The Plaice to Know

Episode

No Such Thing As A Sausage Swingboat

2021-09-17 · 4 places on the map · episode transcript

  1. DamascusOne-offSyria

    In 714, two generals were both accused of misappropriation of funds sent back to Damascus, and they both died in complete obscurity — they were the ones who brought the Islamic invasion into Spain.

    mentioned at 00:07:26 · See it on the map →

  2. Iberian PeninsulaOne-offSpain

    They took over most of the Iberian Peninsula. There was him who was Jebel Al-Tarique and there was another guy called Musa who were in charge — these two generals — and then for some reason in 714 they were both accused…

    mentioned at 00:07:26 · See it on the map →

  3. Temple of the ToothOne-offSri Lanka

    It's the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy in Sri Lanka. It's a tooth of the Buddha dating to about 300 AD — you can't really see it when you go there.

    mentioned at 00:26:03 · See it on the map →

  4. Butter MountainOne-offIreland

    You guys may remember the EU's Wine Lake and Butter Mountain. So this is the idea that the EU creates too much of a certain product, and they kind of store it so that the price doesn't go too low.

    mentioned at 00:43:18 · See it on the map →

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