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The Tempest Prognosticator Used Leeches To Predict Stormy Weather (Cool Weird Awesome 1218)
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The Tempest Prognosticator Used Leeches To Predict Stormy Weather (Cool Weird Awesome 1218)

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The Tempest Prognosticator Used Leeches To Predict Stormy Weather (Cool Weird Awesome 1218)

Today was the birthday in 1794 of George Merryweather, the inventor of his era’s most fascinating leech-based weather predicting contraption: the tempest prognosticator.

By Brady Carlson|2024-04-10T07:53:37-04:00April 10, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: inventions, leeches, smartphones, weather|

There Was A Movement To Make Sicily Part Of The US
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There Was A Movement To Make Sicily Part Of The US

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There Was A Movement To Make Sicily Part Of The US

On this day in 1943, an interesting headline in the New York Times: “Sicily Vying With Hawaii To Become 49th U.S. State.”

By Brady Carlson|2024-12-02T08:51:44-05:00August 10, 2022|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: American history, Proposed states, Sicily, smartphones, World War II|