The Plaice to Know

Episode

351: No Such Thing As Pop Charts for Bagpipers

2020-12-11 · 4 places on the map · episode transcript

  1. Den HelderOne-offNetherlands

    The capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder was in 1795 — basically a battle between the Dutch and the French, where the Dutch were on a boat on a body of water that froze over while they were anchored.

    mentioned at 00:25:23 · See it on the map →

  2. ReunionOne-offRéunion

    This was first discovered by an enslaved man in Reunion called Edmund Albius. He basically had this guy who was his boss and he was telling him how they make watermelons but how they can't do it with vanilla pods. So…

    mentioned at 00:39:45 · See it on the map →

  3. KeralaOne-offIndia

    The longest cake ever made was vanilla flavoured. It was baked in South India, in Kerala, and it was 10 centimetres wide.

    mentioned at 00:41:13 · See it on the map →

  4. SpartakOne-offRussia

    The most famous team in Russia is Spartak Moscow. When the Soviets were controlling everything, they were the team of the people. There was a load of brothers called the Starristan brothers who started Spartak, and then…

    mentioned at 00:50:49 · See it on the map →

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