Well... that happened

Liechtenstein is a small country, founded in 1719, it didn’t become a nation overnight. It took almost a century and a half to get independence from German in 1866. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/well-that-happened--6149297/support . Do me a favour? Rate the podcast? Share it? Maybe comment. it would mean a lot to me. And it's free.

Much has been made of the Russian economy; with war raging and an uncertain political situation, many of the citizens are not sure that the country is moving in the right direction. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/well-that-happened--6149297/support . Do me a favour? Rate the podcast? Share it? Maybe comment. it would mean a lot to me. And it's free.

May! Doesn't the year go fast? Got your Chrimbo decorations up yet? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/well-that-happened--6149297/support . Do me a favour? Rate the podcast? Share it? Maybe comment. it would mean a lot to me. And it's free.

Things about May 1st, part one. There may be more, there may not... Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/well-that-happened--6149297/support . Do me a favour? Rate the podcast? Share it? Maybe comment. it would mean a lot to me. And it's free.

Some facts about socks. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/well-that-happened--6149297/support . Do me a favour? Rate the podcast? Share it? Maybe comment. it would mean a lot to me. And it's free.

The worst thing about building pyramids is building pyramids Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/well-that-happened--6149297/support . Do me a favour? Rate the podcast? Share it? Maybe comment. it would mean a lot to me. And it's free.

Interesting things about the Bard Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/well-that-happened--6149297/support . Do me a favour? Rate the podcast? Share it? Maybe comment. it would mean a lot to me. And it's free.

How the media changes things or adds it's own inflection. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/well-that-happened--6149297/support . Do me a favour? Rate the podcast? Share it? Maybe comment. it would mean a lot to me. And it's free.

The future. It's where you and I are heading. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/well-that-happened--6149297/support . Do me a favour? Rate the podcast? Share it? Maybe comment. it would mean a lot to me. And it's free.

Environmental changes to a recipe has repercussions Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/well-that-happened--6149297/support . Do me a favour? Rate the podcast? Share it? Maybe comment. it would mean a lot to me. And it's free.

Car keys are easy to forget Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/well-that-happened--6149297/support . Do me a favour? Rate the podcast? Share it? Maybe comment. it would mean a lot to me. And it's free.

Being trapped in the smallest room Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/well-that-happened--6149297/support . Do me a favour? Rate the podcast? Share it? Maybe comment. it would mean a lot to me. And it's free.

Elmer J. McCurdy was an American outlaw who was killed in a shoot-out with police after robbing a train in Oklahoma in October 1911. Dubbed "The Bandit Who Wouldn't Give Up", Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/well-that-happened--6149297/support . Do me a favour? Rate the podcast? Share it? Maybe comment. it would mean a lot to me. And it's free.

I am busy making other things so here is a repeat of the true story of a council dispute with residents over the Town Crier. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/well-that-happened--6149297/support . Do me a favour? Rate the podcast? Share it? Maybe comment. it would mean a lot to me. And it's free.

Mozart was quite the rebel Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/well-that-happened--6149297/support . Do me a favour? Rate the podcast? Share it? Maybe comment. it would mean a lot to me. And it's free.

The Curious Case of the Pickering Burglar Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/well-that-happened--6149297/support . Do me a favour? Rate the podcast? Share it? Maybe comment. it would mean a lot to me. And it's free.

How a desperate Kaiser made a desperate decision. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/well-that-happened--6149297/support . Do me a favour? Rate the podcast? Share it? Maybe comment. it would mean a lot to me. And it's free.

Zheng He was a Chinese explorer, admiral, diplomat, and eunuch from the early Ming dynasty, who is often regarded as the greatest admiral in Chinese history. Born into a Muslim family as Ma He, he later adopted the surname Zheng conferred onto him by the Yongle Emperor. More Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/well-that-happened--6149297/support . Do me a favour? R...

The Indian Independence Act of 1947 was a law passed by the British Parliament that partitioned British India into two independent dominions, India and Pakistan, effectively ending British colonial rule. It received Royal Assent on July 18, 1947, and came into effect on August 15, 1947, marking a significant moment in the history of India's struggle for independence. More Become a supporter of thi...

Ada Deer, an esteemed Native American leader from Wisconsin and the first woman to lead the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/well-that-happened--6149297/support . Do me a favour? Rate the podcast? Share it? Maybe comment. it would mean a lot to me. And it's free.

The invention which changed the world. More Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/well-that-happened--6149297/support . Do me a favour? Rate the podcast? Share it? Maybe comment. it would mean a lot to me. And it's free.

Kafka was born near the Old Town Square in Prague, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His family were German-speaking middle-class Ashkenazi Jews. His father, Hermann Kafka, was the fourth child of Jakob Kafka,a shochet  or kosher butcher in Osek, a Czech village with a large Jewish population located near Strakonice in southern Bohemia. More Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www....

Muir was noted for being an ecological thinker, political spokesman, and environmental advocate, whose writings became a personal guide into nature for many people, making his name "almost ubiquitous" in the modern environmental consciousness More : here Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/well-that-happened--6149297/support . Do me a favour? Rate the podcast? Shar...

Tragic life of Dutch painter Van Gogh. More : Here Once again I apologise for my poor pronounciation of French words. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/well-that-happened--6149297/support . Do me a favour? Rate the podcast? Share it? Maybe comment. it would mean a lot to me. And it's free.

Until the mid-15th century, Europe enjoyed a safe land passage to China and India—sources of valued goods such as silk, spices, and opiates—under the hegemony of the Mongol Empire (the  Pax Mongolica , or Mongol Peace). With the Fall of Constantinople to the Turkish Ottoman Empire in 1453, European countries sought to compete with the Silk Road dominated by the gunpowder empires through expanded u...