Mon. 09/27 - 900 Year Old Cosmic Mystery: Officially Solved
- Author
- Cool Stuff Ride Home
- Published
- Mon 27 Sep 2021
- Episode Link
- https://chrt.fm/track/G481GD/pscrb.fm/rss/p/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/0e49624f-553e-45fd-be6e-44b9fa5d0d58/Monday2C20September20272C202021Edit20120-2093A273A212C204.1720PM.mp3
How 19th century New Yorkers took advantage of a loophole in the strict drinking laws and ended up creating the world’s worst sandwich. Plus, a supernova that’s been missing since the twelfth century has been found! And how a young woman on Tiktok accidentally caused havoc to thousands of scientific studies.
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To Evade Pre-Prohibition Drinking Laws, New Yorkers Created the World's Worst Sandwich (Atlas Obscura)
A supernova missing since 1181 AD has finally been found (Syfy)
Astronomers solve 900-year-old cosmic mystery surrounding Chinese supernova of 1181AD (University of Manchester)
A teenager on TikTok disrupted thousands of scientific studies with a single video (The Verge)
'Great British Bake Off' Goes by Different Name in US Due to Trademark (Insider)
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