2 04, 2025

Scientists Sent A Diaper-Wearing Ferret Named Felicia Through A Particle Accelerator

By |2025-04-02T07:50:16-04:00April 2, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

It's National Ferret Day, and so here’s the story of a ferret named Felicia who made an unusual contribution to the field of physics.

2 04, 2024

Communist Countries Thought The TV Show “Dallas” Would Scare Citizens Away From Capitalism, But It Backfired

By |2024-12-08T15:28:58-05:00April 2, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

The iconic TV show was just supposed to be a miniseries, but it kept winning over audience after audience - even some behind the Iron Curtain.

2 04, 2021

Here’s How The Pencil Left Its Mark On The World

By |2024-12-15T15:43:47-05:00April 2, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |

Today in 1827, Joseph Dixon began manufacturing pencils at his factory in Salem, Massachusetts, so it's a good day to go back through the centuries and centuries that helped make the pencil what it is now.

2 04, 2020

Could You Be The New Voice Of Big Tex?

By |2024-12-08T15:30:08-05:00April 2, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

They’re holding auditions for the next voice of Big Tex, the 55 foot tall cowboy that’s the embodiment of the Texas State Fair. He's joined forces with the X-Men and survived catching on fire, not he just needs someone to help him talk about his long career.

2 04, 2013

Thanks, Robert Remini, For The Bloodcurdling Andrew Jackson Stories

By |2024-04-02T09:23:13-04:00April 2, 2013|Categories: Blog, Dead Presidents|Tags: , , |

I don't pretend that my work is anything like yours, but your work is making my work much more interesting.

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