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Monkeys Follow Some Of The Same Economic Principles As Humans Do

Today in 2005,  the release of a study that found something interesting: monkeys appeared to have some of the same economic ideas that humans have, especially when it comes to something known as loss aversion.

By |2025-06-20T07:44:00-04:00June 20, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

How The Juneteenth Holiday Spread From Galveston, To Texas, To The Whole United States

Holidays don't just show up; people make them happen. Here's the story of how a commemoration of a key moment in ending the institution of slavery eventually became a national holiday across the United States.

To Get Kids To Eat Their Veggies, A Company Sold A Line Called “I Hate Peas”

For National Eat Your Vegetables Day, the story of the time a company tried to get kids to eat French fry-shaped versions of dinner table vegetables, but with a name that may not have done them any favors.

By |2025-06-17T08:53:58-04:00June 17, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

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: , , , |
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