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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

Nixon And Elvis, The Most Iconic Meeting In 70s History

3 mins; December 21, 2023

How A Christmas Card Gave Us “It’s A Wonderful Life”

3 mins; December 20, 2023

Where Did We Put All The Goodwill Moon Rocks From Apollo 17?

3 mins; December 19, 2023

Joseph Grimaldi, London’s “King Of Clowns”

3 mins; December 18, 2023

High Tech Snow Chains Could Pop Out When Your Car Needs Them And Retract When It Doesn’t

3 mins; December 15, 2023

A Baboon Named Jack Once Worked For A Railroad, And He Was Good At His Job

3 mins; December 14, 2023

How Google Street View Could Help Stop Invasive Weeds

3 mins; December 13, 2023

Teddy Roosevelt Tried To Change How We Spell Words

3 mins; December 12, 2023

The Delicious History Of Hanukkah Latkes

3 mins; December 11, 2023

Do Stoplights Need A Fourth Color?

3 mins; December 08, 2023

Tom Waits Went To Court Over An Ad For Doritos

3 mins; December 07, 2023

Black Firefighters In Chicago Helped Give The World The Fire Pole

3 mins; December 06, 2023

People In The “Dirty” Middle Ages Actually Liked To Get Clean

3 mins; December 05, 2023

How A Guy In 1974 Used A Computer To Order Pizza

3 mins; December 04, 2023

A Statue Of Liberty Stamp That Didn’t Actually Feature The Statue Of Liberty

3 mins; December 01, 2023

Let’s Meet The Guy Named Mason Who Patented The Mason Jar

3 mins; November 30, 2023

There’s A Secret Military Airline Known As “Janet”

3 mins; November 29, 2023

Can We Patch Back Injuries The Way We Patch Holes In Car Tires?

3 mins; November 28, 2023

Bruce Lee Was A Legendary Martial Artist And A Terrific Dancer

3 mins; November 27, 2023

When Domino’s Tried To Have Reindeer Deliver Pizza

3 mins; November 24, 2023

Before There Was Halloween Trick-Or-Treating, There Was The Thanksgiving Ragamuffin Parade

3 mins; November 23, 2023

Groups Of Chimpanzees Spy On Each Other

3 mins; November 22, 2023

How “Hello” Became The English Language’s Way Of Saying Hello

3 mins; November 21, 2023

Before The Internet Was All About Dumpster Fires, There Was The Creation Of The Dumpster

3 mins; November 20, 2023

The Key To Next-Generation Batteries Might Be In Crab Shells

3 mins; November 17, 2023

Oklahoma’s Panhandle Was Once Known As “No Man’s Land”

3 mins; November 16, 2023

A Whole City Came Together To Give “BatKid” One Super Day

3 mins; November 15, 2023

Movie Fans In Texas Enjoy Pickles When They Go To The Theater

3 mins; November 14, 2023

A Turkey Once Interrupted A Green Bay Packers Game

3 mins; November 13, 2023

Moon Week: That Time Pink Floyd Jammed Out During The Moon Landing

4 mins; November 10, 2023

Moon Week: Why Did The Moon Disappear 900 Years Ago?

3 mins; November 09, 2023

Moon Week: Our Long History Of Crashing Stuff Into The Moon

3 mins; November 08, 2023

Moon Week: The Earth’s Rotation Is Slowing, Thanks To The Moon

3 mins; November 07, 2023

Moon Week: Apollo 12 Crashed Its Lunar Module On Purpose

3 mins; November 06, 2023

Alberto Manzi Convinced Italians That “It’s Never Too Late” To Learn

3 mins; November 03, 2023

Warren Harding’s Human Friends Hurt His Presidency, But His Dog Friends Were Great

3 mins; November 02, 2023

Toronto’s “Stork Derby” Happened Because Of A Very Wealthy Lawyer’s Very Strange Will

3 mins; November 01, 2023

If You Want To Go Old School For Halloween, Try Carving Some Turnips

3 mins; October 31, 2023

Creeped Out By Clowns? Here’s The Science That Explains Why

3 mins; October 30, 2023

Isaac Singer Invented The Modern Sewing Machine, But What He Really Wanted To Do Was Act

3 mins; October 27, 2023

Listening To A Symphony Can Actually Sync Up The Audience’s Heart Rates

3 mins; October 26, 2023

Here’s A Robot That Can Roll Up And Down Stairs

3 mins; October 25, 2023

An Excited James Brown Fan Almost Swore Through The Recording Of “Live At The Apollo”

3 mins; October 24, 2023

“Mr. Tornado” Ted Fujita Was The Original Severe Weather Detective

3 mins; October 23, 2023

Dogpiles Are How Baseball Teams Celebrate Big Wins And Sometimes Hurt Themselves

3 mins; October 20, 2023

A Medical Robot Can Help Steer A Needle Through Living Tissue

3 mins; October 19, 2023

In 1867 Alaska, It Was Friday, And Another Friday Came Afterward

3 mins; October 18, 2023

Neil Diamond And Barbra Streisand Had A Hit Duet Almost By Accident

3 mins; October 17, 2023

The Cardiff Giant Was A Fake Giant That Caused A Real Uproar

3 mins; October 16, 2023

The Thirteen Club Put Thirteen Guests Together For A Thirteen Course Meal On Friday The 13th

3 mins; October 13, 2023

Winning The Nobel Prize Is Hard, Calling Someone To Tell Them They Won The Nobel Prize Can Also Be Hard

