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When Planes Were Grounded On 9-11, People Came Together To Get A Donor Liver To A Baby For A Life-Saving Transplant (Cool Weird Awesome 1307)
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When Planes Were Grounded On 9-11, People Came Together To Get A Donor Liver To A Baby For A Life-Saving Transplant (Cool Weird Awesome 1307)

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When Planes Were Grounded On 9-11, People Came Together To Get A Donor Liver To A Baby For A Life-Saving Transplant (Cool Weird Awesome 1307)

Today in 2001, while the world watched a tragedy unfold, there was an amazing story happening far from those sites: an effort to help a six month old baby get a transplant that would save her life.

By Brady Carlson|2024-09-11T07:49:38-04:00September 11, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: medicine, September 11 2001, transplants|

An NFL Team Drafted Norm Michael In College, But He Didn’t Find Out Until 55 Years Later (Cool Weird Awesome 1306)
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An NFL Team Drafted Norm Michael In College, But He Didn’t Find Out Until 55 Years Later (Cool Weird Awesome 1306)

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An NFL Team Drafted Norm Michael In College, But He Didn’t Find Out Until 55 Years Later (Cool Weird Awesome 1306)

Today in 1999, a news report about how Norm Michael was drafted by the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles. The catch? He'd been drafted in 1944.

By Brady Carlson|2024-09-10T06:22:56-04:00September 10, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: football, musical instruments, Sports, sports history|

Colonel Sanders Was The Face Of KFC, And Occasionally Its Vocal Critic (Cool Weird Awesome 1305)
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Colonel Sanders Was The Face Of KFC, And Occasionally Its Vocal Critic (Cool Weird Awesome 1305)

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Colonel Sanders Was The Face Of KFC, And Occasionally Its Vocal Critic (Cool Weird Awesome 1305)

Today in 1890, the birthday of Colonel Harland Sanders, the founder and public face of Kentucky Fried Chicken, and who, for a while, was also a pretty big critic of the fast food brand he started.

By Brady Carlson|2024-09-09T06:55:41-04:00September 9, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: Colonel Sanders, fast food, food, food history, Kentucky Fried Chicken|

Pacemaker Pioneer Wilson Greatbatch Helped Millions Of Hearts (Cool Weird Awesome 1304)
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Pacemaker Pioneer Wilson Greatbatch Helped Millions Of Hearts (Cool Weird Awesome 1304)

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Pacemaker Pioneer Wilson Greatbatch Helped Millions Of Hearts (Cool Weird Awesome 1304)

Today in 1919, the birthday of Wilson Greatbatch, who made implantable pacemakers a reality for millions of patients. A pretty big legacy for a guy who considered himself a “humble tinkerer.”

By Brady Carlson|2024-09-06T07:01:03-04:00September 6, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: beer, inventions, Manitowoc WI, medicine|

A Group Of Teens Got Stranded On A Pacific Island For 15 Months, And Never Went All “Lord Of The Flies” On Each Other (Cool Weird Awesome 1303)
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A Group Of Teens Got Stranded On A Pacific Island For 15 Months, And Never Went All “Lord Of The Flies” On Each Other (Cool Weird Awesome 1303)

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A Group Of Teens Got Stranded On A Pacific Island For 15 Months, And Never Went All “Lord Of The Flies” On Each Other (Cool Weird Awesome 1303)

This month in 1966, an extraordinary rescue of a group of students who had gotten stranded on a remote island in the Pacific Ocean and managed to live there successfully for over a year.

By Brady Carlson|2024-09-05T06:52:01-04:00September 5, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: islands, Scotland, stone skimming, Tonga|

Baby Food Giant Gerber Once Sold Jars Of Mushed Up Food For Adults (Cool Weird Awesome 1302)
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Baby Food Giant Gerber Once Sold Jars Of Mushed Up Food For Adults (Cool Weird Awesome 1302)

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Baby Food Giant Gerber Once Sold Jars Of Mushed Up Food For Adults (Cool Weird Awesome 1302)

Long before people on the internet came up with the baby food diet, there was this.

By Brady Carlson|2024-09-04T06:59:36-04:00September 4, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: Bowers PA, festivals, food, food history|

Charles Downing Lay, America’s Olympic Medalist In Town Planning (Cool Weird Awesome 1301)
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Charles Downing Lay, America’s Olympic Medalist In Town Planning (Cool Weird Awesome 1301)

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Charles Downing Lay, America’s Olympic Medalist In Town Planning (Cool Weird Awesome 1301)

Today in 1877, the birthday of Charles Downing Lay. He won the first American medal at the 1936 Olympics, for…. town planning?

By Brady Carlson|2024-09-03T08:01:57-04:00September 3, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: apples, festivals, Olympics, South Carolina|

Did A Department Store Really Keep A Guy On Staff To Be “Fired” In Front Of Angry Customers? (Cool Weird Awesome 1300)
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Did A Department Store Really Keep A Guy On Staff To Be “Fired” In Front Of Angry Customers? (Cool Weird Awesome 1300)

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Did A Department Store Really Keep A Guy On Staff To Be “Fired” In Front Of Angry Customers? (Cool Weird Awesome 1300)

For this Labor Day holiday we pay tribute to what may have been the strangest ways to make a living in its time: the so-called "department store scapegoat" who was kept on staff to be "fired" from time to time.