The Plaice to Know

Episode

452: No Such Thing As Lemming Atlantis

2022-11-11 · 4 places on the map · episode transcript

  1. Cape AnnOne-offAntarctica

    There was an earthquake at Cape Ann, which is off the coast of Massachusetts, and it was soon after the lightning rod was invented. The pastor who was there was called Reverend Thomas Prince, and he said, the earthquake…

    mentioned at 00:07:27 · See it on the map →

  2. Pittsburgh International Airport has a place called X-Bridge, which is an innovation centre. In there, they have a giant C-Moss air purifier, which does all the air purification in the whole airport. It holds 125…

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

  3. Northolt AirportOne-offUnited Kingdom

    There's another airport near Heathrow called Northolt Airport. Northolt is a very small airport — it's more like an aerodrome, really. They used to have a gasometer in front of Northolt Airport right next to the runway,…

    mentioned at 00:22:03 · See it on the map →

  4. Croydon AirportOne-offUnited Kingdom

    If you think it's rough going through security now, in the 20s, if you went to Croydon Airport before you departed, you were assessed by a customs officer — and then you went to an exam hall and you were in your pants…

    mentioned at 00:25:19 · See it on the map →

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