Doug Hegdahl’s Razor-Sharp Memory Helped Hundreds Of American POWs In Vietnam

By using his incredibly sharp memory, Douglas Hegdahl was able to memorize (and later share) information about hundreds of American POWs, in the hopes of keeping them safer and healthier until they could come home.

By |2024-12-08T17:09:52-05:00November 11, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Emma Gatewood Hiked The Appalachian Trail Three Times, And Not Quite “Just For The Heck Of It”

On National Take A Hike Day, we salute Emma "Grandma" Gatewood, who, in her 60s, became the first woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail.

By |2024-12-03T07:32:51-05:00November 17, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

How The Baby Sitters Club Became The Book Series All The 80s Kids Were Reading (Cool Weird Awesome 333)

Netflix is about to release a show based on The Baby-Sitters Club I used to re-shelve all the time at the public library where I worked. Here's the story of how the series came to life.

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