave And Shared It With The World (Cool Weird Awesome 557)
The man now known as “First Guide & Explorer of Mammoth Cave," had been enslaved in the 19th century and sent to explore what was becoming a hot tourist site. He set the bar for every guide who came after him. Plus: today in 1976, a baseball game at the Houston Astrodome was called off... due to weather?!?
How Thanksgiving Leftovers Led To TV Dinners (Cool Weird Awesome 182)
In 1953 Swanson had several hundred tons of leftover Thanksgiving turkey - so they created the TV Dinner and changed how we eat. Plus: the 40th annual Holiday Cave Sing is this weekend at Mammoth Cave in Kentucky.