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On today's episode, we've got details on the plan to refreeze the Arctic. Plus, could geo-thermal prove to be the renewable energy source we've all been waiting for? And on 'This Day in History', NASA's 1988 plan for a moon base and manned trips to Mars Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff A controversial plan to refreeze the Arctic is seeing promising results. But scientists warn of big risks | CNN The plan to refreeze Arctic ice | The Week Plan to refreeze Arctic sea ice shows promise in first tests | New Scientist The deepest hole on Earth: Inside the race to harness unlimited power from our planet's core TDIH: NASA Offers Plans For Manned Missions - The New York Times TDIH: U.S., 11 Nations Sign Pact for Space Station - Los Angeles Times That’ll do it for another edition of Cool Stuff Ride Home. Connect with us by email using the address [email protected]. Also, like us and leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. I’m Reggie Risseeuw, he’s Marques Pfaff – we’ll be back with more cool stuff tomorrow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A vast reserve of geologic hydrogen was found. Plus, Weird Wednesday has fish getting busy after an earthquake, sculptures with googly eyes, the "Trekkie" license plate that was causing trouble, and a festive car. Also, on This Day in History, we look back at the Piltdown skull hoax. Massive new energy source discovered hiding under Earth’s surface | BBC Science Focus Magazine Northern California earthquake prompts an endangered Death Valley fish species to get busy | Phys.org Stop sticking googly eyes on sculptures says US city - BBC Newsround Woman ticketed thousands of dollars because license matched numbers on ‘Star Trek’ ship | WBAY - ABC 2 Look: Driver stopped in Wyoming for covering car in Christmas lights - UPI.com How the Piltdown Man skull became the greatest hoax in anthropology - History Skills Study reveals culprit behind Piltdown Man, one of science's most famous hoaxes | Science | AAAS How to Solve Human Evolution’s Greatest Hoax | Smithsonian Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Getting your vaccine from a needle could be a thing of the past, as a cream-based vaccine is being developed. Also, how your mental health may have been altered by leaded gas, if you were born before 1996. Plus, on This Day in History, the prize offered for communicating with aliens, however it doesn’t include Martians - as that was thought to be too easy! Stanford scientists transform ubiquitous skin bacterium into a topical vaccine | Stanford Medicine Discovery and engineering of the antibody response to a prominent skin commensal | Nature Born Before 1996? According to Scientists, Leaded Gas May Have Permanently Altered Your Personality | SciTechDaily Lead in gasoline tied to millions of excess mental health disorders: study | NBC News Contribution of childhood lead exposure to psychopathology in the US population over the past 75 years - McFarland - Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry - Wiley Online Library 17 December 1900: The Guzman Prize is announced | MoneyWeek December 17, 1900 The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence – Historical Easter Eggs – Today in History Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Google claims its new quantum chip could prove the existence of parallel universes, new technological advances could aid the decade-long hunt for aviation’s biggest mystery, and on 'This Day in History', the last eruption of Mount Fuji. Google says its new quantum chip indicates that multiple universes exist | TechCrunch Google Says Its New Quantum Chip May Prove Parallel Universes Exist - Newsweek Meet Willow, our state-of-the-art quantum chip The bold new science that could soon solve the greatest mystery in aviation TDIH: It’s Been More Than 300 Years Since Japan’s Breathtaking Mount Fuji Last Erupted | Smithsonian TDIH: Most Recent Eruption of Mount Fuji Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One extinct Great Lakes fish has been discovered alive again … but in the wrong lake. Staying in the animal kingdom, new research suggests animals’ ability to see color evolved BEFORE bright colors emerged in nature, but why? Plus, on This Day in History, the fashion world gets easier as the clip-on tie is invented. 'Extinct' Great Lakes Shortnose Cisco fish discovered in Lake Superior | USA Today Animals Evolved Color Vision before Bright Colors Emerged | Scientific American The Birth of The Clip-On Tie | Pop Culture Madness Iowa History Daily: December 13 - Classy Clinton's Clip-On Tie A Brief History of the Necktie – Center for Careers, Life, and Service | Grinnell College Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new study says that caffeine can boost physical and mental performance, but it added it should be timed wisely to optimize benefits and avoid side effects. Also, new research says that exercise can boost your memory for a full day. Plus, on This Day in History, the first motel is opened. Here's the best (and worst) time to drink your morning caffeine | BBC Science Focus Magazine Short-term cognitive boost from exercise may last for 24 hours | ScienceDaily The World’s First Motel Was a Luxury Establishment, Not a Dive | Smithsonian Motel Inn in San Luis