The Plaice to Know

Episode

286: No Such Thing As A Banana With Wifi

2019-09-13 · 5 places on the map · episode transcript

  1. KetteringOne-offUnited Kingdom

    How cool is that that the creator of the swing and of the ball pit grew up, I guess, two hours drive from each other, Kettering and Sheffield.

    mentioned at 00:09:20 · See it on the map →

  2. Stanford UniversityOne-offUnited States

    One of the leading theories is that in 1971 and 1972, a first transaction was made between students at Stanford University and MIT, and they were selling weed to each other. The first transaction potentially was a drug…

    mentioned at 00:24:42 · See it on the map →

  3. BrusselsOne-offBelgium

    They wanted to create what they called a world palace — basically all the world's knowledge and information. It was in the Palais Mondial in Brussels. They got up to 12 million index cards.

    mentioned at 00:26:53 · See it on the map →

  4. Third ReichOne-offGermany

    In 1940, the Nazis rocked up and the Third Reich replaced it with a bunch of Third Reich art. Some of it was left over, but most of it, we don't know where it's gone.

    mentioned at 00:27:20 · See it on the map →

  5. West Bromwich AlbionOne-offUnited Kingdom

    The first known use of the word 'belend' to refer to a person was for the entire 1992 West Bromwich Albion football team.

    mentioned at 00:28:03 · See it on the map →

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