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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: The “Great Bottle Hoax” Proved Some People Will Pay To See Something They Know Is Impossible
Description: Today in 1749 two British nobles decided to play a trick on London’s theatergoers. And their trick, known today as the Great Bottle Hoax, proved their point, while also managing to mostly backfire. Plus: police in Heber City, Utah are turning into frogs on the job! At least according to AI. The Great Bottle Conjurer Hoax (The Paris Review)Ribbit ribbit! Artificial Intelligence programs used by Heber City police claim officer turned into a frog (Fox 13 Now)Our Patreon backers make this show possible, and that’s no hoax