The Plaice to Know

Episode

No Such Thing As Floating Vaseline

2020-05-29 · 4 places on the map · episode transcript

  1. Andros IslandOne-offBahamas

    There was a mythical bird called the Chick-Charnie Owl — it was Caribbean, it was on Andros Island. It was based on a real owl, which had gone extinct a few hundred years before. As a young man, Neville Chamberlain was…

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  2. Battle of AgincourtRecurringFrance

    Almost every Englishman at the Battle of Agincourt ate a small amount of soil just before the battle started.

    mentioned at 00:25:08 · See it on the map →

  3. SouthwarkOne-offUnited Kingdom

    One of the characters in Henry V is Falstaff. He is based on a real person who was not called Falstaff, but was called Falstaff, who was a famous person who was at the battle and later went on to run a pub in Southwark.

    mentioned at 00:35:30 · See it on the map →

  4. Scottish National LibraryOne-offUnited Kingdom

    The Scottish National Library has an article from 2016 headlined, "Yes, we have colouring books in our library, but sorry, you can't colour them in." This was just clarifying what you couldn't do with colouring library…

    mentioned at 00:46:20 · See it on the map →

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