The Man Versus Horse Marathon Is Pretty Much What The Name Suggests

Tomorrow in Wales, a race where there are human runners and horses with riders on the same course, trying to get to the finish line ahead of each other. And it all started with an argument in a pub.

By |2025-06-13T08:15:08-04:00June 13, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Easy Listening Emerged From When Radio Programmers Tried To Target Women

Today in 1971 that the magazine Record World published an article about a new and very chill radio format that was the precursor of Easy Listening.

By |2025-06-12T06:41:38-04:00June 12, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

The Centuries-Long Quest To Choose A Punctuation Mark For Irony And Sarcasm

The history of punctuation is full of efforts to choose a mark that would make it clear to readers when the writer is being ironic or sarcastic.

By |2025-06-11T09:30:49-04:00June 11, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |

The US Once Had A National Raisin Reserve

Today in 2013, the US Supreme Court issued a ruling that put an end to something called the National Raisin Reserve. Here's why the US used to have a massive government stockpile of raisins. 

By |2025-06-10T06:47:36-04:00June 10, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Pope Stephen VI Put A Papal Cadaver On Trial For Heresy

We start our third season with a timely story, about a new pope. Though unlike popes of this time, this one decided the best way to use his new job was to exhume his predecessor’s remains and put them on trial for heresy.

By |2025-06-07T13:45:44-04:00June 7, 2025|Categories: Cruel Weird Awful, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

As The Allies Stormed The Beaches On D-Day, Bill Millin Played The Bagpipes

Today in 1944, D-Day, the largest invasion force ever. There were hundreds of thousands of troops, tens of thousands of vehicles, over 100,000 tons of equipment, and at least one guy playing bagpipes.

By |2025-06-06T08:05:31-04:00June 6, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

When Teenager Michael Chang Beat The World’s Top Tennis Player At The French Open

Today in 1989, an up and coming 17 year old tennis player faced off against the world's number one, plus fatigue, muscle cramps and more, and still found a way to pull off a huge upset.

By |2025-06-05T21:04:17-04:00June 5, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

Tyromancy Is The Practice Of Fortune Telling Through Cheese

It's National Cheese Day, and while cheese is one of the world’s most influential foods, that's not the whole story. Some people claim that they can tell the future through cheese. 

By |2025-06-04T10:42:33-04:00June 4, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Living Wall Coatings Could Make City Buildings Greener

Researchers in Austria and Slovenia have been developing a set of living surfaces to apply to the sides of buildings, that can filter pollutants and capture carbon from the air, and maybe even repair cracks to the buildings' exteriors.

By |2025-06-03T09:09:00-04:00June 3, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |
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