Önneköp Is A Micronation In Sweden That Celebrates “Cuckoo-Coffee”

Today is National Coffee Day, and there is a micronation in Sweden that has a cup of coffee on its flag, along with a cuckoo bird. Which should tell you that this is no ordinary place.

By |2025-09-29T08:03:03-04:00September 29, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |

Nadia Sparkes Started Picking Up Litter On The Way To School And Became “Trash Girl”

A young person in the UK made pretty much every day a cleanup day.

By |2025-09-19T06:33:05-04:00September 19, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Muslims Pray Toward Mecca – Which Can Be A Challenge For Muslim Astronauts On A Space Station

Scholars and scientists have tried to figure out how to adapt religious traditions astronauts practice on Earth when they're spending time far above our home planet.

By |2025-09-18T09:39:09-04:00September 18, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

The Who’s American TV Debut Really Blew Up, Especially Keith Moon’s Drums

Nobody watching that episode of the show was going to forget an introduction like that.

Why 90s Screen Savers Were Full Of Flying Toasters And Endless Mazes

For IT Professionals Day, the history of the screen saver, which was originally just supposed to keep monitors from getting overworked but eventually took on a whimsical style of their own.

By |2025-09-16T14:20:43-04:00September 16, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

How Pink Floyd Got A Man On Fire Onto An Album Cover

Pink Floyd's album Wish You Were Here is a landmark both musically and visually, thanks to its fiery, one of a kind cover.

Roselle The Guide Dog Helped Her Human Get To Safety During The 9/11 Attacks

Today in 2001, as the world watched the horrific scene in lower Manhattan, a guide dog named Roselle stayed focused on her job, and helped her human get to safety.

By |2025-09-11T17:15:09-04:00September 11, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Why Take A Bath Or A Shower When You Can Hop Into A “Human Washing Machine”?

We have baths and we have showers, but now a company in Japan is offering a pod that it says will wash and dry a person in about 15 minutes.

By |2025-09-10T10:07:14-04:00September 10, 2025|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |
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