An All-Inmate Baseball Team Became Known As The “Death Row All-Stars”

Win or go home? A group of inmates in Wyoming thought they faced something even worse when they went onto the field.

By |2025-08-16T06:48:49-04:00August 16, 2025|Categories: Cruel Weird Awful, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Which Horse Is On Wyoming’s License Plate? It’s Complicated

Wyoming's license plates feature a silhouette of a cowboy riding a bucking horse. The story of which horse and which rider inspired that silhouette is a bit of a bumpy ride.

By |2025-07-11T07:26:43-04:00July 10, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Ada Lovelace Was The First Computer Programmer, And Almost The First Computer Musician

Today's the birthday of Ada Lovelace, known as the first computer programmer. She also dreamed up the idea of generating music through a computer program, so if you've ever made music with a synthesizer, you're following in her footsteps.

By |2024-12-10T06:50:51-05:00December 10, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |
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