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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: Some People Didn’t Think The Earliest Air Conditioners Were Very Cool
Description: Summer heat can leave a lot of us heading inside and cranking up the air conditioner. And yet, if you look at the history of this invention, you’ll find quite a few times where people said, are we sure this is a good idea? Plus: today in 2019, the Tobe Zoo in Japan held a lion escape drill using a human in a lion costume as the escapee.
The Unexpected History of the Air Conditioner (Smithsonian)Â
Japanese zoo staff chase furry fake lion in escape drill