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A car fueled by the sun is closer to becoming a consumer reality, a group of monster hunters appeal to an unlikely agency for assistance, and on This Day in History, London Bridge is falling down … but springing back to life in the American desert. Solar Powered Car (GNN) (Aptera) Loch Ness and NASA (Sky News) London Bridge (History) Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Instagram - Facebo...

A long-term plan to cure many individuals afflicted with blindness, Weird Wednesday brings us a new, collaborative version of Scrabble, cats in a palace, and a hippo walking through suburbia. Plus, on This Day in History, the first Ford Mustang is introduced to the public. Blindness Cure (Brisbane Times) Collaborative Scrabble (BBC) Palace Cats (AP News) Escaped Hippo (UPI) Lawnmower GWR (UPI) Mus...

A scientific pact for lasting love devised by one Stanford student, a stunning find in Pompeii, and on This Day in History – sharpshooter Annie Oakley breaks yet another record. Marriage Pact (Fox News) Pompeii Discovery (EuroNews) Annie Oakley (PBS) (Patch) Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices...

Fish Swim in Schools for Stealth–as 100 Fish Make Less Noise Than an Individual Swimming Alone (Supplemental: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-3190/ad3a4e) World-first treatment at Staffordshire Children’s Hospital at Royal Stoke for teenager with rare condition Heroes, Heroines, and History: The Backward Walk Around the World (Supplemental 1: PLENNIE WINGO - Wired For Adventure, Su...

Frogs are screaming - we just can't hear them, scientists in Brazil discover Cicadas are nature's weirdos, and about to infest 2 parts of the U.S. | AP News Chechnya 'bans music that is too fast or too slow' TDIH: Yuri Gagarin and Vostok 1, the First Human Spaceflight Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can dogs truly understand what we are saying? A new study provides intriguing results. A British man runs the continent of Africa, and a new star will briefly be seen in the night skies. Plus, on this day in History, we look at the first modern submarine. Dogs Language Comprehension (CNN) (Current Biology) Africa Run (BBC) New (Temporary) Star (Gizmodo) (Astronomy.com) Modern Submarine History (Li...

Europe’s focus on clean energy appears to be paying off and Weird Wednesday focuses on animals. Plus, on This Day in History - the banana comes to England. Europe's Clean Energy (Reuters) Spilled Salmon (CNN) Stuck Mountain Goat (AP News) Cicada Urine (WPR) (Scientific American) England/Bananas (The Conversation) (The Independent) Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your...

You’ll soon have a place to refuel on that good ol’ trip from Earth to Mars – more details on the way, early man may have built structures of wood early than previously thought … and on This Day in History, the first publicly funded library is formed. Space Refueling Station (GNN) Early Wooden Structures (AP News) (Nature) Oldest Public Library (Only In Your State) (Peterborough Town Library) Cont...

New research could yield a new treatment option for those afflicted with thyroid cancer, a Roman soldier’s gold bracelet is discovered … and likely not in the manner you would expect , plus on This Day In History - milk is sold in glass bottles for the first time. New Thyroid Cancer Treatment (GNN) Roman Soldier's Gold Bracelet (Yahoo News) Milk Bottles (Mukundsathe.com) (Bonner County History) Co...

An excavation in France produces a mansion of yester-year … yester-century is more like it. Goats have overrun a small Italian island and the locals aren’t thrilled. And, on This Week in History, the tire that changed the automobile. Medieval Castle (Yahoo News) Goats Overtake Island (Sky News) Firestone Gum-Dipped Balloon Tire (Yahoo) (Hemmings) (Automotive History) Learn more about your ad choic...

Gorillas Use Chest Beating to Prevent Conflict, Not Provoke it, a New Study Finds New Solar-Powered Desalinator Keeps Producing Clean Water Without Needing Sunshine TDIH: Rhodes scholarship | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica TDIH (See Also): The History, and Controversy, Behind the Rhodes Scholarship - The Good Men Project   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices L...

Human brains are getting larger. That may be good news for dementia risk Weird Wednesday: Rescued 'baby hedgehog' turns out to be a pom pom from a hat Watch: Dog digging in Florida yard unearths decades-old military bomb Nine raccoons on the loose from Netherlands zoo  Watch: Chinese man regurgitates stream of water for nearly 6 minutes TDIH: Pony Express | US Mail Delivery History | Britannica Le...

