Episode 25

Recent News

1. “Some Deep-Sea Anglerfish Spend Their Whole Lives Swimming Upside Down,” IFL Science, https://www.iflscience.com/some-deep-sea-anglerfish-spend-their-whole-lives-upside-down-71688

2. “Chinstrap penguins survive on more than 10,000 naps a day, study finds,” CNN, December 1, 2023, https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/01/world/chinstrap-penguins-microsleep-study-intl-scli-scn/index.html

3. “A car-sized tumbleweed made quite a scene on a California highway,” NPR, November 24, 2023, https://www.npr.org/2023/11/24/1214974578/giant-tumbleweed-california

4. “Tumbleweeds: the fastest plant invasion in the USA's history,” Natural History Museum, https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/tumbleweeds-fastest-plant-invasion-in-usa-history.html

5. “A fully-intact fly was found inside a man's colon during a routine colonoscopy,” Business Insider, November 28, 2023, https://www.businessinsider.com/doctors-found-fly-in-mans-colon-during-colonoscopy-2023-11

6. “Fly discovered in man’s colon shocks doctors: ‘This is just unheard of,’” New York Post, November 29, 2023, https://nypost.com/2023/11/29/lifestyle/fly-discovered-in-mans-colon-shocks-doctors-this-is-just-unheard-of/

Old News

1. Adrian. “Winston Churchill was Prescribed Unlimited Alcohol.” Weird News. Ripley’s Believe it or Not! 4/8/2017. https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/winston-churchill/. Accessed 10/10/2023.

2. Arcane, Anthony. “Picts: The Mysterious People of Early Scotland.” The Collector. 5/21/2023. https://www.thecollector.com/picts-mysterious-people-scotland/#. Accessed 10/6/2023.

3. Bede. Ecclesiastical History of the English People. London: Penguin Books, 1955. 

4. Bede. Life of Cuthbert. From The Age of Bede. Edited by D.H. Farmer, London: Penguin Books, 1965. 

5. Boyle, Hal. “Hal Boyle’s Column.” The Selma Times-Journal. 4/28/1949. https://www.newspapers.com/image/570868784/?terms=slinky&match=1. Accessed 10/6/2023.

6. Churchill, Winston. “How Being Hit by an Auto Feels.” Hartford Courant. 1/10/1932. https://www.newspapers.com/image/369469959/?terms=Winston%20Churchill&match=1. Accessed 10/10/2023.

7. Dash, Mike. “A Scottish Spinster at the Battle of Nechtanesmere, 685AD.” A Fortean in the Archives. 1/4/2010. https://aforteantinthearchives.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/a-scottish-spinster-at-the-battle-of-necntanesmere-685ad/. Accessed 10/10/2023.

8. Diemar, Edie-Louise. “Meet Richard James, the Engineer Behind the Slinky.” Innovation. Create Digital. 4/21/2021. https://createdigital.org.au/meet-richard-james-engineer-behind-the-slinky/. Accessed 10/6/2023.

9. History.com Editors. “Winston Churchill.” HISTORY. A&E Television Networks. 10/27/2009. Updated 6/7/2019. https://www.history.com/topics/european-history/winston-churchill. Accessed 10/10/2023.

10. James, Simon. The World of the Celts. London: Thames and Hudson, 1993. Print. 

11. “Mr. Churchill Develops Pleurisy.” Evening Sentinel. 12/15/1931. https://www.newspapers.com/image/973031053/?terms=Winston%20Churchill&match=1. Accessed 10/10/2023.

12. “Mr. Winston Churchill Injured.” Evening Express. 12/14/1931. https://www.newspapers.com/image/961935798/?terms=Winston%20Churchill&match=1. Accessed 10/10/2023.

13. Nennius. Historia Brittonum. Medieval Sourcebook. Fordham University. https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/basis/nennius-full.asp. Accessed 10/10/2023.

14. Petsko, Emily. “Winston Churchill Had a Doctor’s Note that Allowed him to Drink an ‘Indefintite’ Amount of Alcohol in Prohibition-Era America.” Mental Floss.12/9/2018. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/566632/winston-churchill-doctors-note-prohibition. Accessed 10/10/2023.

15. “‘Slinky’ Brainchild of Former Countian.” Delaware County Daily Times. 11/25/1976. https://www.newspapers.com/image/19524766/?terms=%27Slinky%27%20brainchild&match=1. Accessed 10/6/2023.

16. Talbert, Bob. “She’s in ‘Slinky’ Business.” The State. 7/2/1967. https://www.newspapers.com/image/749800784/?terms=slinky&match=1. Accessed 10/6/2023.

17. “The History of the Slinky.” James Spring & Wire Company. 11/9/2021. https://www.jamesspring.com/news/the-history-of-the-slinky/. Accessed 10/6/2023.

18. “Visits to America.” Churchill and the Great Republic. The Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/churchill/interactive/_html/2_02_00.html#:~:text=He%20returned%20to%20America%20for,about%20it%20for%20the%20newspapers.. Accessed 10/10/2023.

Our Big Story

1. “Alleged Electric Sugar.” The Shelton Clipper. 10/5/1888. Page. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/749197554/?terms=%22Henry%20Friend%22&match=1. Accessed 11/20/2023. 

2. Cohen, Benjamin R. “The Great Electric Sugar Con”. PBS. 1/24/2020. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/poison-squad-great-electric-sugar-con/. Accessed 11/16/2023. 

3. “Freund’s Electric Sugar Fraud”. Hoaxes. http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/freunds_electric_sugar_fraud. Accessed 11/16/2023.

4. Spellen, Suzanne. “Walkabout: Professor Friend and the Electric Sugar Factory, Part 1”. Brownstoner. 5/14/2014. https://www.brownstoner.com/history/walkabout-professor-friend-and-the-electric-sugar-factory-part-one/. Accessed 11/17/2023. 

5. Spellen, Suzanne. “Walkabout: Professor Friendly and the Electric Sugar Company, Part 2”. Brownstoner. 5/29/2014.https://www.brownstoner.com/history/walkabout-professor-friendly-and-the-electric-sugar-company-part-two/. Accessed 11/17/2023. 

6. Spellen, Suzanne. “Walkabout: Professor Friend and the Electric Sugar Factory, Part 3).” Brownstoner. 6/3/2014. https://www.brownstoner.com/history/walkabout-professor-friend-and-the-electric-sugar-factory-part-three/. Accessed 11/17/2023. 

7. Spellen, Suzanne. “Walkabout: Professor Friend and the Electric Sugar Company, Part 4.” Brownstoner. 6/5/2014. https://www.brownstoner.com/history/walkabout-professor-friend-and-the-electric-sugar-company-part-four/. Accessed 11/17/2023. 

8. “The Weird Case of the Electric Sugar Fraud”. KnowledgeNuts. https://knowledgenuts.com/2014/09/10/the-weird-case-of-the-electric-sugar-fraud/. Accessed 11/20/2023.