William Walker, The Diver Who Saved Winchester Cathedral
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.
Potatoes Could Help Astronauts Build “Cosmic Concrete” On Mars, Or Even Here On Earth
A team at the University of Manchester has developed a kind of “cosmic concrete” for building structures on Mars - and the key ingredient comes from potatoes.
A Chef Got Irritated With A Wealthy Diner And That’s Why We Have Potato Chips
It's National Potato Chip Day, so of course we’re going to take you through the history of potato chips and the story of chef George Crum, the man sometimes called “the Edison of grease.”
A Wooden Clock That Writes Out The Time
Our last show of the year is about the Plock, a very unique clock that doesn’t so much tell the time as it writes the time out.
Potato Owner
Lots of news stories about this world record spud. I guess you could say it's a hot potato.
NestFlix Is The Internet’s Home For Shows Within Shows
Web developer/creator/artist Lynn Fisher's new project is NestFlix, a website that looks like a streaming service but features the fictional shows and movies that are within real world ones.
Boeing Once Used Potatoes To Test In-Flight WiFi
It’s National Aviation Day and National Potato Day, and amazingly, there's a story that brings them both together. Boeing used sacks of potatoes in place of humans when it began testing in-flight WiFi.
Ernest Hemingway’s Brother Tried To Make Half Of A Raft Into A Country
Like his famous brother Ernest, who was born today in 1899, Leicester Hemingway was a novelist and a storyteller. But Leicester did something even Ernest never did: he created his own micronation.
In Belgium, Eating Fries Is Patriotic
Authorities in Belgium are calling on citizens to do their duty and help the country's potato farmers by ordering frites twice a week - fitting, since Belgium is home of the world's only Frietmuseum and considers itself the birthplace of the fried potato.
Mashed Potatoes Left On Her Car
Poor soul.