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Three minutes each weekday of cool facts, weird news and awesome discoveries with Brady Carlson. Back us at http://patreon.com/bradycarlson

How To Keep Flying Robots Flying Even When Their Wings Are Damaged

3 mins; March 17, 2023

This Pen Can Help People With Parkinson’s Disease Keep Writing

3 mins; March 16, 2023

A Company In Mexico Is Making 3D Printed Bricks Out Of Eggshells

3 mins; March 15, 2023

The Prison-Only Potato Chips Known As “The Whole Shabang” Live Up To Their Name

3 mins; March 14, 2023

Uranus Was Originally Going To Be Named “George”

3 mins; March 13, 2023

How Insects, World War I, Golf Balls And Halloween Candy Helped Lead Us To Daylight Saving Time

3 mins; March 10, 2023

When The Supreme Court Kind Of Ruled That An Airplane Wasn’t A Motor Vehicle

3 mins; March 09, 2023

For Safer Motorcycling, How About Pants With Airbags?

3 mins; March 08, 2023

Science Once Figured Out How To Give Rats Gambling Problems - And How To Take Them Away

3 mins; March 07, 2023

For Michelangelo, Painting The Sistine Chapel Was Literally A Pain

3 mins; March 06, 2023

Science Says Cats Can Perceive Time, Sort Of

3 mins; March 03, 2023

Susanna Madora Salter Became The First American Woman Mayor Kind Of By Surprise

3 mins; March 02, 2023

Pennies Were First Used Back When A Penny Was Worth Something, By Golly

3 mins; March 01, 2023

Clippy, The AI Paper Clip Chatbot That Really Wanted To Help You Write Letters

3 mins; February 28, 2023

This Device Could Tell You When Your Voice Is Getting Tired

3 mins; February 27, 2023

Steve Jobs, The First Person To Order A Pizza Online

3 mins; February 24, 2023

Ora Washington, The “Queen Of Two Courts,” Ruled Tennis And Basketball Alike

3 mins; February 23, 2023

Robert Wadlow Was Known For His Heart As Well As His Height

3 mins; February 22, 2023

Some Of The World’s Languages Are Whistled

3 mins; February 21, 2023

Before There Were Big Car Sales On Presidents Day, There Were Big Bicycle Sales

3 mins; February 20, 2023

Henry E. Baker Made Sure Black Inventors Got Recognized

3 mins; February 17, 2023

How Choose Your Own Adventure Books Let Millions Of Young Readers Pick The Ending Of The Story

3 mins; February 16, 2023

Gaming Prosthetics Are Making Minecraft More Inclusive

3 mins; February 15, 2023

The Heart Shape Comes From Just About Everywhere Except Actual Hearts

3 mins; February 14, 2023

The Time Millions Of Legos Fell Into The Ocean And Washed Up On Beaches

3 mins; February 13, 2023

How Lusia Harris Became The “Queen Of Basketball”

3 mins; February 10, 2023

Bill Veeck, The Wildest Owner Baseball Ever Saw

3 mins; February 09, 2023

Why Did Actual People Start Building Snow People?

3 mins; February 08, 2023

The First Time Astronauts Walked In Space Without A Tether

3 mins; February 07, 2023

The Legend Of James Bartley, Who Was Supposedly Swallowed By A Whale

3 mins; February 06, 2023

Clara MacBeth, The Queen Of Cruise Ships, Spent Decades At Sea

3 mins; February 03, 2023

Sound Waves Could Help Keep High-Tech Batteries Going And Going And Going

3 mins; February 02, 2023

There’s A Basketball Court In The US Supreme Court Building

3 mins; February 01, 2023

The Moon Trees Came From Seeds That Went Into Lunar Orbit

3 mins; January 31, 2023

President Franklin Roosevelt Once Dreamed Of Writing Movies

3 mins; January 30, 2023

Electric Cutlery Can Make Food Taste Saltier Without Being Saltier

3 mins; January 27, 2023

Before Play-Doh Became A Childhood Icon, It Was Known As Kutol Wallpaper Cleaner

3 mins; January 26, 2023

This Solar Powered System Can Help Address Both Plastic Waste And Greenhouse Gases

3 mins; January 25, 2023

The History Of The World, According To Peanut Butter

3 mins; January 24, 2023

Hydrogel Sheets Could Clean Up Spills Quicker Than Ever Before

3 mins; January 23, 2023

If Winter Is Your Thing, Try Staying At An Ice Hotel

3 mins; January 20, 2023

The Mysterious “Poe Toaster” Raised A Glass To The Author Every Year On His Birthday

3 mins; January 19, 2023

Banning Sliced Bread Was Not The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread

3 mins; January 18, 2023

When Al Capone Gave Two Cherry Trees To A Baltimore Hospital

3 mins; January 17, 2023

Ben’s Chili Bowl Was One Of Martin Luther King’s Regular Stops In DC

3 mins; January 16, 2023

Sign Spinning Isn’t Just A Job, It’s A Sport

3 mins; January 13, 2023

Eclipse, The Dog Who Rode The Bus

3 mins; January 12, 2023

A City In Japan Is Trying To Make Electricity From Snow

3 mins; January 11, 2023

Cranberry-Based Packaging Is Plastic-Free And Completely Dissolvable

3 mins; January 10, 2023

When Richard Nixon And Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev Went For A Drive

3 mins; January 09, 2023

A New Mexico Lawmaker Tried To Make Expert Witnesses Dress Like Wizards In Court

3 mins; January 06, 2023

How Aaron “Bunny” Lapin Became The Whipped Cream King

3 mins; January 05, 2023

Why Don’t We Pronounce The First D In Wednesday?

