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The first roller skates were patented by John Joseph Merlin in 1760. He showed off his new fangled wheeled shoes with an epic entrance to a party t...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Apr 15, 2022
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
In the movie Good Will Hunting, Will is a janitor at MIT--he solves some impossible math problems and shocks the professors. That origin story is t...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Sep 06, 2020
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
The pretzel, known as a “Brezel” or “Brezn” in German, is not an ordinary pastry. It has a century-old history full of myths and stories. Where did...
Bought by KICI Iowa City and KICI Iowa City
- Added: Apr 03, 2019
- Length: 33:17
- Purchases: 2
On today's show we look at the real and imagined implications of genetic modification in the middle of the 20th century.
- Added: Mar 02, 2012
- Length: 14:40
The Big Apple and Ringling Bros. are two of the few remaining travelling circuses left in the country. Elliot Majerczyk spoke with a man who teache...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Oct 03, 2011
- Length: 02:35
- Purchases: 1
