Kitty Burke Once Batted In A Major League Game (Cool Weird Awesome 1059)
Today in 1935, singer Kitty Burke got up from the crowd at a major league game and took an at-bat. To date, she's the only woman to bat in the majors.
I get messagries
Today's very unsuspicious email.
A Wristband Can Help Keep Firefighters Healthy (Cool Weird Awesome 788)
Firefighting is dangerous work, in part because of the exposure to dangerous chemicals. Researchers are learning more about those exposures thanks to a simple silicone wristband.
An Email Mixup Led To A Very Strange Welsh Road Sign (Cool Weird Awesome 645)
This week in 2008, local officials in Swanzey tried to get English-to-Welsh translation for a road sign they wanted to put up. They got a Welsh sentence in response, but it wasn't what they thought. Plus: today in 1969, the first network message on ARPANET goes through, though without a few key letters.
It’s A Trending Thing
The phishing email person is really phoning it in today.