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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: The First Road Trip Across The Continental US Won A Guy Fifty Bucks
Description: Today in 1903 the conclusion of the first-ever car trip from one coast of the continental United States to the other. And this story starts, like so many other good stories have, with a bet. Plus: today in 1856, the birthday of playwright George Bernard Shaw, who had a unique way to keep unexpected visitors from interrupting his work.
Horatio's Drive (PBS)
INSIDE BERNARD SHAW’S WRITING SHED (Idler)
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