Sign Spinning Isn’t Just A Job, It’s A Sport (Cool Weird Awesome 927)

Tomorrow in Las Vegas, the 2023 AArrow Sign Spinners competition begins, with elite-level sign spinners showing off their best moves.

By |2024-01-13T08:09:49-05:00January 13, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

When 28,800 Rubber Duckies Fell Into The Pacific Ocean (Cool Weird Awesome 691)

Today in 1992, the Pacific Ocean filled up with rubber duckies, thanks to a storm that knocked some shipping containers off a cargo boat. We'll explain how the Friendly Floatees went from accidental oceangoers to the stuff of movies and picture books.

By |2024-01-10T18:44:38-05:00January 10, 2022|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , |

Getting All Our Robot Ducks In A Row (Cool Weird Awesome 79)

In Japan, there's a little white robot swimming through rice fields, imitating a duck! It's actually helping to grow the rice by aerating the water and stopping weeds from growing.

By |2024-07-09T07:34:01-04:00July 9, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

We Have A Lot Of UFO Historical Markers Now (Cool Weird Awesome 77)

Towns that have their own UFO stories have been increasingly playing up those stories, including through historic markers.

By |2024-07-05T08:07:24-04:00July 5, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |
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