Who, I Say, Who Could Have Expected Ten Cent Beer Night Would End In A Ballpark Riot (Cruel Weird Awful 27)

Some situations are just destined to go wrong. Like the time in 1974 that Cleveland hosted Ten Cent Beer Night at the ballpark and the game ended in a forfeit/drunken riot.

By |2024-08-31T10:22:25-04:00August 31, 2024|Categories: Cruel Weird Awful, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

In A Letter From Ancient Babylon, A Teenager Complains To His Mom About Clothes (Cool Weird Awesome 1271)

On this National Fashion Day, we have a letter from 3,800 years ago that shows some things never change, like teenagers nagging their parents for a fancier set of clothes. 

By |2024-07-09T07:17:36-04:00July 9, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Leonardo da Vinci, Inventor of the Resume (Cool Weird Awesome 1221)

Today in 1452, the birthday of Leonardo da Vinci, the painter of the Mona Lisa, namesake of a code (and a ninja turtle) and, according to Fast Company, the inventor of the resume.

By |2024-04-15T09:35:22-04:00April 15, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Legendary Physicists Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard Once Teamed Up To Design A Refrigerator (Cool Weird Awesome 1203)

For Alfred Einstein's birthday, the story of how he and fellow prominent physicist Leo Szilard co-designed a unique kind of refrigerator in the 1920s.

By |2024-03-14T08:10:36-04:00March 14, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

The Day The Sun Left New England (Cool Weird Awesome 301)

This day in 1780 was a very strange day for New England. The sun decided to leave the sky around 10 in the morning, leaving everything pitch black and scaring the heck out of the locals.

By |2024-05-19T08:35:37-04:00May 19, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

Dear Family, Camp Is The Worst, That’s The Entire Letter (Cool Weird Awesome 98)

There's an Instagram account called Homesickdotcom, which shares photos of the hilarious letters kids at camp send their parents when they maybe don’t want to be at camp.

By |2024-08-05T10:17:39-04:00August 5, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |
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