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Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Three minutes each weekday of cool facts, weird news and awesome discoveries with Brady Carlson. Back us at http://patreon.com/bradycarlson
Margaret Horton Hung Onto The Tail Of A British Warplane As It Took Off And Flew
3 mins; February 10, 2025
What Football Was Like Before The Forward Pass
3 mins; February 07, 2025
Classical Music Can Calm A Fetusâs Heart Rate
3 mins; February 06, 2025
Turn-On, The TV Show That Got Pulled Off The Air During Its Premiere
3 mins; February 05, 2025
How Wichita Falls, Texas Became Home To âThe Worldâs Littlest Skyscraperâ
3 mins; February 04, 2025
Lennie Gwyther Made A 600 Mile Solo Trip On Horseback At Age Nine
3 mins; February 03, 2025
Letâs Jump Into The History Of Parachutes
3 mins; January 31, 2025
A Guy Used A Loophole In International Law To Put Himself âIn Chargeâ Of Western Antarctica
3 mins; January 30, 2025
The World Of Fighting Fires Is Getting More Robotic
3 mins; January 29, 2025
Researchers Added QR Codes To Bees To Figure Out What They Did All Day
3 mins; January 28, 2025
You Can Only Drive To Michiganâs âLost Peninsulaâ Through Ohio
3 mins; January 27, 2025
Tiger Woods Once Hit A Golf Ball Behind A Boulder, Then He Got People To Move The Boulder
3 mins; January 24, 2025
Never Forget That There Are People With Nearly Perfect Memories
3 mins; January 23, 2025
The Dogs That Made The Serum Run To Nome, Alaska Were Very, Very Good Dogs
3 mins; January 22, 2025
Marysville, Kansas, The Town Where Black Squirrels Are Number One
3 mins; January 21, 2025
Not All Of Martin Luther King, Jr.âs Biggest Fans Are Fans Of The Biggest MLK Monuments
3 mins; January 20, 2025
For Crops In The Desert, Try These Inflatable Container Farms
3 mins; January 17, 2025
The Plan To Build A New US Highway With Nuclear Bombs
3 mins; January 16, 2025
A Jury In An Illegal Liquor Case Deliberated By âTestingâ The Evidence
3 mins; January 15, 2025
Wausau, Wisconsin (Kind Of) Banned Snowball Fights For Over A Century
3 mins; January 14, 2025
A County In Texas Officially Greeted People With âHeaven-oâ Instead Of âHelloâ
3 mins; January 13, 2025
Mountain Week: The Race Up The Worldâs Longest Staircase
2 mins; January 10, 2025
Mountain Week: The Dog That Climbed All Of New Hampshireâs 4,000 Foot Mountains
3 mins; January 09, 2025
Mountain Week: The Guy Who Climbed Mount Hood To Drop Off A Morning Paper For His Friends
2 mins; January 08, 2025
Mountain Week: The Mountain Thatâs Higher Than The Highest Mountain
3 mins; January 07, 2025
Mountain Week: A 10 Month Old Kitten Once Climbed The Matterhorn⊠Somehow
2 mins; January 06, 2025
Greenland Starts The New Year With Visits From Silent Masked Visitors
3 mins; January 03, 2025
A Lawmaker Tried To Get Americans To Eat Hippo Meat, AKA âLake Baconâ
3 mins; January 02, 2025
Happy New Year, Happy Same Galactic Year
3 mins; January 01, 2025
The Oxford Electric Bell Has Been Ringing For Over 175 Years
3 mins; January 01, 2025
The British Comedy Sketch Thatâs A New Yearâs Eve Tradition In Germany
3 mins; December 31, 2024
Albert Gunter Had To Jump Londonâs Tower Bridge While Driving A Double Decker Bus
3 mins; December 30, 2024
In Wales, Mari Lwyd Brings A Costumed Horse Skull To Your Door For Some Winter Fun
3 mins; December 27, 2024
Hanukkah Will Skip The Year 3031 And Go Straight To 3032
3 mins; December 26, 2024
Black Cake Makes Christmas In The Caribbean Sweet And Delicious
3 mins; December 25, 2024
At Christmas In Iceland, Itâs All About The Books
3 mins; December 24, 2024
Thereâs A Rooftop Sign That Reads âWelcome To Clevelandâ But Itâs Not In Cleveland
3 mins; December 23, 2024
A 24/7 Diner Chain Gave Its Workers Christmas Day Off, Then It Had To Figure Out How To Close
3 mins; December 20, 2024
Poinsettias Have Gone By A Whole Lot Of Names Over Time
3 mins; December 19, 2024
Animation Legend Chuck Jones Made Dr. Seussâs Grinch A Part Of TV History
3 mins; December 18, 2024
Chas Newby, Beatle Bassist For Two Weeks
3 mins; December 17, 2024
May Kaarlus Was A Trick Shot Billiard Prodigy Who Walked Away From It All
3 mins; December 16, 2024
The Advent Calendar Turns The Month Of December Into A Christmas Countdown
3 mins; December 13, 2024
Movie Critic Gene Siskel Helped Make A Popcorn Company A Chicago Icon
3 mins; December 12, 2024
Apollo 17 Proved People Can Be Allergic To Moon Dust
3 mins; December 11, 2024
For Over A Century, Kids Have Been Writing Amazing And Sometimes Bewildering Letters To Santa
3 mins; December 10, 2024
Charlie Brown Is A Blockhead, But He Did Star In A Great Christmas Special
3 mins; December 09, 2024
Troublemakers Beware, Itâs Time For Austriaâs Krampus Parades
3 mins; December 06, 2024
Ernest Bazin Invented A Ship With Rolling "Wheels" And Named It After Himself
