Episode 18

Recent News

1. “$73,000 worth of crabs stolen from a truck in North Philadelphia, police say,” inquirer.com, October 5, 2023, https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/crab-cluster-stolen-north-philadelphia-truck-police-20231005.html#:~:text=Thieves%20stole%20about%20%2473%2C000%20worth,back%20of%20a%20tractor%2Dtrailer

2. “Scientists Find Structure From Before Homo Sapiens Existed,” futurism.com, October 14, 2023, https://futurism.com/the-byte/scientists-find-structure-before-homo-sapiens

3. “‘So much fun’: Harvard student crosses Charles River in giant pumpkin,” wcvb.com, October 15, 2023, https://www.wcvb.com/amp/article/harvard-student-in-giant-pumpkin-crosses-charles-river/45540537

4. “Oldest radio burst ever found could tell us what exists between galaxies,” popsci.com, October 19, 2023, https://www.popsci.com/science/oldest-fast-radio-burst-8-billion-years/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

Old News

1. “Kaiser Wilhelm II,” history.com, April 14, 2010, Updated August 1, 2019, https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/kaiser-wilhelm-ii

2. “How Kaiser Wilhelm II Changed Europe Forever,” iwm.org.uk, Date Unknown, https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/how-kaiser-wilhelm-ii-changed-europe-forever

3. “Attack on the Kaiser,” The Examiner, January 8, 1901, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/35384634

4. “Emperor William Attacked By A Woman Assassin,” The Springfield Herald, November 23, 1900, https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=SPH19001123-01.2.11&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA--------0------

5. “German scientist discovers X-rays,” history.com, November 24, 2009, Updated November 7, 2022, https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/german-scientist-discovers-x-rays

6. “The History of X-Rays: How An Accidental Discovery Changed The World,” professionalradiologyep.com, February 18, 2020, https://professionalradiologyep.com/the-history-of-x-rays-how-an-accidental-discovery-changed-the-world/#:~:text=It%20was%20during%20Edison%27s%20research,X%2Dray%20exposure%20in%201904

7. “1896 X-Ray Machine Shows Radiation Risks of Yore: 1,500 Times More Radiation Than Today,” abcnews.go.com, March 15, 2011, https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/century-ray-machine-shows-radiation-risks-yore/story?id=13140857

8. “Discovery of the X-Ray: A New Kind of Invisible Light,” medicalmuseum.health.mil, September 5, 2018, https://medicalmuseum.health.mil/index.cfm?p=visit.exhibits.virtual.xraydiscovery.index

9. “X-Rays: Topics in Chronicling America,” guides.loc.gov, Date Unknown, https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-x-rays

10. “#Throwback Thursday: Elizabeth Brooks’ $10 Million Bat Mitzvah Goes Down in History as “Mitzvahpalooza,” stylecaster.com, July 11, 2013, https://stylecaster.com/lifestyle/lifestyle/12981/throwback-thursday-elizabeth-brooks-10-million-bat-mitzvah-history-mitzvahpalooza/

11. “Aerosmith and 50 Cent headline a $10 million bat mitzvah,” history.com, March 16, 2010, Updated November 23, 2020, https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/aerosmith-and-50-cent-headline-a-10-million-bar-mitzvah

12. “Not-so-Petty cash to rock bat mitzvah,” Daily News, November 29, 2005, https://www.newspapers.com/image/410135517/?terms=Mitzvahpalooza&match=1

13. “Daddy’s $10M ‘Bad’ Mitzvah,” nypost.com, October 26, 2007, https://nypost.com/2007/10/26/daddys-10m-bad-mitzvah/

14. “In 1954, an Extraterrestrial Bruiser Shocked This Alabama Woman,” smithsonianmag.com, November 26, 2019, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/1954-extraterrestrial-bruiser-shocked-alabama-woman-180973646/

15. “How a Meteorite Ruined an Alabama Woman’s Afternoon 65 Years Ago,” space.com, November 30, 2019, https://www.space.com/meteorite-hit-alabama-woman-65-years-ago.html

16. “Meteorite Hits Sylacauga Wife,” Birmingham Post-Herald, December 1, 1954, https://www.newspapers.com/image/793644330/?terms=meteorite

17. “Redstone Scientist Views Meteorite at Sylacauga,” The Huntsville Times, December 2, 1954, https://www.newspapers.com/image/554551449/?terms=meteorite

Our Big Story

1. “Bellows, Alan. “Lake Peigneur: The Swirling Vortex of Doom.” Damn Interesting September 2005. https://www.damninteresting.com/lake-peigneur-the-swirling-vortex-of-doom/. Accessed October 23, 2023.

2. “Lake Peigneur Disaster: Here’s How the Lake Once Vanished Into a Salt Mine!” Mysteries R Unsolved. April 19, 2020. Updated August 12, 2023. https://mysteriesrunsolved.com/lake-peigneur-disaster/. Accessed October 23, 2023.

3. Parish, Iberia. “40th Anniversary of Salt Mine Breach Creating Louisiana’s Deepest Lake.” KLFY. November 24, 2020. Updated November 25, 2020.  https://www.klfy.com/local/iberia-parish/40th-anniversary-of-salt-mine-breach-creating-louisiana-deepest-lake/. Accessed October 23, 2023.

4. Quattromani, Nicolas. “The Lake Peigneur Disaster: How a Misplaced Oil Rig Rewrote the Geography of Louisiana.” Odd Feed.  https://oddfeed.net/lake-peigneur/. Accessed October 23, 2023.

5. “U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). The Jefferson Island Mine Inundation. August 31, 1981. Accessed via  https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822029061140&view=1up&seq=1 October 23, 2023.