How Colorado Got The Colorado River To Run Through Colorado

Today is known in some parts of the American West as Colorado River Day, because of a measure passed in 1921 that redefined what and where the Colorado River was.

By |2024-12-16T07:23:03-05:00July 25, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Hands Across America Brought Together Some Hands Across Some Of America

Today in 1986, Hands Across America! People were supposed to build national unity and help those in need by linking hands in a chain that stretched from sea to shining sea. And at least some of them did.

By |2024-12-10T09:10:04-05:00May 25, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , |

For Michelangelo, Painting The Sistine Chapel Was Literally A Pain

Today in 1475 Michelangelo was born. One of his masterworks was the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, though if a poem he wrote about the job is to be believed, making all that great art was pretty painful.

By |2024-12-07T19:14:17-05:00March 6, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

We Can Send Edible Drones To People While They’re Waiting For A Rescue

Engineers and enthusiasts are finding all kinds of great uses for drones, but this one may top them all: there are now drones with edible wings that can reach and then feed people who are in need of rescue.

By |2024-12-02T08:06:56-05:00December 14, 2022|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |

Sarah Biffin, A 19th Century Painter “Without Hands” Who’s Getting 21st Century Recognition

Today in 2019, the sale of a portrait by 19th Century English miniaturist Sarah Biffin, a renowned artist who was born without full arms or legs and whose life and work are the subject of an exhibition now running in London.

By |2024-12-05T07:54:23-05:00December 5, 2022|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Piano Chords May Help Stop Chronic Nightmares

There's a new technique that could help people trying to fend off chronic nightmares - and it involves playing "neutral" piano chords at just the right times.

By |2024-12-16T08:18:26-05:00November 9, 2022|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

A Mirror From The 16th Century Just Revealed Its Secret

In the collection of the Cincinnati Art Museum, there’s a mirror from 16th Century China that has been keeping a secret for centuries. And, at long last, that secret is out.

By |2024-12-16T09:42:02-05:00July 27, 2022|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , |

Stone Age People Figured Out How To Do A Kind Of Animation

There’s evidence that people in the Stone Age took plaquettes, limestone representations of animals, put them near the fire and watched as the light created a kind of animation. Pretty high-tech stuff for 14,000 years ago.

By |2024-12-07T21:08:16-05:00May 3, 2022|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Mill Ends Park In Portland Is The World’s Smallest Park

Today in 1948 that a guy in Portland, Oregon, dedicated Mill Ends Park, two square feet of green space in the middle of a parkway. It's still the world’s smallest park today.

By |2024-12-08T15:10:37-05:00March 17, 2022|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |
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