Debates Can Always Be Worse, Ask The Guy Who Poured Water On The Audience

If you've read the negative reviews about last week's debate, know that there are other stories of candidate face-offs gone wrong in the history books - like the one in Arkansas that left the audience all wet.

By |2024-12-16T10:41:43-05:00October 5, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

“Fordite” Is The Gem Made From Paint At Auto Factories

Back in the days when auto workers spray painted new vehicles, excess paint would harden and accumulate into a substance that looked like colorful gemstones. Jewelers have been making works of art out of "fordite" ever since.

By |2024-12-13T07:36:44-05:00October 1, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

An Art Project Is Taking Photos Over A Thousand Years

Sometimes it's good to rethink how we understand time, like Tahoe Timescape, a project to take photographs over one thousand years.

By |2024-12-16T10:24:55-05:00September 3, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

The Letters of the English Alphabet Weren’t Added in Alphabetical Order

Amazingly, the English alphabet added its last letter in 1524, and no, that letter wasn't Z. We'll explain how an Italian grammarian convinced the world to add one more letter to the list.

By |2024-12-15T09:45:25-05:00May 26, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Michelangelo Knew Human Anatomy Better Than Medical Science Did

Michelangelo’s David has been one of the best-known works of art for centuries because of its extraordinary detail. Last week we learned it may be even more detailed than we knew.

By |2024-12-07T19:13:29-05:00January 7, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |
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