Rip The Dog Helped Rescue Londoners From Bomb Damaged Buildings During The Blitz

It's National Dog Day, so let’s talk about a dog who definitely found a way to carry on during World War II: Rip the dog, who rescued Londoners from rubble after Nazi bombing raids.

By |2025-08-26T07:48:48-04:00August 26, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

The Great Moon Hoax Showed Misinformation Spread In The 19th Century Much Like It Does Today

Today in 1835, the start of a six-part series in the New York Sun newspaper about fantastical creatures living on the moon. It wasn't true, but it was wildly popular.

By |2025-08-25T08:37:50-04:00August 25, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

A Formerly Enslaved Man Roasted His Former Master In A Classic Letter

Today in 1865, newspapers published "Letter From A Freedman To His Old Master," Jordan Anderson's note perfect response to a guy who probably shouldn’t have written to him in the first place. 

By |2025-08-22T08:30:08-04:00August 22, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

Isabel Morgan Unlocked The Mysteries Of Polio On The Road To A Vaccine

Today in 1911, the birthday of Isabel Morgan, a scientist and researcher whose breakthroughs in polio helped protect millions of kids from that terrible disease.

By |2025-08-21T07:54:18-04:00August 20, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Potatoes Have Made Their Contribution To World Peace

The potato’s influence stretches out well beyond French fries and tater tots. In fact, there was a study in 2017 that said the potato helped keep the peace in Europe for centuries. 

By |2025-08-19T08:47:36-04:00August 19, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” Was Partly Based On Real Bird Weirdness

Today in 1961, a news report in the Santa Cruz Sentinel about a strange bird event along the coast of California that ended up shaping an iconic movie about a strange bird event.

By |2025-08-18T10:48:03-04:00August 18, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

An All-Inmate Baseball Team Became Known As The “Death Row All-Stars”

Win or go home? A group of inmates in Wyoming thought they faced something even worse when they went onto the field.

By |2025-08-16T06:48:49-04:00August 16, 2025|Categories: Cruel Weird Awful, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

When Eating With A Fork Was Scandalous

https://open.spotify.com/episode/508Ifp7yvnDAIqSVY4PB4f?si=ad25dde2da2a4721 it’s National Spork Day! The spoon/fork mashup got its start in the 1800s, so it’s a newbie compared to more utensils. The knife has been around since the [...]

By |2025-08-15T07:13:59-04:00August 15, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |
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