The Plaice to Know

Episode

72: No Such Thing As A Bacon Telescope

2015-07-31 Β· 3 places on the map Β· episode transcript

  1. BirminghamRecurringUnited Kingdom

    When he was 23 years old, he walked 300 miles to Birmingham to ask for a job with James Watt, the steam engine pioneer. He got the job, partly because he had an interview with Watt's business partner, Matthew Bilton.…

    mentioned at 00:04:10 Β· See it on the map β†’

  2. Abu DhabiOne-offUnited Arab Emirates

    There's a restaurant in Abu Dhabi which is a roller coaster restaurant, and you sit and your food gets rollercoastered to you. It's attached to Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi, which has the fastest roller coaster in the…

    mentioned at 00:05:38 Β· See it on the map β†’

  3. KansasOne-offUnited States

    In Kansas, you can find a place called the world's largest collection of the world's smallest versions of the world's largest things, which is a traveling museum.

    mentioned at 00:28:00 Β· See it on the map β†’

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