Episode 27

Written By Aaron Mahnke

Recent News

  1. “Escaped kangaroo captured after punching Canadian officer,” Reuters, December 4, 2023, https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/escaped-kangaroo-captured-after-punching-canadian-officer-2023-12-04/

  2. “Gigantic skull of prehistoric sea monster found on England’s ‘Jurassic Coast,’” CNN, December 11, 2023, https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/11/world/skull-pliosaur-fossil-documentary-intl-scli-scn/index.html

  3. “First tomato ever grown in space, lost 8 months ago, found by NASA astronauts,” CBS, December 9, 2023, https://www-cbsnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tomato-lost-in-international-space-station-found-nasa-astronauts/?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17022610963499&csi=1&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fnews%2Ftomato-lost-in-international-space-station-found-nasa-astronauts%2F

  4. “52 Cold-Stunned Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles Rescued From Cape Cod,” Smithsonian Magazine, December 11, 2023, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/52-cold-stunned-kemps-ridley-sea-turtles-rescued-from-cape-cod-180983409/

  5. “This is what happens to space tomatoes that get lost on the International Space Station for 8 months,” Business Insider, December 14, 2023, https://www.businessinsider.com/what-happens-tomatoes-lost-international-space-station-nasa-2023-12

  6. “Mold free: Tomatoes lost for 8 months on space station are missing something in NASA photo,” USA Today, December 18, 2023, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/12/18/how-iss-tomato-looks-eight-months-lost-nasa-space-station/71957382007/#:~:text=Rubio%2C%20a%20former%20Army%20doctor,found%20them%2C%20according%20to%20NASA.

Old News

  1. Allan, Philip K. “The Royal Navy’s Strangest Ship-HMS Diamond Rock.” PhilipKAllen.com. https://www.philipkallan.com/single-post/the-royal-navy-s-strangest-ship-hms-diamond-rock. Accessed 12/11/2023.

  2. Best, Nicholas. “Napoleon’s Planned Invasion of England: What Went Wrong?” History Extra. 5/6/2021. https://www.historyextra.com/period/georgian/napoleon-invasion-england-when-why-fail/. Accessed 12/11/2023.

  3. “Diamond Rock: How an Uninhabited Island Became a Sloop-of-War.” Royal Museums Greenwich. https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/blog/library-archive/diamond-rock-how-uninhabited-island-became-sloop-war. Accessed 12/11/2023.

  4. “Diamond Rock (Le Rocher du Diamant).” Wondermondo. https://www.wondermondo.com/diamond-rock-le-rocher-du-diamant/.
    Accessed 12/11/2023.

  5. “The Epic of Diamond Rock 1804-1805.” Dawlish Chronicles. https://dawlishchronicles.com/2018/07/27/hms-diamond-rock-1804-05/. Accessed 12/12/2023.

  6. “The Napoleonic Wars.” Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/place/United-Kingdom/Gladstone-and-Disraelihttps://www.britannica.com/place/United-Kingdom/Gladstone-and-Disraeli. Accessed 12/11/2023.

  7. “Rocher du Diamant (Diamond Rock).” Atlas Obscura. 2/38/2023. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/diamond-rock-martinique. Accessed 12/11/2023.

  8. “Across the Channel in 150 Minutes: the Story of the First Balloon Crossing.” HistoryHit.com. 1/7/2016. https://www.historyhit.com/1785-english-channel-balloon-crossing/. Accessed 10/12/2023.

  9. Andrews, Evan. “The Great Molasses Flood of 1919.” HISTORY. A&E Television Networks. 1/13/2017. Updated 5/16/2023. https://www.history.com/news/the-great-molasses-flood-of-1919. Accessed 10/11/2023.

  10. Archives and Records Management. “100 Years ago Today: Molasses Crashed Through Boston’s North End.” City of Boston. Boston.gov. Updated 1/15/2021. https://www.boston.gov/news/100-years-ago-today-molasses-crashes-through-bostons-north-end. Accessed 10/11/2023.

  11. “Balloon Intelligence.” The Caledonian Mercury. 1/15/1785. P.2. https://www.newspapers.com/image/395671683/?terms=balloon&match=1. Accessed 10/12/2023.

