Autonomous vehicles have high-tech systems to see “see” what’s around them on the roads. A project in Germany asks if these cars also need to be listening to what’s around them too.
As a Halloween week prank in 1998, DJs in Tennessee said people had to exchange their old $20 bills for the new ones, or they would become worthless.
For World Octopus Day, the story of Otto, who proved that not only is an octopus clever, it can be a little too clever.
Sometimes a cookbook is more than a set of recipes: it’s a window into a culture.
In Japan, even silent films had voices, thanks to live performers known as benshi.
Today in 1932, the London newspaper The Times published its first edition with a brand new typeface: Times New Roman. And it's been a big deal ever since, even in the computer age.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6fsgMxvlC4R9Zr4rKSCRJs?si=ef22d0f6d6ca479b Today in 1998, the debut of the Furby. This toy became a legit 90s phenomenon, one so popular that it actually raise some concerns in the national security [...]
Today in 2008, the state of Maryland formally recognized Smith Island Cake as its official state dessert. It’s yellow cake and chocolate frosting in layers and layers and layers.
William Wrigley, Jr., who made a huge fortune selling little sticks of chewing gum, but that wasn't originally the way he expected to make it big.
Today is National Coffee Day, and there is a micronation in Sweden that has a cup of coffee on its flag, along with a cuckoo bird. Which should tell you that this is no ordinary place.
