by Douglas Kearney
Everything Everywhere Daily - The Battle of Thermopylae
In the year 480 BC, one of the most famous battles in history took place on the shore of the Malian Gulf in the Aegean Sea.
Several thousand Greeks held back several hundred thousand Persians, in a battle which is still remembered 2,500 years later.
While the Greeks lost the battle, they did ultimately win the war.
Learn more about the Battle of Thermopylae and the 300 hundred Spartans, on the 300th episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Audio Poem of the Day - The Pain Reliever
By Carrie Olivia Adams
Everything Everywhere Daily - May Day
Every year of May 1st, people all around the northern hemisphere celebrate the arrival of spring. A day we call May Day.
But it is also the day that communist countries held military parades, and the Soviets would show off all of their military strength in public.
Mayday is also the international distress signal for radio.
How are these very different things all related? Learn more about May Day on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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