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Mill Ends Park In Portland Is The World’s Smallest Park (Cool Weird Awesome 734)
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Mill Ends Park In Portland Is The World’s Smallest Park (Cool Weird Awesome 734)

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Mill Ends Park In Portland Is The World’s Smallest Park (Cool Weird Awesome 734)

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 Brady Carlson|2024-03-17T14:13:37-04:00March 17, 2022|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: art, parks, Peeps, Portland OR, Racine WI|

Old-Time Sports Radio Used To Give The Audience Diagrams (Cool Weird Awesome 216)
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Old-Time Sports Radio Used To Give The Audience Diagrams (Cool Weird Awesome 216)

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Old-Time Sports Radio Used To Give The Audience Diagrams (Cool Weird Awesome 216)

On this day in 1927, the BBC tried something new for their broadcast of a rugby match between England and Wales: they partnered with Radio Times magazine to publish a diagram of a rugby pitch to help the audience follow the action.

By Brady Carlson|2024-09-19T08:40:49-04:00January 15, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: hats, magazines, museums, Portland OR, radio, Sports|