A Single Tree In New York Grows 40 Different Fruits

For Arbor Day, the story of the Tree of 40 Fruit, a real tree in Syracuse, New York that shows just how many different fruit you can graft onto a single tree.

By |2024-12-16T08:10:51-05:00April 26, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

Kitty Burke Once Batted In A Major League Game

Today in 1935, singer Kitty Burke got up from the crowd at a major league game and took an at-bat. To date, she's the only woman to bat in the majors. 

By |2024-12-15T09:38:09-05:00July 31, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

What Do Video Game Playing Monkeys Have To Do With The Sunk Cost Fallacy?

The sunk-cost fallacy - when we keep at something even when it’s really not worth it anymore, just because we’ve already put so much time or effort in - is a part of human nature. But new research shows it's also a part of the nature of - this is the best part - video game playing monkeys.

By |2024-12-13T06:58:52-05:00January 11, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |
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