Kombucha Can Mimic the Effects of Fasting in the Body, According to a Study Lego head mugshots add to California’s debate on policing and privacy TDIH: Flash! Bang! It's the Human Cannonball! - On This Day Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

‘Exhausted’ immune cells in healthy women could be target for breast cancer prevention No joke: UK comedian told to remove hot dog from subway poster over junk food ban The Bankrupt Irishman Who Created the Dollar Sign by Accident - Atlas Obscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The "Devil Comet" rides the dark skies – we’ll explain, Oregon’s outback gains a new certification … and it’s "out of this world" and on This Week in History, a well dig yields the archaeological discovery of a lifetime. The Devil Comet (Gizmodo) (Interesting Engineering) (MSN) (Popular Science) Dark Sky Sanctuary (GNN) Terracotta Warriors (BBC) Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Instag...

One French town solves a flooding issue while producing solar energy at the same time, a Swedish court issues an interesting ruling on meteorites and on This Day in History, the first US ambulance takes to the streets in Cincinnati. Cemetary Solar Energy (EuroNews) Meteortie Ownership (AP News) First Ambulance (Fox News) Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Instagram - Facebook Learn more...

One UK restaurant’s quest to eliminate food waste while feeding the hungry, Weird Wednesday includes a waiter and waitress race, beware the waking bears, helping a stuck skunk, and another Guinness World Record – Plus, on This Day in History, we look at what is considered the most chivalrous battle of all time. The Long Table (The Guardian) (Wrap) Waiter/Waitress Race (AP News) Beware the Bears (U...

Scientists Discover Potential HIV Cure Man finds England's biggest gold nugget (See Also: A History of the California Gold Rush) TDIH: All about Vulcan, a hypothetical planet between the Sun and Mercury   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Genetically modified pig kidneys … in humans? We’ll explain. One oil-rich, Middle Eastern Country embraces sustainable fuel alternatives. Plus, on This Day In History, one famous writer is sentenced to five years in prison.  Genetically Modified Pid Kidney Transplant (NPR) Dubai Company Looks to Cooking Oil (GNN) Story of O. Henry (American Literature) Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com...

New evidence that early humans were in Europe earlier than previously thought, one record-setting road-trip takes place at speeds under 10 mph, and hundreds in Mexico publicly protest the need for more sleep. Plus, on This Week in History, the closing of the nation’s most iconic prison. European Stone Tools (AP News) (Nature) Toy Car Road Trip (UPI) (Instagram - cassie.aran) Sleep Protest (Fox44 N...

Moss to the rescue – cuttings to improve water quality at one UK reservoir, the modern day quest for buried treasure has begun … we’ll have details, and one zoo see a rare birth – the first in ten years. Plus, on This Day in History, a famous bear takes to the skies … though not willingly.  Moss Cuttings to Restore Bog (GNN) Sunken Ship/Treasure (The Metro) (NDTV) Pygmy Hippo (Reuters) (People) Yo...

A centuries-old artifact is pulled from a UK river and Weird Wednesday including Sandboarding, bees on the loose, banned car horns, and a couple snakes. Plus, on This Day in History, we look at punishments for the Boston Tea Party. River Artifact (Oxford Mail) (University of Bristol) (NY Times) (Historical Association) Sandboarding (Reuters) Bees! (UPI) Car Horns (AP News) Car Snake (UPI) Escaped...

We’re now one step closer to bringing back the woolly mammoth, one person’s uses cloning for a nefarious purpose, and staff at a veterinary hospital take an extremely novel approach to caring for a young fox. Plus, on This Day in History, a confederate ship sinks and is later found on the same day … 102 years apart. Woolly Mammath (NPR) Sheep Cloned to Hunt (Gizmodo) Orphaned Red Fox (AP News) USS...

Antarctica's 'Penguin Post Office' is hiring: Do you have what it takes? NASA Lunar Lighthouse Beacons Navigation Odie Lander (Also See: https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/marshall/nasa-to-demonstrate-autonomous-navigation-system-on-moon) TDIH: A Brief History of Buses Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

Coral reef restoration shows amazing promise, NASA sends another “message in a bottle”, and the well-known space organization now has its own tabletop RPG game. Plus, This Day in History, the first dot com domain is taken. Coral Reef Restoration (GNN) (Cell Press) Message in a Bottle (GNN) NASA Game (NASA - The Lost Universe) Domain History (StackScale) (History of Information) (Nameboy) (Colorlib...