28 06, 2023

The Wild History Of The White House Telephone (Cool Weird Awesome 1036)

By |2023-06-28T09:51:54-04:00June 28, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Today in 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes got a phone installed at the White House. It's been used to make landmark deals, shape the course of world events, and even say hi to astronauts on the moon. And Lyndon Johnson infamously used that phone to talk to a tailor.

23 05, 2023

French President Paul Deschanel Once Fell Out Of A Moving Train (Cool Weird Awesome 1010)

By |2023-05-23T11:57:58-04:00May 23, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Sometime on this night in 1920 the president of France fell out of a moving train. And the story got weirder from there. 

18 04, 2023

Gregory Robertson Saved An Unconscious Skydiver After A High-Speed Dive (Cool Weird Awesome 990)

By |2023-04-18T07:49:47-04:00April 18, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

He called it just another day of skydiving, but today in 1987, Gregory Robertson saved a fellow skydiver’s life with a high-speed free fall of more than a mile.

20 03, 2023

Ulysses, Kansas, The Town That Moved A Couple Miles Down The Road (Cool Weird Awesome 973)

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Today in 1873, the town of Ulysses, Kansas was first established - but not where you’ll find the modern day town of Ulysses, Kansas. We'll explain why they moved, just a few decades after putting themselves on the map.

18 01, 2023

Banning Sliced Bread Was Not The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread (Cool Weird Awesome 930)

By |2023-01-18T09:51:00-05:00January 18, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

Today in 1943, the US government tried to help the war effort in a way that did NOT go over well. They tried to halt the sales of sliced bread.

1 01, 2023

Betsy Ross May Not Have Made The First Flag, But She Really Did Make Flags (Cool Weird Awesome 917)

By |2023-01-02T08:48:32-05:00January 1, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Today in 1752, the birthday of the woman known today as Betsy Ross. The legend goes that after meeting with General George Washington, Mrs. Ross put together the very first version of what would become the flag of the United States. Historians are pretty sure that’s just a legend, but there are reasons why the story came to be.

23 11, 2022

President Franklin Pierce Got An Acclaimed Author To Write His Campaign Biography (Cool Weird Awesome 894)

By |2022-11-23T14:26:58-05:00November 23, 2022|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Today in 1804, the birthday of President Franklin Pierce. He's not well known today, but in his time, people learned about the 14th president through a biography written by the acclaimed novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne.

28 10, 2022

Why Audiences Throw Things At The Stage, Though Obviously They Shouldn’t (Cool Weird Awesome 876)

By |2022-10-28T08:45:22-04:00October 28, 2022|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Today in 1883, a bizarre headline in the New York Times: “Actor Demoralized By Tomatoes.” Why have audiences thrown tomatoes and other foods at performers?

3 10, 2022

The U.S. Had An Aunt Sammy As Well As An Uncle Sam (Cool Weird Awesome 857)

By |2022-10-03T08:06:50-04:00October 3, 2022|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

Today in 1926, America’s aunt made her debut on the airwaves. That would be Aunt Sammy, who gave cooking tips to millions of listeners in the early days of radio.

29 09, 2022

The Original Declaration Of Independence Had A Rough Century Or So (Cool Weird Awesome 855)

By |2022-09-29T09:06:59-04:00September 29, 2022|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

Today in 1921, President Warren Harding issued an executive order that would finally protect the United States’ most important documents after decades of wear and tear.

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