Today in 1882 inventor Maria Beasley received the patent for a collapsible life raft. But Beasley was one of those inventors who came up with idea after idea in a bunch of fields, so there's lots more to her story.
For National Have A Coke Day, a look at the time a few decades ago when Coke encouraged people not to drink something great, but to choose OK Soda.
One way you could celebrate National No Pants Day today is to put on a Roman toga or tunic, though the ancient Romans actually did a 180 on pants. Here's why they were for them after they were against them.
Yes, today is a day in the month of May, but that's not where the international distress call "Mayday" comes from. We'll fill you in on the actual backstory.
On today's show we’re uncorking a new method to treat oil spills with cork and lasers, an unexpected and potentially greener combination.
Washington State University researchers have come up with another e-tongue, and this one can quickly sense the compounds that show up when wine is spoiling.
For International English Language Day, the story of the most unusual guide to the language ever published, the one called “English As She Is Spoke.”
Around this time in 2012, Tampa, Florida declared that “The Historic Tampa Cuban Sandwich” was the city’s signature sandwich. People in Miami weren't thrilled about this, because they insist their Cuban is the historic one.
Today in 1981, the Pawtucket Red Sox and Rochester Red Wings started playing a minor league game, and it just kept going and going and going, eventually becoming the longest ever.
This month in 2023, a big moment in the life of an eagle named Murphy, who had become internet famous for raising a rock.
