In The Early 20th Century, Some Americans Thought Tipping Was Horrible (Cool Weird Awesome 1292)

When tipping first came to the US, it had lots of opponents, sometimes for opposing reasons.

By |2024-08-14T08:55:39-04:00August 14, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

Scientists Flipped Coins 350,757 Times To See If The Results Were 50/50 (Cool Weird Awesome 1106)

Flip a standard coin and you’ve got a 50 percent chance of heads and a 50 percent chance of tails, right? Well, there’s new research out that says… maybe not quite.

By |2023-10-11T10:12:42-04:00October 11, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

The US Almost Had Coins Worth A Tenth Of A Cent (Cool Weird Awesome 1061)

Around this time in 1935, the US government was making a big decision about some small amounts of money: there was a push to create a kind of currency worth a tenth of a cent. 

By |2024-08-02T08:01:33-04:00August 2, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Pennies Were First Used Back When A Penny Was Worth Something, By Golly (Cool Weird Awesome 960)

Today in 1793, the U.S. Mint issued its first circulating coins, which were one-cent pieces. Here's a little bit about how we got the penny and some of its most memorable designs.

By |2024-03-01T08:52:46-05:00March 1, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Each Year, London Pays Rent To The Crown For Land That’s… Somewhere (Cool Weird Awesome 863)

The UK has lots of traditions. Here's another one: once a year, sometime between about now and mid November, the city of London pays rent to the Crown for several pieces of land in what’s called the Ceremony of Quit Rents.

By |2024-10-11T06:53:02-04:00October 11, 2022|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Buy A Box Of Cereal, Get A Square Inch Of Land In The Yukon

It was on this day in 1955 that began a promotional campaign for the ages: where you could buy a box of cereal and find a deed to some land inside each specially marked box.

By |2024-12-05T08:51:46-05:00January 27, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Australia’s Biggest Little Spelling Error (Cool Weird Awesome 38)

Australians have been laughing, cursing, sighing and facepalming over a misspelled word on the newest printing of the Australian $50 dollar note.

By |2024-05-13T09:15:39-04:00May 13, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |
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