The Plaice to Know

Episode

NSTAAF International Factball: Australia v Mexico

2014-06-23 ยท 3 places on the map ยท episode transcript

  1. Lake DisappointmentOne-offAustralia

    I hope it's the same explorer who did Lake Disappointment. How was your trip? It was really disappointing. It's like early trip advisor, just kind of giving it a crap name.

    mentioned at 00:02:07 ยท See it on the map โ†’

  2. Lundy IslandOne-offUnited Kingdom

    There was a guy called Martin Coles who in 1925 bought the whole of Lundy Island and he issued two coins, the half puffin and the one puffin, and he used them as local currency.

    mentioned at 00:10:47 ยท See it on the map โ†’

  3. CoventryOne-offUnited Kingdom

    The German word "Coventrierung" means to flatten, and it refers to the bombing of Coventry โ€” it actually made it into their language as a word.

    mentioned at 00:11:28 ยท See it on the map โ†’

๐ŸŸ Reel me another one ยท โ† Back to the map