The Plaice to Know

Episode

53: No Such Thing As A 3000km Tall Statue Of Liberty

2015-03-20 · 4 places on the map · episode transcript

  1. Safety BeachOne-offAustralia

    There's a place in Australia called Shark Bay, but it was renamed Safety Beach to attract more tourists to it. First, they changed the name from Shark Bay to Shark Beach and they still weren't getting many people in.

    mentioned at 00:03:47 · See it on the map →

  2. NokiaOne-offFinland

    There was a Nokia executive in 2002 who was fined 116,000 euros for going at about 40 miles an hour in a 30 mile an hour speed limit.

    mentioned at 00:11:15 · See it on the map →

  3. Windsor CastleOne-offUnited Kingdom

    Lady Florence Dixie claimed that she'd been attacked by Irish transvestites in the grounds of Windsor Palace, and demanded that that be investigated, and so John Brown was sent out into the wet cold. He died about six…

    mentioned at 00:13:36 · See it on the map →

  4. University Hospital of WalesOne-offUnited Kingdom

    It was by a guy called Dan Leppard. He's an ENT specialist at the University Hospital of Wales. He wanted to see how long it took.

    mentioned at 00:30:02 · See it on the map →

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