3 mins; January 04, 2023

The Leaning Tower Of Pisa Is Straightening Out

3 mins; January 03, 2023

Rhnull, The Blood Type That Only A Handful Of People In The World Have

3 mins; January 02, 2023

Betsy Ross May Not Have Made The First Flag, But She Really Did Make Flags

3 mins; January 01, 2023

For Some People Decades Ago, Winter Was Time For Barrel Jumping

3 mins; December 30, 2022

Egg Whites Are Helping Get Microplastics Out Of The Ocean

3 mins; December 29, 2022

Jackdaws Decide When To Take Off As A Group

3 mins; December 28, 2022

Here’s Why There Aren’t B Batteries

3 mins; December 27, 2022

A Sailor In An Around-The-World Race Turned Around To Save An Opponent

3 mins; December 26, 2022

Why “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” Was Almost Canceled

3 mins; December 23, 2022

There Are Schools Where You Can Learn To Be Santa

3 mins; December 22, 2022

If You’re Really Lucky, You Might See The Winter Solstice Inside Newgrange In Ireland

3 mins; December 21, 2022

Houston’s Hanukkah House Brings All The Lights For The Holidays

3 mins; December 20, 2022

Ebeneezer Scrooge Might Have Been Based On These Real People

3 mins; December 19, 2022

The Ferris Wheel Was Designed To Show Up The Eiffel Tower

3 mins; December 16, 2022

The Birth Of The Blinking Cursor

3 mins; December 15, 2022

We Can Send Edible Drones To People While They’re Waiting For A Rescue

3 mins; December 14, 2022

Don Karkos Regained Sight In His Right Eye After A Horse Headbutted Him

3 mins; December 13, 2022

Frank Sinatra Was Once Offered The Lead Role In “Die Hard”

3 mins; December 12, 2022

Kecksburg, Pennsylvania Is Home To The World’s Most Famous “Space Acorn”

3 mins; December 09, 2022

Cheers To The First Woman To Perform Shakespeare Onstage, Whoever She Was

3 mins; December 08, 2022

When ALS Stopped Jason Becker’s Guitar Playing, He Became An Accomplished Composer

3 mins; December 07, 2022

The First Cars Licensed As London Taxis Were Electric Vehicles

3 mins; December 06, 2022

Sarah Biffin, A 19th Century Painter “Without Hands” Who’s Getting 21st Century Recognition

3 mins; December 05, 2022

Monster Week: Rhinelander, Wisconsin Is America’s Hodag Headquarters

3 mins; December 02, 2022

Monster Week: Milicent Patrick Gave The Black Lagoon Its Creature

3 mins; December 01, 2022

Monster Week: Whatever’s In Loch Ness Isn’t What’s In The Famous Loch Ness Monster Photo

3 mins; November 30, 2022

Monster Week: How “Them!” Became The Greatest Giant Ant Movie Of Its Generation

3 mins; November 29, 2022

Monster Week: The‌ ‌Big‌ ‌Muddy‌ ‌Monster‌ ‌Ran‌ ‌Wild‌ ‌In‌ ‌Murphysboro‌

3 mins; November 28, 2022

The "Snow Bowl" Proved Playing College Football In A Blizzard Is Hard

3 mins; November 25, 2022

When “WKRP” Thought Turkeys Could Fly For Thanksgiving

3 mins; November 24, 2022

President Franklin Pierce Got An Acclaimed Author To Write His Campaign Biography

3 mins; November 23, 2022

All Work And No Play Makes A Dull Bumblebee

3 mins; November 22, 2022

The Classic Black And White Soccer Ball Was Designed To Look Like A Satellite

3 mins; November 21, 2022

When Alan Shepard Hit Golf Balls On The Moon

3 mins; November 18, 2022

Colorado’s State Capitol Has Pretty Much All The World’s Rose Onyx

3 mins; November 17, 2022

The “McBarge” Was A Floating Wonderland Of Fast Food

3 mins; November 16, 2022

Helen Hulick, Who Went To Jail For The Right To Wear Slacks In Court

3 mins; November 15, 2022

The American Warship That Accidentally Launched A Torpedo At FDR

3 mins; November 14, 2022

A Comanche Code Talker Sent The First Message From Utah Beach On D-Day

3 mins; November 11, 2022

With A Name Like The Hope Diamond, It’s Gotta Be Cursed (Or Not)

3 mins; November 10, 2022

Piano Chords May Help Stop Chronic Nightmares

3 mins; November 09, 2022

How Auctioneers Keep Up Their Patter And Get Bidders To Bid

3 mins; November 08, 2022

The “Parcel Post Bank” Was Mailed To Its Construction Site, A Few Bricks At A Time

3 mins; November 07, 2022

When South New Jersey Wanted To Become Its Own State

3 mins; November 04, 2022

The Worst Sandwich Ever Was A Way To Get Around Anti-Liquor Laws

3 mins; November 03, 2022

When Marlon Brando Hosts An Acting Seminar, It Can Get Really Wild

3 mins; November 02, 2022

Repainting The White House Takes 570 Gallons Of Paint

3 mins; November 01, 2022

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