Mercury
On the show — 43 mentions total
There's only one place in earth that I've found, which is called Earth. Okay. It's in Texas. That's good. There are various reasons as to why, as always, somebody suggested it's because they have a lot of earth there. There's a really good article about it online which points out there are at least two places in America named after every single other planet. Venus and Mercury. Jupiter famously in Florida. Jupiter. There are Saturns.
from 229: No Such Thing As The Great Modesto, 2018-08-10 at 00:31:14 · read transcript
Other times Mercury came up
You're one of the few people in Venice that was allowed to have a sword at all times. Your daughters were allowed to marry into affluent Venetian families, because there was like almost a caste system where, you know, you weren't allowed to marry outside of your level, but the glassblowers were allowed to. Then on the downside, they worked with Mercury and so they all went mad. Yes.
320: No Such Thing As A Hairy Gearstick, 2020-05-08 · listen
Because these women were brought on with King Neptune, who was a one-handed inventor, brother, a friend of the podcast, Hiram Maxim. Hiram Maxim, who invented the machine gun, his brother was this guy. He was dressed as King Neptune. He only had one hand because he'd lost it in a Mercury explosion in 1894. He'd invented smokeless gunpowder. Thomas Edison referred to him as the most versatile man in America.
No Such Thing As The Turin Towelette, 2022-03-04 · listen
There was a contemporary account from 1713 by a guy called Ramazzini who said that the curse of that of having to work with Mercury and the insanity that came off it but having to look at yourself as you were going insane in these mirrors watching the madness take you over. Yeah. Even if your daughter brings home her affluent new husband, you think he's a pickle because you've gone mad because of the mercury. Is that?
No Such Thing As A Hairy Gearstick, 2020-05-08 · listen
More places from this episode
229: No Such Thing As The Great Modesto put 4 places on the map.
- London Museum · United Kingdom
- Jupiter
- Topeka · United States
Coordinates: 85.5000, 60.0000