The Plaice to Know

Episode

328: No Such Thing As A Romantic Lollipop

2020-07-03 · 4 places on the map · episode transcript

  1. MassachusettsOne-offUnited States

    In 1816, in Massachusetts, there was a guy who was called George Pierce who was arrested for riding on a Sunday, because in America, you weren't allowed to ride your horse on a Sunday. He was arrested as acting against…

    mentioned at 00:07:55 · See it on the map →

  2. UnileverOne-offUnited Kingdom

    They're both owned by Unilever. They started around the start of the 19th century. In 1812, George the Prince of Wales granted Richard Wall a royal warrant as the purveyor of pork to the king.

    mentioned at 00:18:48 · See it on the map →

  3. XanaduOne-offChina

    All the places that he described, like we know where Xanadu was — we've found the dragon statues, we found he got the perimeter sizes wrong, but they were not too far wrong.

    mentioned at 00:30:22 · See it on the map →

  4. West MidlandsOne-offUnited Kingdom

    In 2016 they did a taste test of all the different waters in the UK with a group of judges that included Michelin star chef Tom Atkins. These were experts on water and they tasted them all and they said that the best…

    mentioned at 00:49:32 · See it on the map →

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