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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: The World Has Ankle Monitors Partly Because Of Spider-Man Comics
Description: Today in 1962, Spider-Man first appeared in comic books. He's had a huge influence on comics, movies, cartoons and really entertainment as a whole, but did you also know a Spider-Man comic helped lead to the creation of the first ankle monitor? Plus: Manhattan's Grolier Club is hosting an exhibit of vintage restaurant menus from the 1840s to the 1940s.
How Spider-Man Led to the Invention of the Prisoner Ankle Monitor (Gizmodo)
NYC Exhibition Extols the Charm of Restaurant Menus (Hyperallergic)Â
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