Goff's 3 Minute Histories

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

When Hitler pushed into Denmark in 1940 he felt little resistance until a group of teenage boys refused to give in. Sources: The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Peterson and the Churchill Club by Phillip Hoose Music: purple-planet.com

The end of an empire... Sources: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/once-retail-giant-kmart-down-054545661.html https://transformco.com/about/kmart/kmart-history Music: purple-planet.com

A tradition unlike any other....The Masters. Sources: https://www.masters.com/en_US/tournament/about.html#:~:text=The%20name%20Augusta%20National%20Invitation,first%20full%20week%20in%20April. https://www.golfmonthly.com/tour/us-masters/masters-history-records/masters-green-jacket-126753 https://golf.com/news/features/this-baltimore-man-owns-a-green-jacket-and-augusta-national-desperately-wants-it/ Music: purple-planet.com

Fortune favors the listener. Sources: https://www.history.com/news/fortune-cookies-invented-chinese-japanese https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/chinese-exclusion-act-1882 Music: 'Awake' by @Sappheiros

Secret Agent Cyborg Cats....what could go wrong? Sources: https://www.history.com/news/cia-spy-cat-espionage-fail https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-cias-most-highly-trained-spies-werent-even-human-20149/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_Kitty Music: www.purple-planet.com

Who? What? Where? Sources: https://www.history.com/news/clue-game-origin-wwii Music: www.purple-planet.com

There is only one place in the world that hippos can be found in the wild outside of Africa.....Pablo Escobar's house. Sources: https://insightcrime.org/colombia-organized-crime-news/pablo-escobar/ https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/environment/584514-pablo-escobars-80-cocaine-hippos-are-wreaking https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/environment/538196-pablo-escobars-hippos-breeding-out-of-control-and https://www.nathab.com/blog/six-surprising-facts-about-hippos-africa/ https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/hippo-fact-sheet/

From turtle spoon to Hollywood icon, the culinary journey of the spork. Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/01/magazine/who-made-that-spork.html https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/everyday-innovations/invented-spork1.htm https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/history-of-chopsticks-forks-spoons-and-sporks-who-invented-the-spoon-who-invented-the-fork Music: www.purple-planet.com

They say history is written by the victors....but I've never seen an emu write before. Sources: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/the-great-emu-war-in-which-some-large-flightless-birds-unwittingly-foiled-the-australian-army/ https://nomadsworld.com/great-emu-war/ Music: The Red Soil · Saira Ridley

France and Spain proving that you can share even 350 years later. Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-42817859 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Spanish_War_(1635%E2%80%931659) Music: purple-planet.com

Pepsi would have decidedly won the Cola Wars of the 80s if the battle had gone to sea. Sources: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/cold-war/pepsi-once-had-the-6th-largest-navy-in-the-world.html?fbclid=IwAR3gpkdL5iPu-qzv1qtoce2tiCdKXN3voR65uvbTwTlcykCG8BwzOFwoTD0 Music: purple-planet.com

Weaponizing cats to capture a kingdom. Sources: https://www.worldhistory.org/article/43/the-battle-of-pelusium-a-victory-decided-by-cats/ https://www.purina.com.au/fancyfeast/thelounge/articles/joy/history-of-cats-in-egypt#:~:text=From%20everyday%20people%20to%20the,symbol%20and%20source%20of%20worship. Music: https://bit.ly/3fgvmOB

Bats and Napalm....what could go wrong? Sources: https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2016/01/26/bat-bombs-wwiis-project-x-ray/ https://web.archive.org/web/20080531082803/http://www.afa.org/magazine/1990/1090bat.html https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/04/old-weird-tech-the-bat-bombs-of-world-war-ii/237267/ Music: www.purple-planet.com

The most famous scream in cinema. Sources: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/60236/where-did-wilhelm-scream-come-and-why-do-so-many-filmmakers-use-it https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-the-wilhelm-scream-sound-effect/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0123785/ Music: purple-planet.com

It's like the pony express, except the library version. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pack_Horse_Library_Project#:~:text=The%20Pack%20Horse%20Library%20Project%20was%20headed%20by%20Ellen%20Woodward,individual%20homes%20and%20to%20schoolhouses. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/horse-riding-librarians-were-great-depression-bookmobiles-180963786/ Music: purple-planet.com

Latin, the language to get famous after it died. Sources: https://www.thoughtco.com/why-late-latin-was-called-vulgar-119475 https://allthatsinteresting.com/height-roman-empire-map https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire https://www.th egreatcoursesdaily.com/language-evolution-one-language-became-five-languages/ https://askdruniverse.wsu.edu/2015/02/11/whats-in-a-name/ Music: www.purple-planet.com

