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Not All Of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Biggest Fans Are Fans Of The Biggest MLK Monuments

There are lots of ceremonies and events in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today, and there are lots of monuments you can visit too. Though some of Dr. King’s biggest fans might steer you away from some of those monuments.

By |2025-01-20T09:27:46-05:00January 20, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |
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For Crops In The Desert, Try These Inflatable Container Farms

AirFarm is an inflatable container farm that could help people grow crops where there’s not a lot of water. The idea - pun intended- blew up at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

By |2025-01-17T05:56:19-05:00January 17, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |
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The Plan To Build A New US Highway With Nuclear Bombs

This week in 1964, the US Atomic Energy Commission presented a report to Congress on an eye-opening idea: clearing land for a highway in southeast California with nuclear bombs.

By |2025-01-16T06:13:55-05:00January 16, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |
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A Jury In An Illegal Liquor Case Deliberated By “Testing” The Evidence

This month in 1920, the start of a slightly strange criminal case in which the jury didn’t just weigh the evidence… they drank it. 

By |2025-01-15T07:47:09-05:00January 15, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |
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Wausau, Wisconsin (Kind Of) Banned Snowball Fights For Over A Century

Today in 2020, Wausau, Wisconsin's long-running and notorious ban on snowball fights was finally off the books! Though there was actually more to the story than the uproar suggested.

By |2025-01-31T07:47:54-05:00January 14, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |
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A County In Texas Officially Greeted People With “Heaven-o” Instead Of “Hello”

Today in 1997, the commissioners of Kleberg County, Texas voted to do away with the word “hello,” and replace it with a more positive alternative.

By |2025-01-13T06:56:15-05:00January 13, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |
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Greenland Starts The New Year With Visits From Silent Masked Visitors

The new year tradition of Mitaarfik in Greenland features a bunch of people in masks hanging out in your house without saying a word.

By |2025-01-03T07:45:09-05:00January 3, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |
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A Lawmaker Tried To Get Americans To Eat Hippo Meat, AKA “Lake Bacon”

About this time in 1910, a member of Congress thought the next big food trend would be hippo meat. 

By |2025-01-02T07:04:46-05:00January 2, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |
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Happy New Year, Happy Same Galactic Year

Today marks the start of another Earth orbit around the sun, but there's also something called the galactic year, and that one just keeps going and going and going.

By |2025-01-02T07:22:41-05:00January 1, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |
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