Obispo, the world's first 'mo-tel' | San Luis Obispo Tribune Motel Inn in San Luis Obispo - SoCal Landmarks Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New drones inspired by birds that jump for take-off. It’s Weird Wednesday and Reggie has orcas that are wearing salmon for hats, the Merriam-Webster’s word of the year, and the winner of the Spanish Scrabble Championship who doesn’t speak Spanish. Plus, on This Day in History, Dr. Horace Wells and the first use of anesthetic in dentistry. Bird-inspired drone can jump for take-off | ScienceDaily For Orcas, Dead Salmon Hats Are Back in Fashion | Scientific American No, Orcas Probably Aren't Reviving the 'Dead Salmon Hat' Trend, Despite a Viral Photo, Experts Say. Here's Why | Smithsonian There’s something fishy about a recent sighting of an orca in a salmon ‘hat’ | CNN ‘Polarization’ is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year | AP News He won the Spanish Scrabble championships, yet he doesn’t speak Spanish | CNN Horace Wells | Biography, Anesthesia, & Facts | Britannica Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How training your body to have good habits can change your life for the better and the revolutionary spray-on electronic tattoo that replaces traditional EEG setups, offering a more comfortable and reliable way to monitor brain activity while paving the way for advanced brain-computer interfaces. Plus, on This Day in History; Edmund Halley’s and Isaac Newton’s collaboration on the theory of gravity. Good habits are life-changing: A psychologist's guide to hacking your brain's autopilot Temporary scalp e-tattoos that scan brain could replace traditional EEGs forever Sir Isaac Newton's Principia | American Physical Society Newton’s Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Edmond Halley and Newton’s Principia | Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Researchers have developed a cost-effective solar-powered desalination method using clay minerals to enhance seawater evaporation, potentially providing clean water for billions worldwide and endangered wolves in Ethiopia may also be pollinators for one specific plant. Plus, on This Day in History, we look back at the Kecksburg UFO incident. Billions of People Could Benefit from This Breakthrough in Desalination That Ensures Freshwater for the World A wolf walks into a flower — and appears to pollinate it : NPR These Endangered Wolves Have a Sweet Tooth—and It Might Make Them Rare Carnivorous Pollinators | Smithsonian Wolves may be pollinators as well as predators, study suggests | CNN Canids as pollinators? Nectar foraging by Ethiopian wolves may contribute to the pollination of Kniphofia foliosa - Lai - 2024 - Ecology - Wiley Online Library The Kecksburg UFO incident | History Is case finally closed on 1965 UFO mystery? | NBC News Kecksburg UFO Mystery: 8 Mind-Blowing Documentaries on Pennsylvania's Roswell Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, December 9, 1965 | Enigma Labs Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The restoration of an icon - Notre Dame shows off the new interior after the devastating fire five years ago, and the human-dog bond may be older than we thought. Plus, on This Day in History, the court case and book that helped change obscenity laws. Notre Dame Cathedral unveils its new interior 5 years after devastating fire | AP News How did humans and dogs become friends? Connections in the Americas began 12,000 years ago | University of Arizona News Scientists discover exactly when man and dog became friends | Science Focus Late Pleistocene onset of mutualistic human/canid (Canis spp.) relationships in subarctic Alaska | Science Advances Ulysses | The First Amendment Encyclopedia Obscenity Case Files: United States v. One Book Called “Ulysses” – Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your body’s fat could predict Alzheimer's disease up to 20 years ahead of symptoms, plus a 74-year-old bird might be a mom again. And, on This Day in History, we look back at ARPANET and how it led us to the internet we know today. Hidden fat predicts Alzheimer's 20 years ahead of symptoms | ScienceDaily Wisdom, The World's Oldest Bird, Lays Egg At 74 Years Old After Finding New Mate | IFLScience Wisdom: World's oldest known wild bird lays egg at '74' | BBC Albatross - Description, Habitat, Image, Diet, and Interesting Facts | Animals Network ARPANET - Packet Data, Networking, Internet | Britannica A Brief History of the Internet | Stanford Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s Weird Wednesday and Reggie has the Oxford Word of the Year, fake Gibson guitars, a 'living underwater' record attempt, and a defective candy bar. Plus, on 'This Day in History', Henry Ford’s Peace Ship expedition fails miserably during WWI … or perhaps it did not? We've got the details of this peculiar story featuring the famous industrialist. 