3 mins; October 12, 2023

Scientists Flipped Coins 350,757 Times To See If The Results Were 50/50

3 mins; October 11, 2023

A Writer In 1870 Couldn’t Figure Out What All The Fuss Over Yosemite Was About

3 mins; October 10, 2023

Jellyfish Just Proved You Don’t Need A Brain To Learn From Experience

3 mins; October 09, 2023

The Zeitpyramide Is An Art Project That Will Take 1,200 Years To Build

3 mins; October 06, 2023

The Pitch Drop Experiment Is A Single Research Project That’s Been Running Since The 1930s

3 mins; October 05, 2023

Antonín Dvořák’s First Symphony Went Missing For Six Decades

3 mins; October 04, 2023

Patrick Combs Cashed A $95,000 Promotional "Check" And Actually Got The Money

3 mins; October 03, 2023

The Marx Brothers Became Comedians Thanks To An Escaped Mule In Texas

3 mins; October 02, 2023

Sometimes Coffee Isn’t A Beverage, It’s Coffee Jelly

3 mins; September 29, 2023

Two Australians Once Had A Staring Contest For Over 40 Minutes

3 mins; September 28, 2023

Hector, The Thunderstorm That Arrives Like Clockwork Over Australia’s Tiwi Islands

3 mins; September 27, 2023

Johnny Appleseed’s Trees Gave Homesteaders A Way To Make Adult Beverages

3 mins; September 26, 2023

William Faulkner Was An Iconic Author And A Mediocre Mailman

3 mins; September 25, 2023

Robert Shields Kept A Decades-Long Diary Of Pretty Much Everything He Ever Did

3 mins; September 22, 2023

Sam Brinkley, The “Longest Bearded Man In The World”

3 mins; September 21, 2023

Why The USSR Once Thought A Hot Dog Stand Was A Top US Military Installation

3 mins; September 20, 2023

A Soviet Cosmonaut Once Pretended To Land On The Moon To Troll NASA

3 mins; September 19, 2023

What Ants Can Teach Us About Mass Transportation

3 mins; September 18, 2023

Cecil Chubb, The Guy Who Bought Stonehenge At An Auction

3 mins; September 15, 2023

How Joyce Chen Helped The US Fall In Love With Chinese Food

3 mins; September 14, 2023

When Phineas Gage’s Skull Met An Iron Bar, Things Got Weird

3 mins; September 13, 2023

The Flatwoods Monster Put A West Virginia Town On The Map, After Scaring Local Kids

3 mins; September 12, 2023

Monster Trucks Started When A Guy Put Giant Tires On His Own Ride

3 mins; September 11, 2023

The Egg Cream Is A Refreshing New York City Classic

3 mins; September 08, 2023

Old Coffee Grounds Could Make Concrete Stronger, Greener, More Jittery

3 mins; September 07, 2023

Cry A Little And You’ll Power The Smart Contact Lenses Of The Future

3 mins; September 06, 2023

How High-Tech Garbage Trucks Can Help Maintain A City

3 mins; September 05, 2023

Lewis Howard Latimer, The Black Inventor Who Helped Make The Modern World Modern

3 mins; September 04, 2023

Italy’s “Festival of the Ugly” Reminds Everybody That Looks Aren’t Everything

3 mins; September 01, 2023

To Get Out Of A Record Contract, Van Morrison Made A Malicious Compliance Album

3 mins; August 31, 2023

People In Ancient China Built Ceramic Water Pipes Thousands Of Years Ago

3 mins; August 30, 2023

An Urban Legend Says The Devil Took Over Everybody’s TV Screens In 1968

3 mins; August 29, 2023

Leon Theremin’s Musical Instrument Can Be Played Without Being Touched

3 mins; August 28, 2023

Momofuku Ando, The Guy Who Invented Instant Ramen

3 mins; August 25, 2023

These Smart Glasses Can Generate Real-Time Speech Captions For Deaf People

3 mins; August 24, 2023

John Lennon and The Many Other Pop Stars Who Say They Saw UFOs

3 mins; August 23, 2023

A California Artist Once Helped Drivers By Adding His Own Road Sign To The Highway

3 mins; August 22, 2023

How Font Sizes On Menus Could Help People Eat Healthier

3 mins; August 21, 2023

Snack Week: Quit Hating On Candy Corn, At Least Until You Hear Its Story

3 mins; August 18, 2023

Snack Week: In Belgium, Eating Fries Is Patriotic

4 mins; August 17, 2023

Snack Week: Queen Elizabeth I Had Her Guests Eat Gingerbread Men That Looked Like Themselves

3 mins; August 16, 2023

Snack Week: How The Cheese Curl Was Invented (Partly By Accident)

3 mins; August 15, 2023

Snack Week: Pretzels Have Been Twisting Their Way Into Our Hearts For Over A Millennium

3 mins; August 14, 2023

During The Burryman’s Parade, A Scottish Dude In A Suit Made Of Burrs Walks Around Drinking Whiskey

3 mins; August 11, 2023

A Shower Of Souvenir Baseballs Led To A Major League Forfeit

3 mins; August 10, 2023

The Fly-Swatting Champion Of Bisbee, Arizona

3 mins; August 09, 2023

A US Treasury Official Decided To Feature Himself On Currency

3 mins; August 08, 2023

Turkmenistan’s Leader Once Drove Doughnuts Around A Flaming Crater Known As The “Gates Of Hell”

3 mins; August 07, 2023

Moss And Tracy Hills, The Cruise Ship Musicians Who Saved Hundreds From A Sinking Ship

3 mins; August 04, 2023

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