The Plaice to Know

Episode

No Such Thing As Millipede Lipbalm

2019-04-05 Β· 2 places on the map Β· episode transcript

  1. SegwayOne-offUnited States

    The Segway has a checkered history. The guy who invented the Segway, Dean Kamen, thought it was going to take over the world. He called it Ginger after Ginger Rogers, because I guess they're so elegant.

    mentioned at 00:08:51 Β· See it on the map β†’

  2. Cape of Good HopeOne-offSouth Africa

    There was once a time where he had a student called Pierre Osbeck who had managed to source a tea plant and he got it all the way to the Cape of Good Hope sailing all the way back from China, and then there was a sudden…

    mentioned at 00:22:08 Β· See it on the map β†’

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