William Walker, The Diver Who Saved Winchester Cathedral (Cool Weird Awesome 1275)

Today in 1912, high honors for William Walker, who saved the UK’s famous Winchester Cathedral from partial collapse through five years of foundation work… all of which he did underwater.

By |2024-07-15T07:57:06-04:00July 15, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

Samantha Smith, A Kid From Maine Who Tried To Make The Cold War A Little More Peaceful (Cool Weird Awesome 1043)

Today in 1983, the beginning of an unlikely peace mission: a visit to the Soviet Union by a 10 year old from Maine named Samantha Smith.

By |2024-07-07T08:51:28-04:00July 7, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Olm Salamanders Are The Most Chill Creatures On Earth (Cool Weird Awesome 238)

For Valentine's Day, the story of the olm salamander, who will basically sit around and do nothing… unless it’s time for love.

By |2024-02-14T07:05:05-05:00February 14, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Blueberries Are Nature’s Bandages (Cool Weird Awesome 233)

There's a project out of the University of Maine that's found that wild blueberries can help us heal cuts and other wounds.

By |2024-02-07T09:44:11-05:00February 7, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |
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