Goff's 3 Minute Histories

Who? What? Where? Sources: https://www.history.com/news/clue-game-origin-wwii Music: www.purple-planet.com

There is only one place in the world that hippos can be found in the wild outside of Africa.....Pablo Escobar's house.  Sources: https://insightcrime.org/colombia-organized-crime-news/pablo-escobar/ https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/environment/584514-pablo-escobars-80-cocaine-hippos-are-wreaking https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/environment/538196-pablo-es...

From turtle spoon to Hollywood icon, the culinary journey of the spork. Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/01/magazine/who-made-that-spork.html https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/everyday-innovations/invented-spork1.htm https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/history-of-chopsticks-forks-spoons-and-sporks-who-invented-the-spoon-who-invented-the-fork Music: www.purple-planet.com

They say history is written by the victors....but I've never seen an emu write before. Sources: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/the-great-emu-war-in-which-some-large-flightless-birds-unwittingly-foiled-the-australian-army/ https://nomadsworld.com/great-emu-war/ Music: The Red Soil · Saira Ridley

France and Spain proving that you can share even 350 years later. Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-42817859 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Spanish_War_(1635%E2%80%931659) Music: purple-planet.com

Pepsi would have decidedly won the Cola Wars of the 80s if the battle had gone to sea.  Sources: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/cold-war/pepsi-once-had-the-6th-largest-navy-in-the-world.html?fbclid=IwAR3gpkdL5iPu-qzv1qtoce2tiCdKXN3voR65uvbTwTlcykCG8BwzOFwoTD0 Music: purple-planet.com

Weaponizing cats to capture a kingdom. Sources: https://www.worldhistory.org/article/43/the-battle-of-pelusium-a-victory-decided-by-cats/ https://www.purina.com.au/fancyfeast/thelounge/articles/joy/history-of-cats-in-egypt#:~:text=From%20everyday%20people%20to%20the,symbol%20and%20source%20of%20worship . Music: https://bit.ly/3fgvmOB

Bats and Napalm....what could go wrong?  Sources: https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2016/01/26/bat-bombs-wwiis-project-x-ray/ https://web.archive.org/web/20080531082803/http://www.afa.org/magazine/1990/1090bat.html https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/04/old-weird-tech-the-bat-bombs-of-world-war-ii/237267/ Music: www.purple-planet.com

The most famous scream in cinema. Sources: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/60236/where-did-wilhelm-scream-come-and-why-do-so-many-filmmakers-use-it https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-the-wilhelm-scream-sound-effect/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0123785/ Music: purple-planet.com

It's like the pony express, except the library version.  Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pack_Horse_Library_Project#:~:text=The%20Pack%20Horse%20Library%20Project%20was%20headed%20by%20Ellen%20Woodward,individual%20homes%20and%20to%20schoolhouses . https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/horse-riding-librarians-were-great-depression-bookmobiles-180963786/ Music: purple-planet.com

Latin, the language to get famous after it died.  Sources: https://www.thoughtco.com/why-late-latin-was-called-vulgar-119475 https://allthatsinteresting.com/height-roman-empire-map https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire https://www.th egreatcoursesdaily.com/language-evolution-one-language-became-five-languages/ https://askdruniverse.wsu.edu/2015/02/11/whats-in-a-name/ Music: www.purple-pl...

Everyone has an opinion on who has the best sandwich they've ever eaten, but hands down the worst had to be the Raines Sandwich, check out why....... Sources: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/raines-sandwich Music: www.purple-planet.com

Talk about carrying a marriage on your back.... Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Weinsberg https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-wise-wives-of-weinsberg-cce96e3a1d79 https://www.technewsiit.com/hidden-history-loyal-wives-weinsberg Music: www.purple-planet.com

Mary Poppins and the Polio Vaccine. Sources: https://www.npr.org/2021/01/08/954413533/his-vaccine-story-inspired-his-father-to-write-a-disney-classic https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/polio/index.html#:~:text=Inactivated%20polio%20vaccine%20(IPV)%20is,four%20doses%20of%20polio%20vaccine . https://sangamoncountyhistory.org/wp/?p=12744 https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/medicine/pol...

Who needs to put out milk and cookies when you can play hide and seek with the Christmas Pickle.  Sources: https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/christmaspickle.shtml https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/allthemoms/2018/12/20/whats-christmas-pickle-tradition-youll-want-start-now/2341958002/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mysterious-christmas-pickle-tradition-hiding-german https://www.ger...

Cold or hot....SPAM hits the spot.  Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/food/how-spam-went-canned-necessity-american-icon-180963916/ https://www.eater.com/2014/7/9/6191681/a-brief-history-of-spam-an-american-meat-icon Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

In 1775, as the American Colonies began their revolt against the British Crown, General Washington's biggest battle would be against disease not redcoats. Sources: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/623428/george-washington-won-american-revolution-with-smallpox-vaccine https://www.history.com/news/smallpox-george-washington-revolutionary-war https://www.history.com/news/the-rise-and-fall-of-small...

Pigeons save lives.  Sources: https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-01/geologist-has-probably-figured-out-how-homing-pigeons-find-their-way-home/ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-20749632 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2226203/Skeleton-hero-World-War-II-carrier-pigeon-chimney-secret-coded-message-attached-leg.html https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_425415...

Communism. Chaos. Cannibals  This episode does have some explicit descriptions of cannibalism and may not be suited for all listeners.  Sources: https://allthatsinteresting.com/cannibal-island?fbclid=IwAR10gLfpQ73c6VwCPSrzTf9RKRrkSOSiPU9XGKNZlIW8kk6gDxqZSZiF0-o https://www.rferl.org/a/cannibal-island-in-1933-nearly-5-000-died-in-one-of-stalin-s-most-horrific-labor-camps/29341167.html Mus...

The Legend of Stingy Jack. Apologies for the nasal factor on this one. Happy Halloween!!  Sources: https://www.history.com/news/history-of-the-jack-o-lantern-irish-origins https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12865/whats-origin-jack-o-lanterns Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

John Snow (not that John Snow) and the cholera map that saved London and changed the way we view pandemics forever.  Sources: https://www.ranker.com/list/john-snow-cholera-map/genevieve-carlton https://www.healthline.com/health/worst-disease-outbreaks-history#cholera Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

Ever want to be President for a day?  This guy was. Sources: https://www.history.com/news/the-24-hour-president Music: purple-planet.com

How a rocket scientist invented a squirt gun that is out of this world.  Sources: https://www.toyhalloffame.org/toys/super-soaker https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/28991/wet-and-wild-history-super-soaker https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/accidental-invention-super-soaker-180972428/ Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

Everything you never knew about your favorite toaster accessory.  Sources: https://www.mashed.com/117295/untold-truth-pop-tarts/ https://spoonuniversity.com/lifestyle/pop-tarts-brief-history https://www.thrillist.com/lifestyle/nation/6-skills-you-should-master-this-summer https://www.huffpost.com/entry/best-selling-poptarts-flavors_n_5836520 Music: purple-planet.com

All you need to know about West Virginia 1.0. Sources: https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/857 http://www.virginiaplaces.org/settleland/vandalia.html http://www.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh40-4.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=031vKBPk5eA