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4 10, 2023

Antonín Dvořák’s First Symphony Went Missing For Six Decades (Cool Weird Awesome 1101)

By |2023-10-04T10:14:55-04:00October 4, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

Today in 1936, the premiere of Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 1. That was 71 years after the symphony was written, which is what happens when a symphony is thought to be lost.

3 10, 2023

Patrick Combs Cashed A $95,000 Promotional “Check” And Actually Got The Money (Cool Weird Awesome 1100)

By |2023-10-03T10:25:46-04:00October 3, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , |

This month in 1995, the conclusion of a very odd saga involving one Patrick Combs, who deposited a promotional check from a piece of junk mail and actually got the money! 

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. 

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