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Text us your thoughts on the podcast New prime minister or not, meet Larry, the cat. The chief mouser to the Cabinet Office who lives at 10 Downing Street. 1. Larry (cat) [Wikipedia] 2. Feline pushed out? [BBC] 3. Larry ā¦
For three individuals, a Hƶfner expert and two journalists, finding Paul McCartney's lost guitar of 50 years became a mission. They were determined to find the guitar. supporting links 1. The Cavern Club [Wikipedia] 2. Please...
There are baseball collectors and then there is Geddy Lee. He was the singer and bassist for the band, Rush. Heās pulling together about 300 items from his baseball memorabilia collection to set up for auction. His collectio...
An Irish postal clerk, played a very key role in helping save General Eisenhowerās, D-Day invasion from potential disaster. supporting links 1. Maureen Flavin Sweeney [Wikipedia] 2. Operation Overlord [Wikipedia] 3. Dwight D....
Jack ReVelle, a US Air Force officer, played a critical role in preventing a catastrophic nuclear disaster during the Cold War. Unfortunately, his efforts to save the day would haunt him for the next 50 years, not to mention ...
Seventy-nine years later, the Wiltz Christmas celebration remains a powerful symbol of hope and humanity. The soldiers are gone, but their legacy lives on. The children still vividly recall the joy of that special day. Each y...
Theodore Hall, graduated from Harvard as a physicist and was hired to work developing the first-ever atomic bomb during the Manhattan Project that helped end World War II. He was but 18 years of age. He soon became a reluctan...
A young coupleās journey to Woodstock that became music history. supporting links 1. Wookstock [Wikipedia] 2. Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More [Wikipedia] 3. Bobbi Ercoline [RollingStone] 4. Iconic Woods...
The game of Monopoly is one of the most well-known board games in the world. Itās a game of strategy, luck, and skill thatās been entertaining people for over a century. supporting links 1. History of Monopoly [Wikipedia] 2. ...
On January 15, 1919, Boston was hit with a massive flood. The flood rushed through the streets at an estimated 35 miles per hour, killing 21 people and injuring over 150. By the way, the flood wasnāt water, it was ā¦
Since February of 2022, Iāve been watching the ongoing war with Ukraine and Russia. When Putinās army stormed in, they looked so polish and ready to conquer Ukraine in a manner of hours. Today the Russin army looks like a ā¦
Tom Turcich, from New Jersey, sets a Guinness World Record becoming the tenth person to walk around the world. So what? The 'so what' part is he wasn't alone. His companion, shall we say, was different. He took his four-legge...
The year was 1967, and John Donohue took off to make a beer run for some of his friends in his neighborhood. Now one would think, what so special about a beer run? Well, this wasnāt your typical beer run ā¦
Thereās this island that lies between Greenland and Canada. Itās not really an island perse. Itās more rock than anything else. What makes this rock interesting is a dispute between Canada and Denmark. The discussion involved...
Sailing solo across the world's largest ocean once should be enough of an achievement. But 83-year-old Japanese ocean adventurer Kenichi Horie felt compelled to do it again. On Saturday, June 4, 2022, he set a record by becom...