Indianapolis
About Indianapolis
Indianapolis, colloquially known as Indy, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the county seat of Marion County. Indianapolis is situated in the state's central till plain region along the west fork of the White River. The city's official slogan, "Crossroads of America", reflects its historic importance as a transportation hub and its relative proximity to other major North American markets.
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KFC advertises on fire hydrants. They did this in Indianapolis — they paid $5,000 to fix broken fire hydrants, then put KFC advertising on top. They do also fill up the fire hydrant with chicken.
from 247: No Such Thing As Footprints On The Sea, 2018-12-14 at 00:29:34 · read transcript
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We just want to say for the lawyers, nothing's been proven either way yet. Nope. It's all still underway. He was actually defeated in the final. It seems like they must be gender divided until the end because he won the men's section, but then he was defeated by Kelsey Banshbach from Indianapolis who came all the way to Northamptonshire to defeat him in the final. Wow. First American to win. What was she using?
554: No Such Thing As A Dragonfish At The Opticians, 2024-10-24 · listen
We just want to say, for the lawyers, nothing's been proven either way yet. It's all still underway. He was actually defeated in the final. It seems like they must be gender divided until the end because he won the men section, but then he was defeated by Kelsey Banjbuck from Indianapolis, who came all the way to North Aptonshire to defeat him in the final. Wow. First American to win.
No Such Thing As A Dragonfish At The Opticians, 2024-10-24 · listen
There's this founding book of Alcoholics Anonymous, which is from 1935, and this year it was sold at auction in Los Angeles for $2.4 million, and it gets called The Big Book, because it's very big, because its paper is very thick. The man who bought it was the man who owns the Indianapolis Colts football, American football team, and he's been battling his own addictions over the last few years.
Merry Christmas from Dan, James, Anna and Andy, 2018-12-25 · listen
I think bizarrely I found this out because I saw a post from an insurance site or something, but anyway it was invented for the Indy 500 inaugural race in 1911, so the Indy 500 is that big race that happens in Indianapolis. 1911 it was won by a guy called Ray Haroon, and basically the reason he won it was that he realized that the cars always had two people in them, the driver, and then the person who had to do a number.
254: No Such Thing As A Toilet In The Car, 2019-02-01 · listen
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