Alexander Graham Bell Invented A “Photophone” That Sent Sound On Beams Of Light (Cool Weird Awesome 1250)

Alexander Graham Bell is best known for the telephone, but he thought his light-based calling system, the photophone was way more important... so much so that he even tried to name his daughter Photophone Bell.

By |2024-06-03T07:46:06-04:00June 3, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

The US Rationed Shoes During World War II, So People Made Footwear Out Of Old Firehoses

Today in 1943, the US announced it would start rationing shoes to save rubber and leather for the troops in World War II. People on the home front found ways to make shoes out of alternative materials.

By |2024-12-02T08:52:40-05:00February 7, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , , |

In Wartime, Knitters Have Used Their Skills For Spying (Cool Weird Awesome 1024)

Happy belated National Knitting In Public Day. Hopefully it’s not too late to tell the story of how knitters have turned their abilities into secret codes to help their countries. 

By |2023-11-22T08:44:34-05:00June 12, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |

Rhinelander, Wisconsin Is America’s Hodag Headquarters (Cool Weird Awesome 81)

Wisconsin’s most fearsome folk monster has been in Harry Potter and tangled with the Scooby Gang, but the Hodag is beloved in the community of Rhinelander.

By |2024-05-30T08:56:23-04:00July 11, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , , |
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