Episode

433: No Such Thing As A Golden Chicken

2022-07-01 · 4 places on the map · episode transcript

1. White Bear LakeOne-offUnited States

   Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald used to spend the summers at White Bear Lake where there was a golf course, and apparently she was much better at golf than he was.

   mentioned at 00:13:53 · See it on the map →

2. SyracuseOne-offItaly

   There was only one orrery maker in Syracuse, and it was Archimedes, because he invented it.

   mentioned at 00:23:32 · See it on the map →

3. TrondheimOne-offNorway

   There is a very old cathedral in Trondheim called Niderås Cathedral. They're doing the roof at the moment, but in order to get the roof back to the state that they want, they need to oxidize the copper — and it's been…

   mentioned at 00:41:18 · See it on the map →

4. Lost Gardens of HeliganOne-offUnited Kingdom

   You can use horse urine to grow pineapples, which they do at the Lost Gardens of Heligan, which is in Cornwall. They still make pineapples in that old way that they used to.

   mentioned at 00:48:54 · See it on the map →

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