  12. “Daguerre and the Invention of Photography.” Maison Nicephore Niepce. Nicephore Niepce’s House Museum. https://photo-museum.org/daguerre-invention-photography/. Accessed 10/12/2023.

  13. “Death and Devastation in Wake of North End Disaster.” The Boston Globe. 1/16/1919. https://www.newspapers.com/image/430831110/?terms=molasses. Accessed 10/11/2023.

  14. “English Channel.” World Atlas. https://www.worldatlas.com/seas/english-channel.html. Accessed 10/12/2023.

  15. “Great Molasses Flood.” Massmoments.org. https://www.massmoments.org/moment-details/great-molasses-flood.html. Accessed 10/11/2023.

  16. Jabr, Ferris. “The Science of the Great Molasses Flood.” Scientific American. 8/1/2013. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/molasses-flood-physics-science/. Accessed 10/11/2023.

  17. “Jeffries, John (1745-1819).” Encyclopedia.com. https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/jeffries-john-1745-1819. Accessed 10/12/2023.

  18. Lorraine. “Jean-Pierre Blanchard and Dr John Jeffries—The First Aviators to Cross the English Channel.” The Dover Historian. 10/10/2013. https://doverhistorian.com/2013/10/10/jean-pierre-blanchard-and-dr-john-jeffries-the-first-aviators-to-cross-the-english-channel/. Accessed 10/12/2023.

  19. Lucibella, Michael. “January 2, 1839: First Daguerreotype of the Moon.” APS News. American Physical Society. January 2023. Vol 22, Num. 1. https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201301/physicshistory.cfm. Accessed 10/13/2023.

  20. MacNeill, Arianna. “How Newspapers at the Time Covered the Great Molasses Flood.” History. Boston.com. 1/14/2019. https://www.boston.com/news/history/2019/01/14/great-molasses-flood-newspapers/. Accessed 10/11/2023.

  21. Maruf, Sitara. “The First Aerial Crossing of the English Channel.” Lighter Than Air Flight Magazine. 1/7/2019. http://www.ltaflightmagazine.com/the-first-aerial-crossing-of-the-english-channel/. Accessed 10/12/2023.

  22. Robinson, Lisa. “Lasting Impacts of the Daguerreotype.” Photofocus.com. https://photofocus.com/photography/lasting-impacts-of-the-daguerreotype/#:~:text=Additionally%2C%20the%20prevalence%20of%20daguerreotypes,into%20the%20average%20person%27s%20life.. Accessed 10/13/2023.

  23. “The Race to Shoot the Moon.” Phaidon.com. https://www.phaidon.com/agenda/photography/articles/2019/may/08/the-race-to-shoot-the-moon/. Accessed 10/13/2023.

  24. Whitmire, Vi. “Louis Jacques Mande-Daguerre.” International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum. https://iphf.org/inductees/louis-jacques-mande-daguerre/. Accessed 10/12/2023.

Our Big Story

  1. Hank, Will. “The True Story of Togo: Siberian Husky Sled Dog Hero of 1925 Nome Serum Run.” American Kennel Club. 8/27/2021. https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/togo-siberian-husky-sled-dog-hero-of-1925/. Accessed 11/30/2023. 

  2. Klein, Christopher. “The Sled Dog Relay That Inspired the Iditarod.” History. 3/10/2014. Updated 5/16/2023. https://www.history.com/news/the-sled-dog-relay-that-inspired-the-iditarod. Accessed 12/1/23. 

  3. Lavender, Natasha. “The True Story Behind the 1925 Nome Serum Run.” Grunge. 3/3/2021. https://www.grunge.com/346502/the-true-story-behind-the-1925-nome-serum-run/. Accessed 11/30/2023. 

  4. Salisbury, Gay, and Laney Salisbury. The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2003.

  5. “Serum Run of 1925”. Alaska State Archives. https://archives.alaska.gov/education/serum.html. Accessed 11/30/2023. 

  6. “Togo”. National Park Service. https://www.nps.gov/people/togo.htm. Accessed 12/1/2023. 

  7. Wertheim, Jon. “And You Though *We* Have Vaccine Issues?” Sports Illustrated. 1/13/2021. https://www.si.com/more-sports/2021/01/13/alaska-serum-run-1925-togo-not-balto. Accessed 12/1/2023. 

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