Movie Critic Gene Siskel Helped Make A Popcorn Company A Chicago Icon

Today in 1986, a newspaper column by film critic Gene Siskel helped to turn a local snack favorite in Chicago into a signature of the city.

By |2024-12-12T06:12:16-05:00December 12, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Every July 1 Is A Million Dollar Day For Baseball’s Bobby Bonilla

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 |2024-12-10T08:46:39-05:00July 1, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , , |

Cows Prefer Face-To-Face Talking Over Remote, And Don’t We All At This Point

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 |2024-12-10T08:49:27-05:00October 28, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

In Honor Of Rocky And Bullwinkle, We Have Stories About Moose And Squirrel

Today is the 60th anniversary of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, so in their honor, here's a real life moose who inadvertently helped foil a crime.

By |2024-12-10T08:49:00-05:00November 19, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , |
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