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Indiana Bell Rotated And Moved Its Office Building – And Kept Working There During The Move (Cool Weird Awesome 634)
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Indiana Bell Rotated And Moved Its Office Building – And Kept Working There During The Move (Cool Weird Awesome 634)

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Indiana Bell Rotated And Moved Its Office Building – And Kept Working There During The Move (Cool Weird Awesome 634)

This week in 1930, a phone utility in Indianapolis started moving its headquarters and rotating the building 90 degrees, all while keeping service going for customers and workers in the building. Plus: a state with no sharks brags that it has the fewest shark attacks of any state.

By Brady Carlson|2021-10-14T06:51:53-04:00October 14, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: Colorado, history, Indianapolis IN, sharks|

In This Town, The Pay Phones Are Going To Ring At The Same Time, For Art (Cool Weird Awesome 500)

It's our 500th episode! We're celebrating with a visit to the Compass Festival in Leeds, which will feature an art installation that will ring many of the community's pay phones at exactly the same time.

By Brady Carlson|2024-03-19T09:33:32-04:00March 19, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: ballooning, balloons, festivals, Indianapolis IN, Leeds UK, telephones|

The‌ ‌Big‌ ‌Muddy‌ ‌Monster‌ ‌Ran‌ ‌Wild‌ ‌In‌ ‌Murphysboro‌ ‌(Cool‌ ‌Weird‌ ‌Awesome‌ ‌329)‌ ‌

On this day in 1973, a couple in Murphysboro, Illinois reported seeing a tall, hairy, extremely smelly creature that over time became known as The Big Muddy Monster. But what the heck was it?

By Brady Carlson|2024-01-18T10:56:32-05:00June 26, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: Elvis Presley, historic markers, Indianapolis IN, monsters, Murphysboro IL|