'Brain rot' is the Oxford University Press word of the year | AP News Why ‘Brain Rot’ Is 2024’s Word of the Year | Scientific American More than 3,000 fake Gibson guitars seized at Los Angeles port | AP News Watch: German man attempts to break record for living underwater - UPI.com Day 60: Halfway to History! - Ocean Builders German tries to break world record living underwater | Video | 2news.com Man compensated $2.53 after unwrapping smooth Mars bar - UPI.com Smooth Mars bar wins Aylesbury man £2 compensation – and internet fame | UK news | The Guardian TDIH: The Peculiar Case of Henry Ford Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The reason why some human brains don’t rot for thousands of years, and who’s the fool now? Pyrite, or fool’s gold, could fuel our future. Plus, on This Day in History, the first neon lights are displayed in public. Why These Millennia-Old Brains Are So Well Preserved | Scientific American We Used to Make Fun of Fool's Gold. Now, It Might Fuel Our Future | Popular Mechanics How Pyrite Or “Fool’s Gold” Could Be The Fuel Of The Future Thanks To Its Lithium Connection | MSN.com December 1910: Neon lights debut at Paris Motor Show | American Physical Society uksignboards.com - The first neon sign was created in 1910 by French engineer and inventor Georges Claude Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What do you say when you get hurt? We dive into the research around the universal language of pain and how one company is making strides towards the first nuclear fusion reactor. Plus, on This Day in History, the announcement that helped shape the US using the philosophy of “Manifest Destiny”. Expressions of Pain May Have a Common Origin | Scientific American Scientists achieve major milestone with levitating, virtually limitless energy device: 'A feat in and of itself' New Zealand powers half-ton doughnut-shaped Junior for fusion reactor Manifest Destiny ‑ Definition, Facts & Significance | HISTORY Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We learn more about Earth’s short lived second moon and how it may relate to our actual moon, the police are called in to help with math homework, and a New Year’s demolition is approved for one town in Georgia. Plus, on This Day in History, we look back at the Berner's Street Hoax and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Earth's 'mini moon' may have been a chunk of our actual moon | AP News Earth's 'second moon' is just visiting its cosmic parents for Thanksgiving | Space Deputy answers boy’s call for homework; sheriff’s office releases 911 audio | WBAY Wis. deputy responds to assist after 10-year-old calls 911 for help with math homework | Police1 The United Federation of Teachers number - (212) 777-3380 A Georgia city will blow up an old hotel to greet 2025 | AP News Bibb leaders approve Ramada Inn demolition in downtown Macon | 13wmaz.com TDIH: The Berners Street Hoax | History Today TDIIH: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade History: Floats, Balloons & More TDIH: Berners Street Hoax – True or False? Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Turbulence while flying may be getting worse - we’ll look at why this could be happening, and how playing multiplayer video games might make you a better worker. Plus, on This Day in History, we celebrate the first "Day of Publick Thanksgivin." You're not imagining it, flight turbulence is getting worse. | BBC Science Focus Transport Safety Investigation Bureau Preliminary Investigation Findings of Incident Involving SQ321 Multiplayer Online Gaming Associated with Better Teamwork, Problem-Solving at the Office | Good News Network Congress Establishes Thanksgiving | National Archives How George Washington used his first Thanksgiving as president to unite a new country - Government Executive Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How the fossil teeth of an 11-year old helps us understand why humans have an unusually long childhood and one town in Scotland will have a jolt to its budget after discovering a 300-year-old statue. that was being used as a doorstop, is valued at $2M USD. Plus, on This Day in History; Bill Schroeder makes history with the Jarvik-7 artificial heart. These Fossil Teeth From an 11-Year-Old Reveal Clues to Why Humans Developed an Unusually Long Childhood | Smithsonian Did long childhood shape the evolution of the human brain? | Knowridge The secrets of fossil teeth revealed by the synchrotron: A long childhood is the prelude to the evolution of a large brain | ScienceDaily Dental evidence for extended growth in early Homo from Dmanisi | Nature Town Gets Go Ahead to Sell 300-Year-old Marble Bust Found Propping Open a Shed–And Worth $2 Million Bill Schroeder lived 620 days with an artificial heart Bill Schroeder made medical history with artificial heart implant in ‘80s - YouTube Jarvik-7 Artificial Heart | Smithsonian Institution Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scientists reconsider their understanding of shadow after they discover lasers – highly concentrated beams of light – can cast one. And scientists finally have a close-up picture of a star outside our galaxy – and it’s surrounded by something interesting. Plus, on This Day in History, the campaign to make Sean Connery James Bond starts. 