The “Logan Bar” Was Not-So-Sweet Chocolate And That’s Just How The US Military Wanted It (Cool Weird Awesome 1335)

For National Chocolate Day, the story of a World War II-era chocolate bar that wasn't too sweet, and that’s exactly how it was supposed to be. 

By |2024-10-28T07:07:36-04:00October 28, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Every July 1 Is A Million Dollar Day For Baseball’s Bobby Bonilla (Cool Weird Awesome 1265)

Longtime baseball fans know this is the day each year that former star Bobby Bonilla gets more than a million bucks from the New York Mets, as part of the strangest salary deal the sport's ever seen.

By |2024-07-01T08:13:45-04:00July 1, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , , |

Raise A Glass Of Red Drink On Juneteenth (Cool Weird Awesome 1029)

There are lots of traditions that come with Juneteenth, like the foods and drinks that end up on the table at Juneteenth parties. A lot of these refreshments include the color red, and that’s on purpose.

Kids In Canada Went On Strike Over The Price Of Candy Bars (Cool Weird Awesome 995)

Today in 1947, the start of a big moment in the history of sweets: kids in Canada protested a hike in chocolate bar prices with what would eventually become known as the Candy Strike.

By |2024-04-25T07:56:44-04:00April 25, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

California Miners Once Tried To Start “The Great Republic Of Rough And Ready” (Cool Weird Awesome 983)

Today in 1850, a man in California decided to start his own country. While it didn’t last, and may not have happened at all, the name is unforgettable: the Great Republic of Rough and Ready.

By |2024-04-07T08:01:47-04:00April 7, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

Before There Were Big Car Sales On Presidents Day, There Were Big Bicycle Sales (Cool Weird Awesome 953)

Today is the observance of President's Day, originally a holiday marking the February 22nd birthday of George Washington, but along the way it also became known as Bicycle Day.

By |2024-02-20T09:06:08-05:00February 20, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

A Little Dryer That Vacuums All The Water Out of Clothes (Cool Weird Awesome 447)

If one of your new year’s resolutions is to see if you can cut down on your energy use, this might be a way to do it: a tabletop laundry dryer that can finish a cycle in just 15 minutes.

By |2024-10-28T07:10:24-04:00December 30, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Cows Prefer Face-To-Face Talking Over Remote, And Don’t We All At This Point (Cool Weird Awesome 407)

We’re not the only species that knows the difference between a face-to-face chat and a remote one. Research out of Vienna shows cows prefer live human voices to recorded ones.

By |2024-10-28T07:14:29-04:00October 28, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Alice Coachman Raised The Bar For Team USA (Cool Weird Awesome 354)

We don’t have the Olympic Games right now, but we can still mark a big Olympic moment that happened on this day in 1948: the day Alice Coachman became the first Black woman to win Olympic gold.

Do Chocolates Taste Better With The Right Music? (Cool Weird Awesome 243)

Washington State University has a Sensory Science Lab that tests all the ways we encounter what we eat and how that can affect how we think it tastes. Now they’re testing whether different kinds of music can affect how we think about chocolate.

By |2024-02-21T06:29:45-05:00February 21, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |
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