Annie, are you ok? Are you ok?!

Sources:

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24534069 

https://emsmuseum.org/collections/archives/education-simulation-and-training/resusci-annie/ 

Music:

https://www.purple-planet.com

The sea will provide....LEGO.

Sources:

https://www.mcsuk.org/news/adrift-the-legacy-of-lego-lost-at-sea/ 

https://www.lego.com/en-us/history 

https://www.beachcombingmagazine.com/blogs/news/lost-at-sea-the-sunken-cargo-of-the-tokio-express?srsltid=AfmBOop8KeLKGZH6p05gnHV4KSw7Ulo7ncGbxsspAryRwfXtQBi4CcoW 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/whimsical-legos-are-still-washing-ashore-decades-after-they-were-lost-at-sea-180979580/

Not all heros wear capes, sometimes they wear goose feathers.

Sources:

https://www.historyskills.com/classroom/ancient-history/sacred-geese/?srsltid=AfmBOopjJHDlP5lG_5yxl_xVBQcBZdVi1O12iGF_-4JMD8Vn8ajgBnsj  

Music:

https://www.purple-planet.com

What does the Navy and a forest in Indiana have in common? The Constitution.

Sources:

https://ambrook.com/research/land/naval-boat-forest-Indiana-Old-Ironsides 

https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/ 

Music:

https://www.purple-planet.com

Bats, the first line of defense of Portugese literature.

Sources:

https://magazine.1000libraries.com/these-bats-are-keeping-hundreds-of-books-safe/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteca_Joanina 

Music:

https://www.purple-planet.com

Elmer McCurdy, The Embalmed Bandit

Sources:

https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2018/07/elmer-mccurdy-traveling-corpse/ 

https://www.npr.org/2015/01/09/376097471/the-long-strange-60-year-trip-of-elmer-mccurdy 

Music:

https://www.purple-planet.com

Desperate times, desperate measures.

Sources:

https://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/the-steagles-an-unforgettable-1943-season 

https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/remembering-the-steagles-pennsylvanias-wartime-nfl-team/ 

https://www.steelcityunderground.com/2020/06/18/steelers-throwback-thursday-history-of-the-1943-steagles-football-team/ 

Music:

https://www.purple-planet.com

Save The Whales

Sources:

https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/history-and-humanities/history/operation-beluga-whale-rescue-feature-262435425/ 

https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/classical-music-saved-beluga-whales-moskva/

Music:

https://www.purple-planet.com

Kennedy, Coconuts, and the Corps.

Sources:

https://www.jfklibrary.org/visit-museum/exhibits/past-exhibits/john-f-kennedy-in-wwii

https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/john-f-kennedy-and-pt-109

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-jfk-kept-coconut-shell-white-house-desk-180964263/

Music:

https://www.purple-planet.com

https://ezmp3.cc/

The ship that sunk itself.

Sources:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/rms-carmania

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Carmania_(1905)

Music:

https://www.purple-planet.com

The most embarrassing bathroom break of WWII.

Sources:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/poop-sank-wwii-german-u-boat

https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/education/educational-resources/history-of-submarines/submarine-development--a-short-history.html

Music:

https://www.purple-planet.com

Midnight snack anyone?

Sources:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220107-the-lost-medieval-habit-of-biphasic-sleep?xtor=CS3-32-%5BFuture_C__GNL_Q4_22-23%5D-%5BFacebook%5D-%5B23853368466520273%5D-%5B%7B%7Bcreative.id%7D%7D%5D 

Music:

https://www.purple-planet.com

NASA: experts at space exploration, zero gravity, and broom combustion.

Sources:

https://www.iflscience.com/the-broom-test-one-of-the-stupidest-things-that-ever-took-place-at-nasa-67319

https://www.nasa.gov/content/liquid-hydrogen-the-fuel-of-choice-for-space-exploration

Music:

https://www.purple-planet.com

Hero or Zero? The Holiday Fruitcake.

Sources:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/fruitcake-101-a-concise-cultural-history-of-this-loved-and-loathed-loaf-26428035/#:~:text=The%20ancient%20Romans%20made%20a,breads%20entered%20Western%20European%20cuisine.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/the-misunderstood-fruitcake-has-a-magnificent-shelf-life-and-history#:~:text=Fruitcake%20is%20an%20ancient%20goody,dried%20fruit%2C%20often%20pomegranate%20seeds.

https://manitousprings.org/events/fruitcake-toss/

Music:

https://www.purple-planet.com

Things that go bump in the night....

Sources:

https://greydynamics.com/cia-vampires-us-meddling-in-the-philippines/

https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/cia-aswang-war-a00304-a2416-20191019-lfrm

Music: www.purple-planet.com

Moooooooo......Attack!! 

Sources:

https://weavingthetapestry.tumblr.com/post/89195829575/1314-1-4-the-fall-of-roxburgh

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/The-AngloScottish-Wars-or-Wars-of-Scottish-Independence/#:~:text=The%20Anglo%2DScottish%20Wars%20were,the%20years%20of%201296%20%E2%80%93%201346.

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

War Games Gone M.A.D.

Sources:

https://timeline.com/proud-prophet-nuclear-strike-1d4ee88fdbe2

Can I Take Your Order?

Sources:

https://www.history.com/news/drive-thru-dining-history-in-n-out-burger

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/romans-loved-fast-food-much-we-do-180971845/

Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.  

Sources:

https://time.com/4731787/wojtek-the-bear-history/

Music:

Vivek Abhishek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLByBt4wYTQ

If it fits it ships....

Sources:

https://www.thoughtco.com/when-it-was-legal-mail-babies-3321266#:~:text=Yes%2C%20%22baby%20mail%22%20was,Service%20%E2%80%94%20first%20started%20delivering%20packages.

https://postalmuseum.si.edu/very-special-deliveries

https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-mail-1992142

https://www.redbookmag.com/life/g26258673/facts-about-the-postal-service/

Music: 

www.purple-planet.com