'It invites us to reconsider our notion of shadow': Laser beams can actually cast their own shadows, scientists discover | Live Science Lasers That Cast Shadows? Physics Takes a Surprising Turn Shadow of a laser beam Scientists take first ever close-up picture of star outside our galaxy – and see strange structure around it | The Independent Astronomers take the first close-up picture of a star outside our galaxy | ScienceDaily The true story of how Sean Connery became James Bond | The Gentleman's Journal Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New research points to a rare cosmic event just 40 years ago that changes what we know about Uranus’ magnetosphere. Also, scientists create a living, breathing mouse using ancient single-cell genes. Plus, on 'This Day in History'; smoking is banned on domestic flights in the US. Voyager 2’s defining Uranus flyby may have been skewed by a rare cosmic event | CNN We’ve Only Been To Uranus Once And The Freak Timing May Have Misled Us For Years The anomalous state of Uranus’s magnetosphere during the Voyager 2 flyby | Nature Astronomy Scientists recreate mouse from gene older than animal life Twenty-five Years Ago, U.S. Airlines Banned Smoking On Domestic Flights TDIH: Celebrating 25 Years of No Smoking in Airplanes – SEATCA Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s Weird Wednesday, so we are covering scientists that gave rats cars to drive and what was learned from their behavior behind the wheel, King Richard III’s voice is recreated, and the “Four Year Skip-Forward” cruise. Plus, on This Day in History, we look at the TV movie that helped change the course of the Cold War. Neuroscientists taught rats to drive tiny cars. They took them out on 'joy rides.' | Live Science Rats taught to drive tiny cars to lower their stress levels King Richard III given Yorkshire accent using state-of-the-art technology | UK News | Sky News US cruise company offering four-year escape during Trump presidency | US News | Sky News ‘The Day After’: This 1980s TV movie helped change the course of the Cold War | CNN Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How sitting, reclining, or lying down during the day may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Amber is found in Antarctica for the first time and what information can be gained from it. Plus, on This Day in History, we take a look at the Nintendo Wii. Sitting too long can harm heart health, even for active people | ScienceDaily For the first time in history, scientists have found amber fragments in Antarctica, at a depth of 946 meters First discovery of Antarctic amber | Antarctic Science | Cambridge Core 90-million-year-old amber reveals Antarctica's secret past - Earth.com Scientists Find Evidence of an Ancient Rainforest in Antarctica Nintendo Wii (2006-2013) – History of Console Gaming Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The remains of a well-preserved saber-toothed kitten was found in Russia, the discovery of the largest known sea creature, and another “Doomsday Fish” washed ashore in California. Plus, on This Day in History, how the railroads help set the time zones in the United States and the history of Teddy Bears. Well-preserved remains of saber-toothed kitten found frozen in Russian tundra, researchers say - ABC News Mummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia | Scientific Reports The world’s largest coral was discovered in the South Pacific Photos: Scientists discover the world’s largest coral | Vox Another rare 'doomsday fish' discovered off Southern California coast | WFRV When did the United States start using time zones? History of Teddy Bears Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest scam - this one is based around finding a job and how circular homes are standing firm against hurricanes. Plus, on This Day in History, the art advisor to the Queen is exposed in Parliament as a Soviet spy and is stripped of his knighthood. How to protect yourself from scammers offering fake jobs | AP News Cybersecurity Awareness Month: How to stay safe from scams during | AP News ReportFraud.ftc.gov Why you shouldn't store your money in payment apps | AP News Thousands of Circular Homes Are Surviving Hurricanes Across the US Thanks to North Carolina Company True Story of Anthony Blunt, Queen Elizabeth's Art Curator & Russian Spy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The largest object in the asteroid belt may be 90% ice and water and an ancient fossil of a bird skull can help fill the gaps of avian evolution. Plus, on 'This Day in History', we look at the first airplane flight to take off from the deck of a ship. Near-Earth dwarf planet's surface is 90% covered by water - The Brighter Side of News An ancient and impure frozen ocean on Ceres implied by its ice-rich crust | Nature Astronomy Bird brain from the age of dinosaurs reveals roots of avian intelligence | ScienceDaily The Short, Eventful Life of Eugene B. Ely | Proceedings - January 1981 Vol. 107/1/935 Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A breakthrough breath test could detect lung cancer in the early stages, plus Weird Wednesday has a 77-year-old cake piece sold at auction, gross mystery balls on Sydney's beaches that should be avoided, monkeys captured after escaping a research lab, and a 'Wicked' mistake. Also, on This Day in History, the original Big Ben chimes for the first time. Breakthrough breath test could detect lung cancer early Ultrasensitive In2O3-Based Nanoflakes for Lung Cancer Diagnosis and the Sensing Mechanism Investigated by Operando Spectroscopy | ACS Sensors 77-year-old slice of Queen Elizabeth II's wedding cake sells for $2,800 - UPI.com Watch: Suspected tar balls on Sydney beaches actually poop-filled 'fatbergs' - UPI.com Mysterious black balls that washed up on Sydney beach were foul-smelling mini ‘fatbergs’ | CNN South Carolina lab recaptures 5 escaped monkeys. 