3 mins; December 05, 2024
Joe Hickel Made Massive Gingerbread Villages At An Alaska Hotel For Decades
3 mins; December 04, 2024
Pink Floydâs Inflatable Pig Once Got Loose Over London
3 mins; December 03, 2024
When Gas Was In Short Supply, Some Europeans Drove Firewood-Powered Cars
3 mins; December 02, 2024
Thanksgiving Week: When âWKRPâ Thought Turkeys Could Fly For Thanksgiving
4 mins; November 29, 2024
Thanksgiving Week: Wanda And Jamal, The Best Accidental Thanksgiving Friends Ever
3 mins; November 28, 2024
Thanksgiving Week: How Thanksgiving Leftovers Led To TV Dinners
3 mins; November 27, 2024
Thanksgiving Week: Weâre Grateful For Off The Wall Thanksgiving Sides
3 mins; November 26, 2024
Thanksgiving Week: When The Macyâs Parade Rickrolled Thanksgiving
3 mins; November 25, 2024
The âButt Fumbleâ Made The New York Jets The Butt Of Endless Football Jokes
3 mins; November 22, 2024
People Named A North Carolina Town âWhynotâ Because Why Not
3 mins; November 21, 2024
Clyde Stubblefield, Musicâs Original Funky Drummer
3 mins; November 20, 2024
What Is The Deal With This Bathroom On The Cal Poly Campus
3 mins; November 19, 2024
Touch Tone Phones Freed Callers From All That Rotary Dialing
3 mins; November 18, 2024
Australiaâs Navy Helped Save A Six Year Oldâs Life By Enlisting Her
3 mins; November 15, 2024
Movie Star Veronica Lake Gave Up Her Trademark Hairstyle For The War Effort
3 mins; November 14, 2024
The Really (Expletive) Complicated History Of Swearing On TV
3 mins; November 13, 2024
The Leonid Meteor Storm Of 1833 Was âThe Night The Stars Fellâ
3 mins; November 12, 2024
Doug Hegdahlâs Razor-Sharp Memory Helped Hundreds Of American POWs In Vietnam
3 mins; November 11, 2024
The Black Dog That Helped Inspire Led Zeppelinâs âBlack Dogâ
3 mins; November 08, 2024
When Theodore Roosevelt Got A Full Term As President, He Also Got Two Ostriches
3 mins; November 07, 2024
New York City Cabs Used To Have Celebrities Remind Passengers To Buckle Up
3 mins; November 06, 2024
Hartford Election Cake Is An Old-School Way To Eat Your Way Through A Campaign
3 mins; November 05, 2024
The Easy-Bake Oven Has Put Kids At The Forefront Of Lightbulb-Based Cooking For Decades
3 mins; November 04, 2024
Pan de Muerto Is The Day of the Deadâs Signature Bread
3 mins; November 01, 2024
Charlie Brownâs TV Neighbors Gave Him Rocks For Halloween, But Real People Sent Him Candy
3 mins; October 31, 2024
John Adams And Ben Franklin Shared A Room Once And Spent The Night Arguing About The Window
3 mins; October 30, 2024
Karolina Olsson, âThe Sleeper of Oknö,â Woke Up After 32 Years In Bed
3 mins; October 29, 2024
The âLogan Barâ Was Not-So-Sweet Chocolate And Thatâs Just How The US Military Wanted It
3 mins; October 28, 2024
A Town In Colorado Holds Coffin Races
3 mins; October 25, 2024
Norwood, Ontario Had A Water Tower That Looked Like A Crushed Can
3 mins; October 23, 2024
William Lyttle, The âMole Manâ Who Dug Tunnels Around His London Home
3 mins; October 23, 2024
Scientists Once Trained Rats To Drive Little Cars
3 mins; October 22, 2024
William A. Mitchell, The King Of Space Age Snacks
3 mins; October 21, 2024
Flag Week: Itâs Not Just A Giant American Flag, Itâs Superflag
2 mins; October 18, 2024
Flag Week: Benny Benson, The 13 Year Old Who Designed Alaskaâs Flag
2 mins; October 17, 2024
Flag Week: Bob Heft Designed The 50-Star U.S. Flag In High School
3 mins; October 16, 2024
Flag Week: The Star-Spangled Banner That Inspired âThe Star-Spangled Bannerâ
3 mins; October 15, 2024
Flag Week: Betsy Ross May Not Have Made The First Flag, But She Really Did Make Flags
4 mins; October 14, 2024
Could Smart Tech And Music Playlists Help People Stay Sober?
3 mins; October 11, 2024
Ed Wood, The Filmmaker Who Made The Best Worst Movies Ever
3 mins; October 10, 2024
The Great Naha Tug of War Gets Thousands Of People Pulling And Partying
3 mins; October 09, 2024
Somebody Put A Big Pumpkin Way Up On Top Of A Cornell University Tower
3 mins; October 08, 2024
The New York Times Used To Have A Period In Its Logo
3 mins; October 07, 2024
Sputnik Kicked Off The Space Age, And Also Gave Us The Word âBeatnikâ
3 mins; October 04, 2024
Even The Inventor Of Inline Skates Crashed Once In A While
3 mins; October 03, 2024
The History Of Margarine Hasnât Always Been Smooth
3 mins; October 02, 2024
The New York Earth Room Is An Apartment Filled With Dirt, For Artâs Sake
3 mins; October 01, 2024
Barry Marshall Pinpointed The Cause Of Most Ulcers By Giving Himself One
3 mins; September 30, 2024
Rabbit Show Jumping Might Be The Most Adorable Sport
3 mins; September 27, 2024
In Iceland, People Help Baby Puffins By Throwing Them Off Cliffs
3 mins; September 26, 2024
Keeping Mold From Growing On Space Stations Takes Extra Effort, But Itâs Worth It
3 mins; September 25, 2024
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