The penultimate episode of The Underwear Chronicles (soon to be the book I See Lincoln's Underpants) revisits inventor and leader Garrett Morgan. We've covered Garrett Before, but not like this!
The Paris, Kentucky-born man would change the world in profound ways! He was absolutely amazing.
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May 31
Lost Woods and Found Amendments
The story of the Lost 40 - an old growth forest in Minnesota that got lost for nearly a century thanks to a surveying error. We're talking lumberjacks, old growth trees, and silly mistakes. Also, the 27th Amendment which was brought back from the dustbin of history thanks to a co ... Show More
32m 58s
Jul 2014
No Such Thing As A Kilt On The Battlefield
Episode 18: This week in the QI Office Dan Schreiber (@schreiberland), James Harkin (@eggshaped), Anna Ptaszynski (@nosuchthing) & Museum of Curiosity co-producer Richard Turner (@therichturner) discuss James Joyce's tiny underpants dance, a bucket worth starting a war for, fashi ... Show More
32m 28s
<p>Love, passion, desire and pleasure are running themes in Colette's writing and her life. And that life was seen as <em>really </em>scandalous and even notorious, especially in her younger years. </p> <p><strong>Research:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Roberts, Michele. "Chic lit: The e ... Show More