13 still loose | AP News 43 monkeys remain on the run from South Carolina lab. CEO thinks they're having an adventure | AP News 2 more escaped monkeys recaptured and enjoying peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in South Carolina | AP News Mattel apologizes for misprint on 'Wicked' doll packaging that links to porngraphic website - UPI.com When Did Big Ben First Bong? | Londonist The recasting of Big Ben - The History Press The History Of Big Ben And Elizabeth Tower In One Chronology | Londonist Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Perhaps STILL the stuff of Science Fiction, physicists explain how time travel could become a reality – and it’s not as 'out there' as you might initially think. Plus, on 'This Day in History'; The first recorded aerial bombing on US soil – and the combatants aren’t who you'd expect. How the Universe’s hidden ‘scars’ could unlock time travel Aerospaceweb.org | Ask Us - First Aerial Bombardment in the US The Caucus Blog of the Illinois House Republicans: Williamson County was a dangerous place in the 1920s Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elephants that may use a hose like a tool…and for a trick, plus your attitude on aging may impact your cognitive skills as you get older. Also, on This Day in History; the first US fraternity and the dedication for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Elephant turns a hose into a sophisticated showering tool | ScienceDaily A Positive Outlook on Aging is Linked to Feeling Sharper Mentally, Says New Study Full article: Just as expected? Older adults’ aging expectations are associated with subjective cognition F. H. C Society (Flat Hat Club) | Special Collections Knowledgebase 4 secret societies you probably don't know about | The Week The Colonial Williamsburg Official History & Citizenship Site Dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier | November 11, 1921 | HISTORY Tomb History Fact Sheet.pdf Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The FDA could pull a common but ineffective cold medicine from the market and new DNA analysis reveals what scientists got wrong about Pompeii. And, on TDIH, the first detachable electric plug in the US. FDA to pull common but ineffective cold medicine from market - CBS News U.S. FDA proposes ending use of popular decongestant present in cold medicines | Reuters DNA From Pompeii Victims Reveals Surprising Relationships Amidst the Chaos (gizmodo.com) First US Detachable Electric Plug – Today in History: November 8 - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project The story of the electric plug | SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention Contact the show - [email protected] Sponsored By Acorns - Head to at acorns.com/cool or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The discovery of a fossilized 'Terror Bird' leg sheds light on the ancient South American ecosystem and a woodpecker’s comeback changes its status from endangered to threatened. Plus, on The Day in History, the White Hurricane of the Great Lakes. Fossil of huge terror bird offers new information about wildlife in South America 12 million years ago | ScienceDaily Red-cockaded woodpeckers' recovery in southeast leads to status change from endangered to threatened | AP News 'White Hurricane': Remembering the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 | Weather.com Remembering the November 1913 "White Hurricane" (weather.gov) The 4 factors that have led to a 'golden age' of discovery for Great Lakes shipwrecks | CBC News Contact the show - [email protected] Sponsored By Acorns - Head to at acorns.com/cool or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Kingdom of Jordan is the first nation in the world to eliminate Leprosy. Weird Wednesday brings us a giant GPS phallus, a chance to buy President George Washington’s hair, and a couple "odd" structures. Plus, on 'This Day in History', the Soviet Union’s five-day week. Jordan Recognized as First in the World to Eradicate Leprosy (goodnewsnetwork.org) UK Man Creates Giant GPS Penis Drawing To Raise Money For Charity (ndtv.com) Lock of Washington's hair and other presidential memorabilia up for auction | Reuters Philippines resort features world's largest chicken-shaped building - UPI.com Giant chicken hotel that’s breaking records « Euro Weekly News A New Zealand city waves goodbye to its 'disturbing' giant hand sculpture that many came to love | AP News For 11 Years, the Soviet Union Had No Weekends | HISTORY Contact the show - [email protected] Sponsored By Acorns - Head to at acorns.com/cool or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Election Day in the United State so we examine why it falls on a Tuesday in November, plus a potential step forward in predicting volcanic activity, and on 'This Day in History', Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot leading to a seemingly ubiquitous mask today. Sponsored By Acorns - Head to at acorns.com/cool or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today! Why Is Election Day a Tuesday in November? New trigger proposed for record-smashing 2022 Tonga eruption | ScienceDaily Something Weird Happened 15 Minutes Before the Giant Tonga Eruption of 2022 (gizmodo.com) The Man Behind the Mask - Guy Fawkes Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A