Everyone has an opinion on who has the best sandwich they've ever eaten, but hands down the worst had to be the Raines Sandwich, check out why....... Sources: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/raines-sandwich Music: www.purple-planet.com

Talk about carrying a marriage on your back.... Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Weinsberg https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-wise-wives-of-weinsberg-cce96e3a1d79 https://www.technewsiit.com/hidden-history-loyal-wives-weinsberg Music: www.purple-planet.com

Mary Poppins and the Polio Vaccine. Sources: https://www.npr.org/2021/01/08/954413533/his-vaccine-story-inspired-his-father-to-write-a-disney-classic https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/polio/index.html#:~:text=Inactivated%20polio%20vaccine%20(IPV)%20is,four%20doses%20of%20polio%20vaccine. https://sangamoncountyhistory.org/wp/?p=12744 https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/medicine/polio-20th-century-epidemic Music: www.purple-planet.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks4u1NFV4eQ

Who needs to put out milk and cookies when you can play hide and seek with the Christmas Pickle. Sources: https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/christmaspickle.shtml https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/allthemoms/2018/12/20/whats-christmas-pickle-tradition-youll-want-start-now/2341958002/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mysterious-christmas-pickle-tradition-hiding-german https://www.german-way.com/history-and-culture/holidays-and-celebrations/christmas/the-christmas-pickle-ornament/ Music: www.purple-planet.com

Cold or hot....SPAM hits the spot. Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/food/how-spam-went-canned-necessity-american-icon-180963916/ https://www.eater.com/2014/7/9/6191681/a-brief-history-of-spam-an-american-meat-icon Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

In 1775, as the American Colonies began their revolt against the British Crown, General Washington's biggest battle would be against disease not redcoats. Sources: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/623428/george-washington-won-american-revolution-with-smallpox-vaccine https://www.history.com/news/smallpox-george-washington-revolutionary-war https://www.history.com/news/the-rise-and-fall-of-smallpox?li_source=LI&li_medium=m2m-rcw-history Music: www.purple-planet.com

Pigeons save lives. Sources: https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-01/geologist-has-probably-figured-out-how-homing-pigeons-find-their-way-home/ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-20749632 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2226203/Skeleton-hero-World-War-II-carrier-pigeon-chimney-secret-coded-message-attached-leg.html https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_425415#:~:text=Cher%20Ami%20was%20later%20inducted,service%20during%20World%20War%20I. https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2018/01/08/unsung-heroes-of-world-war-i-the-carrier-pigeons/ Music: www.purple-planet.com

Communism. Chaos. Cannibals This episode does have some explicit descriptions of cannibalism and may not be suited for all listeners. Sources: https://allthatsinteresting.com/cannibal-island?fbclid=IwAR10gLfpQ73c6VwCPSrzTf9RKRrkSOSiPU9XGKNZlIW8kk6gDxqZSZiF0-o https://www.rferl.org/a/cannibal-island-in-1933-nearly-5-000-died-in-one-of-stalin-s-most-horrific-labor-camps/29341167.html Music: purple-planet.com

The Legend of Stingy Jack. Apologies for the nasal factor on this one. Happy Halloween!! Sources: https://www.history.com/news/history-of-the-jack-o-lantern-irish-origins https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12865/whats-origin-jack-o-lanterns Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

John Snow (not that John Snow) and the cholera map that saved London and changed the way we view pandemics forever. Sources: https://www.ranker.com/list/john-snow-cholera-map/genevieve-carlton https://www.healthline.com/health/worst-disease-outbreaks-history#cholera Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

Ever want to be President for a day? This guy was. Sources: https://www.history.com/news/the-24-hour-president Music: purple-planet.com

How a rocket scientist invented a squirt gun that is out of this world. Sources: https://www.toyhalloffame.org/toys/super-soaker https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/28991/wet-and-wild-history-super-soaker https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/accidental-invention-super-soaker-180972428/ Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

Everything you never knew about your favorite toaster accessory. Sources: https://www.mashed.com/117295/untold-truth-pop-tarts/ https://spoonuniversity.com/lifestyle/pop-tarts-brief-history https://www.thrillist.com/lifestyle/nation/6-skills-you-should-master-this-summer https://www.huffpost.com/entry/best-selling-poptarts-flavors_n_5836520 Music: purple-planet.com

All you need to know about West Virginia 1.0. Sources: https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/857 http://www.virginiaplaces.org/settleland/vandalia.html http://www.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh40-4.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=031vKBPk5eA