The Plaice to Know

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367: No Such Thing As A Horse Drawn Segway

2021-04-02 · 3 places on the map · episode transcript

  1. Lake StarnbergOne-offGermany

    He died at Lake Starnberg, Ludwig. And then 20 years after he died, the first wave machine, the Undosa, or wave bath, was built on the shores of Lake Starnberg. It was steam-powered and its name is Latin for the Wave…

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  2. NeuschwansteinOne-offGermany

    Just on the waves that Ludwig made, I did read that they were mostly ripples, so there's a lot of claims, but I'm not sure you could surf them. I think you've made a good bodyboard as a small toddler on his ripples, if…

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  3. World Health OrganizationOne-offSwitzerland

    Drug makers give the drug a chemical name, but you need a single generic name. That then goes to the World Health Organization. It has to be cleared, because the generic names are usually global these days — it has the…

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