small moon orbiting Uranus may be the latest body in our solar system that could harbor life. New research out of USC suggests a low-sugar diet in utero and in the first two years of life can meaningfully reduce the risk of chronic diseases in adulthood, plus on "This Day in History", the first wagon train arrives in California on this day in 1841. Constraining Ocean and Ice Shell Thickness on Miranda from Surface Geological Structures and Stress Modeling - IOPscience Astronomers Found Something Cold and Wet Near Uranus (gizmodo.com) Study shows Uranus Moon Could Harbor Alien Life in Subterranean Sea (msn.com) Restricting sugar consumption in utero and in early childhood significantly reduces risk of midlife chronic disease TDIH: The First Wagon Train Arrives - Cal@170 by the California State Library 1841 Detail, First Wagon Train West - U.S. History Timeline: The 1840's (americasbesthistory.com) Sponsored By Acorns - Head to at acorns.com/cool or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today! Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scientists spot a star spinning at so fast, it’ll make you dizzy just thinking about it – now the fastest spinning object ever observed and staying in space, another issue for the Voyager 1 probe causes it to use a radio for the first time in over 40 years. Plus, on This Day in History, the motion picture rating system is unveiled – you may be surprised to hear what we using before the familiar classifications of “G” “PG”, "PG-13", "R", and "NC-17". One of the fastest-spinning stars in the Universe | ScienceDaily Voyager 1 Ghosts NASA, Forcing Use of Backup Radio Dormant Since 1981 (gizmodo.com) The Hays Code: History, Rules, and Why It Ended | Backstage History (filmratings.com) Contact the show - [email protected] Thank you to our sponsors! This episode is brought to you by Incogni. Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code COOLSTUFF at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/coolstuff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new study examines the connection between earthquakes and geysers. Evidence mounts that dark matter – something that's long perplexed scientists -- originates with black holes. Plus, on 'This Day in History'; the first coast-to-coast highway is dedicated in the US. Earthquakes might trigger Yellowstone's Steamboat geyser : NPR Evidence mounts for dark energy from black holes TDIH: America's First Transcontinental Highway Turns 100 : NPR TDIH: The Lincoln Highway | FHWA (dot.gov) Contact the show - [email protected] Thank you to our sponsors! This episode is brought to you by Incogni. Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code COOLSTUFF at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/coolstuff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why social species live longer than their solitary counterparts. Plus, Weird Wednesday has an Artisan Cheese Thief, More Drugs on Pizza, and a potential lawsuit from an elephant? On This Day in History, we look at Intel’s Pentium Bug of 1994. More social species live longer | ScienceDaily Artisan cheese seller in a pickle after thieves made off with massive cheddar haul | AP News Pizza inadvertently infused with THC sickens dozens in Wisconsin | AP News Can an elephant sue to leave a zoo? Colorado's top court must now decide | AP News Rare dime bought by Ohio farm family and hidden for decades fetches $500,000 at auction | AP News Mathematician Finds Intel's Pentium Doesn't Compute : Technology: A flaw that the company failed to disclose in June causes errors in complex calculations. - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) Contact the show - [email protected] Thank you to our sponsors! This episode is brought to you by Incogni. Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code COOLSTUFF at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/coolstuff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scientists reverse brain aging in fruit flies! What does that mean for humans? The European Space Agency’s new telescope, Euclid, provides us with stunning images of the “Dark Side” of the Universe. And on 'This Day in History'; the crash landing of NASA’s Lunar Orbiter 1 and Boris Pasternak’s refusal to accept his Nobel Prize Thank you to our sponsors! This episode is brought to you by Incogni. Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code COOLSTUFF at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/coolstuff Scientists can reverse brain aging in fruit flies by preventing buildup of a common protein See the first piece of what promises to be the largest 3D map of the universe | CNN ESA - Euclid overview In Depth: Lunar Orbiter 1 Why Boris Pasternak Rejected His Nobel Prize Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Using AI, researchers develop DNA ‘switches’ to precisely control gene activity in specific cell types and the Yellowstone “Landscape of Fear” hypothesis is being questioned. Plus, on This Day in History, fingerprints are used in an investigation for the first time. Researchers flip genes on and off with AI-designed DNA switches | ScienceDaily Predation, not fear of wolves, keeps elk from denuding Yellowstone | Science | AAAS From a fair to fingerprinting: Here's the history behind how we identify suspects | abc10.com Contact the show - [email protected] Thank you to our sponsors! This episode is brought to you by Incogni. Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code COOLSTUFF at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/coolstuff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mount Everest is having a growth spurt, treasure hunters in the UK are rewarded in a big way, and on 'This Day in History', the first international, six-day bike-race & the great wood ban of Amsterdam Thank you to our sponsors! This episode is brought to you by Incogni. Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code COOLSTUFF at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/coolstuff Mount Everest is having a growth spurt, say researchers Trove of ancient silver coins unearthed by metal detectorists sells for $5.6 million - CBS News The History of the Six Day Races Great Wood Ban of Amsterdam Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode, we examine how mega-buildings/structures are now slowing the earth’s spin! Plus, how electro-agriculture could help plants grow without photosynthesis, and what that means for the future. Plus, on 'This Day in History'; the first photo of earth taken from space using a rocket commandeered from Nazi Germany. Thank you to our sponsors! This episode is brought to you by Incogni. Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code COOLSTUFF at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/coolstuff Mega-buildings are now slowing Earth’s spin. Here’s what that means for the planet The 2011 Japan Earthquake Rocks the Earth NASA Details Earthquake Effects on the Earth Scientists Grow Crops in Near-Total Darkness Thanks to New 'Electro-Agriculture' Technique (gizmodo.com) 'Electro-agriculture' may help plants grow in the dark | Popular Science (popsci.com) A Movie Camera in a V-2 Rocket Takes the First Photograph of the Earth from Space PRESS RELEASE (1946): Navy to Probe Upper Atmosphere Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scientific research reveals the "correct" way to throw a frisbee. Plus, Weird Wednesday has a quick goodbye, a shoe smeller, and a special side order that toppled a drug operation. And on TDIH, we look back at the first modern nose job. Thank you to our sponsors! This episode is brought to you by Incogni. Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code COOLSTUFF at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/coolstuff You've been throwing a frisbee all wrong, new study finds Weird Weds: New Zealand airport wants you to hug goodbye faster | AP News Weird Weds: Greek man convicted of causing disturbance by entering neighbors' properties to smell their shoes | AP News Weird Weds: German police say pizza order No. 40 came with a side of cocaine | AP News Weird Weds: Champion cleared of cheating with a metal chestnut at the World Conker Championships | AP News TDIH: Britain's first nose job TDIH: Joseph Constantine Carpue and the Revival of Rhinoplasty TDIH: Joseph Constantine Carpue and the Bicentennial of the Birth of Modern Plastic Surgery Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It has been revealed that the first brown dwarf ever discovered is actually twins and we look at what happened to Earth when a meteorite four times the size of Mount Everest hit our planet. Plus, on This Day in History, Yahoo makes a purchase to offer free email to their customers. ‘It’s twin’ twist: Astronomers solve 29-year-old brown dwarf mystery (msn.com) It's twins! Mystery of famed brown dwarf solved | ScienceDaily First Brown Dwarf Discovered is Actually Twins | AMNH The cool brown dwarf Gliese 229 B is a close binary | Nature What happened when a meteorite the size of four Mount Everests hit Earth? | ScienceDaily Yahoo buys Four11 for free email - CNET The history of Yahoo, and how it went from phenom to has-been - Fast Company Contact the show - [email protected] Thank you to our sponsors! This episode is brought to you by Incogni. Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code COOLSTUFF at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/coolstuff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Could future astronauts use asteroids for food? It might be possible, we'll explain how. The Tasmanian Tiger might be resurrected. Plus, on This Day in History, we look at the first transatlantic radiotelephone message. Astronauts could mine asteroids for food someday, scientists say | Live Science Could Future Astronauts Dine on Asteroids? (popularmechanics.com) How we can mine asteroids for space food | International Journal of Astrobiology | Cambridge Core Scientists could soon resurrect the Tasmanian tiger. Should we be worried? | BBC Science Focus Magazine Telephone History: First Transatlantic Speech Transmission | TIME Contact the show - [email protected] Thank you to our sponsors! This episode is brought to you by Incogni. Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code COOLSTUFF at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/coolstuff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The National Weather Service makes changes to their Winter Advisories and the origin of most meteorites is revealed. Plus, on This Day in History, we look at the solution to burnt toast. There won’t be any wind chill warnings in Wisconsin this winter (wbay.com) Why you’ll no longer see ‘Wind Chill Warnings’ this winter (msn.com) Understanding Cold Weather Alerts The origin of most meteorites finally revealed | ScienceDaily The Demise of Burnt Toast: The Invention of the Pop-up Toaster - Hennepin History Museum Loop Back: World's First Pop-Up Toaster - North Loop Neighborhood Association Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new wearable armband might help stroke victims with flexibility in their arms and the latest new drink trend - "Dirty Soda" - we’ll explain what that is. Plus, on This Day in History, we look at the London Beer Flood that claimed several lives and spilled hundreds of thousands of gallons on the streets of London. New Wearable Cuff 'Rewires' Brains of Stroke Patients by Stimulating Nerves (goodnewsnetwork.org) Task-Oriented Design of a Multi-Degree of Freedom Upper Limb Prosthesis with Integrated Myocontrol and Sensory Feedback — NYU Scholars What is a "dirty soda"? The latest drink trend and its health impact, explained. - CBS News NASA launches spacecraft to gauge if Jupiter's moon Europa can host life (msn.com) The London Beer Flood of 1814 (historic-uk.com) Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The decision-making processes in fungi - you heard that right! Weird Wednesday has an Mt Everest discovery 100 years later, a wife-carrying competition, and controversy in the Conkers Championship…we’ll explain. And on This Day in History, the start of Disney Cartoons. Do fungi recognize shapes? | ScienceDaily Everest climber Irvine's foot believed found after 100 years (bbc.com) Wife-carrying championship victory brings beer, cash | AP News Conkers controversy: World tournament investigates claims of cheating with steel chestnut | AP News Disney History - D23 Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can CBD be used to snuff out mosquitos? New research says ‘yes’, and, perhaps a surprise but space is getting crowded – or at least satellite traffic is on the rise. Is this cause for concern? Plus on This Day in History, shredded wheat – the cereal that would greatly impact an industry – and the patented machine that made it. CBD from Hemp Kills Mosquitoes, Inflicting 100% Mortality Rate on Pesticide-Resistant Insects (goodnewsnetwork.org) Larvicidal Activity of Hemp Extracts and Cannabidiol against the Yellow Fever Mosquito Aedes aegypti (mdpi.com) A satellite collision catastrophe is now inevitable, experts warn | BBC Science Focus Magazine SpaceX Starlink satellites caused 25,000 near-misses in just 6 months | Space History of Shredded Wheat | Shredded Wheat Collectors' Website (iloveshreddedwheat.com) Henry D. Perky, the Shredded Wheat King - Nebraska State Historical Society Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new study reveals human and animal hair in the teeth of the famous ‘man-eater’ lions that were killed in 1898, and what we can learn from a rare well-preserved Viking burial site. Plus, on This Day in History, Teddy Roosevelt delivers an hour-long campaign speech in Milwaukee AFTER being shot in the chest. Genomic study identifies human, animal hair in 'man-eater' lions' teeth | ScienceDaily In Denmark, 50 well-preserved Viking Age skeletons have been unearthed, a rare discovery | AP News Teddy Roosevelt survived shooting, assassination attempt in Milwaukee (jsonline.com) Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new electroactive material may represent a massive breakthrough for wearable devices, including the medical variety – we’ve got details. Plus, on This Day in History, the patent wars over who really invented the laser come to an end. Nature and plastics inspire breakthrough in soft sustainable materials | ScienceDaily Gordon Gould: The Long Battle For The Laser Patent | Electronic Design Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Voyager 2 shuts off one of its five remaining instruments to preserve power. Plus, on This Day in History; an extended look at the history of the first synthetic soap and its successor – a massive brand name that’s still dominating the market today – some 90 years later. NASA shut off a Voyager 2 tool to save power | Popular Science (popsci.com) NASA Turns Off Iconic Voyager 2 Instrument As Space Probe Loses Power | IFLScience NASA Turns Off Science Instrument to Save Voyager 2 Power | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Development of Tide Synthetic Detergent - American Chemical Society (acs.org) Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode; a 2 billion-year-old rock is found to house living microbes! Weird Wednesday features a treasure hunt that ends after 31 years, a job application response that took 50 years, and another midwest alligator. And on This Day in History the first electric blanket is manufactured in the US, and it isn’t cheap! 2-billion-year-old rock home to living microbes After 31 years, a French treasure hunt may have a winner. The prize: a valuable golden owl | AP News Treasure hunt for golden owl ends in France after 31 years (bbc.com) Mailed job application returned to woman after nearly 50 years - UPI.com Watch: Alligator found hiding under parked car in Detroit suburb - UPI.com TDIH: History of the Electric Blanket (thoughtco.com) TDIH: Who Invented The Electric Blanket: A History Of Warmth (slumberhackers.com) Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices