The Ike was the city’s first superhighway. In this special presentation, people affected open up about how it scattered ethnic neighborhoods and changed many lives forever.
Everything Everywhere Daily - Eponymous Laws
Everyone is probably familiar with Murphy’s Law which says that “Anything which can go wrong will go wrong.” However, there are many such laws, known as eponymous laws, which are sayings, adages, or truisms, which have been attributed to people over the years.
These are not hard and fast mathematical or physical laws, but rather are general truths which can help you see and understand the world better...and they are usually named after someone.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Football, Soccer, and Rugby
While different countries may debate as to what sport should really be called ‘football’, the reality is that the word football describes a broad family of sports all of whom have a very similar background and origin.
Just like species with a common ancestor can evolve in ways where they look totally unlike each other, so too did the football sports evolve from a common ancestor into very different forms today.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Latin Alphabet
The Latin Alphabet has become the most widespread system of writing in the world. Its origins can be traced back thousands of years to Ancient Romans and to civilizations before that. It is probably the single biggest thing that we use today which originated in Rome.
Today’s English alphabet, you know that one from the song, is a modification of the system which was used by the Romans, which has had some unique quirks in the past that most English speakers are unaware of.
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Bay Curious - The Secret Lives of The Palace of Fine Arts Swans
The lagoon in front of San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts has been home to swans since its was built in 1915. Bay Curious listener Mishi Nova loves the spot and the swans. She wondered how the swans survive the night and escape the coyotes.
Additional Reading:
- The Swans at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts Have Attitude
- Check out what different birds sound like on the Audubon website
- A Very Curious Activity book
Reported by Asal Ehsanipour. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, and Rob Speight. Additional support from Erika Aguilar, Jessica Placzek, Kyana Moghadam, Paul Lancour, Suzie Racho, Carly Severn, Bianca Hernandez, Ethan Lindsey, Vinnee Tong and Michelle Wiley.
Everything Everywhere Daily - Why are French Fries called French Fries?
Everyone loves french fries. It is one of the few things which most people can agree on in the world today.
The average American consumes over 16 pounds of them every year, and they have become a staple part of the cuisine in countries all over the world.
Yet, why do American’s call them “french” fries? What do the French have to do with it?
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the memory palace - Episode 168: The Traveling Stones
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, a collective of independent podcasts from PRX.
A note on notes: We’d much rather you just went into each episode of The Memory Palace cold. And just let the story take you where it well. So, we don’t suggest looking into the show notes first.
Music
Ruby by Ali Farka Toure
Party’s End, from Bernard Herrmann’s score to The Egyptian
Future Green by Masuhiro Sugaya
The Boy and the Snake Dance by Charles Cohen
Vier Stucke for Xylophone as performed by Guniid Keetman
Opening from Marcelo Zarvos’ score to Please Give
Herbert’s Story from Mark Orton’s score to Nebraska
Solitary Living by The Flashbulb
Notes
You should read Dan De Quille. He’s a good writer! I like his book on the Comstock Load, Big Bonanza.
Also check out The Tall Tales of Dan De Quille, by C. Grant Loomis from 1946.
I found this article about Twain’s time in Nevada particularly helpful.
Everything Everywhere Daily - The Last US Civil War Pension
On May 31, 2020, Irene Triplett passed away at the age of 90. Her life was rather unremarkable save for one important fact: she was the last person who received a pension from the United States government from the US Civil War.
Find out how a woman who died two decades into the 21st Century was still receiving a pension from a war which ended 155 years ago on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Most Famous Song in the World
If there is one song almost everyone knows it is Happy Birthday to You (yes, that is the actual title of the song, even though everyone just calls it Happy Birthday).
Not only has the song been sung at countless children’s birthday parties, but it has also been mentioned in Supreme Court decisions and was the subject of one of the most important copyright cases in history.
Learn more about the most famous song in the world on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - The US/Canadian Border
The border between the United States and Canada is the longest border between any two countries in the world. The total length of the land border is 8,891 kilometers or 5,525 miles long. In addition to being the longest border in the world, it is also the longest non-militarized and non-fenced border in the world.
With a border that long, you are bound to have some oddities, and the US/Canadian border has plenty.
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