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The stories behind your Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
Holy Cow, I’m super excited to be a part of the Mega Awesome Super Huge Wicked Fun Podcast Playdate again! And alongside other great podcasters! Mick Sullivan of The Past and The Curious (that’s me) will take the stage at 12:00 Noon on Sunday, April 26, 2026. Information and in-person tickets are available at WBUR’s...
Charles Dickens created the world-famous character Ebenezer Scrooge in the 1840s, but he may have been inspired by a real-life miser named John Elwes. Another famous miser is buried in a Jewish cemetery in Krakow, Poland. However, it turns out that Yossele the Holy Miser wasn't as miserly as everyone believed him to be during his life.
WWII Art Spy Rose Valland and the toilet that sank U-1206
Water weddings, open sewage, and cannon codes: The Erie Canal and The Chicago River were both wild projects.