Fought Off Intruder With Axe
Hmm. I figured this guy’s moat would’ve stopped the intruder from breaking into the place.
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Brady Carlson
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Finally, Cameras Can Truly See The Sea (Cool Weird Awesome 172)
Underwater photos are usually greenish or blueish and the brighter colors are washed out. An engineer and oceanographer has come up with an algorithm she calls Sea-thru that can bring those colors back into the image. Plus: the Las Vegas Pizza Festival is about to get underway.
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That Time There Was A Laugh Track On “The Twilight Zone” (Cool Weird Awesome 171)
Who knew the Twilight Zone was a dimension not only of sight and sound but of canned laughter?!? The episode “Cavender is Coming” features Jesse White, Carol Burnett, and a laugh track the network thought might help lead to a spinoff series. (It didn’t.) Plus: anybody want to fly in an airplane where the whole interior looks like a giant window?
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Stella The Dog Uses A Soundboard (Cool Weird Awesome 170)
Stella the dog lives with a speech-language pathologist and has been using a soundboard to “say” several dozen words, raising hopes that someday the show “Dog With A Blog” may come to life. Plus: Quilty the cat likes to spend his nights freeing the other cats at the animal shelter.
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The Mountain That’s Higher Than The Highest Mountain (Cool Weird Awesome 169)
This is Geography Awareness Week, and on our fascinating planet Mount Everest is the tallest mountain – but it’s not actually the highest point on earth. That’s actually Mount Chimborazo, in Ecuador. Plus: the community of New Baltimore, NY gets a spooky purple makeover thanks to Google Maps.
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How To Turn A World War II Parachute Into A Wedding Dress (Cool Weird Awesome 168)
For Veterans Day, we have the story of Claude and Ruth Hensinger, who used the parachute that saved Claude’s life during World War II to help build their lives and their 49 year marriage together.
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The Singing Maple Syrup Bottle With Patti Page’s Voice (Cool Weird Awesome 167)
Patti Page, aka the “Singing Rage,” was one of the biggest-selling pop singers of the 1950s. But later, she lived part-time on a farm in New Hampshire where she and her husband sold maple syrup. The bottles didn’t just have her name on them; they included her voice!
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Cakes, Cookies and Doughnuts: This Week’s YouTube Videos To Watch With Your Kids
This week’s videos are (very) loosely themed around desserts – fitting that we’re all coming down from the Halloween sugar rush.
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Even For Meringue This Meringue Is Light (Cool Weird Awesome 166)
This meringue is just about the lightest dessert ever made. Based on the lightest substance in the world, Aerogel, it’s about 96 percent air and a serving weighs about a gram. We guarantee you won’t think it’s too filling. Plus: the story of a light-emitting fungus gnat in Brazil, which is maybe not as appetizing as the first story.
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