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Covering the most interesting and coolest stories that you may have missed around the world in about 15 minutes a day. Cool Stuff Ride Home looks at science, progress, life-hacks, memes, exciting art, and hope. This is the antidote to depressing headlines. Smart stuff in podcast form. Cool news, as a service.
Hosted by Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff.

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Covering the most interesting and coolest stories that you may have missed around the world in about 15 minutes a day. Cool Stuff Ride Home looks at science, progress, life-hacks, memes, exciting art, and hope. This is the antidote to depressing headlines. Smart stuff in podcast form. Cool news, as a service.
Hosted by Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff.

    Colorado's Plastic Bag Ban, Missing Donkey Found with Elk, and TDIH - The Alaska Purchase Announced

    Colorado's Plastic Bag Ban, Missing Donkey Found with Elk, and TDIH - The Alaska Purchase Announced

    Colorado's Plastic Bag Ban, Donkey Missing for Five Years Found with Elk, and This Day In History - The Alaska Purchase is Announced.
    Plastic bag use cut by a billion, says recycling center | 9news.com
    Lost Donkey Seen Living With Elk Herd 5 Years Later: 'Living His Best Life' (goodnewsnetwork.org)
    Check for the Purchase of Alaska (1868) | National Archives
    Alaska Purchase | Encyclopedia.com
    Alaska Purchase | History, Cost, & Significance | Britannica
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    • 18 min
    Lava Tubes and Frost on Mars, Weird Wednesday - Lots of Twins, Lost Watch, and Animal Escapes, and TDIH - 15th French Postal Service

    Lava Tubes and Frost on Mars, Weird Wednesday - Lots of Twins, Lost Watch, and Animal Escapes, and TDIH - 15th French Postal Service

    Lava Tubes and Frost on Mars, Weird Wednesday - Lots of Twins, Lost Watch, and Animal Escapes, and This Day in History covers the 15th French Postal Service.
    Lava Tubes and Water Frost Found on Mars Offer Double Opportunity in Search for Life (worldatlarge.news)
    Double take: 23 sets of twins graduate from a single Massachusetts middle school | AP News
    Watch believed to have been eaten by cow turns up 50 years later - UPI.com
    Watch: Herd of goats escape from Cedar Point's petting zoo - UPI.com
    Watch: 'Fast and strong' piglet leads California police on a foot chase - UPI.com
    The history of postal service in the XV-XVIII centuries: centralization (world-post.org)
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    • 20 min
    A New Meta-Analysis Suggests Exercise Could Be The Single Greatest Method for Combating Depression & This Day in History - The Hawaiian Macadamia Nut Crop

    A New Meta-Analysis Suggests Exercise Could Be The Single Greatest Method for Combating Depression & This Day in History - The Hawaiian Macadamia Nut Crop

    A New Meta-Analysis Suggests Exercise Could Be The Single Greatest Method for Combating Depression & This Day in History - The Hawaiian Macadamia Nut Crop Gets Started
    Nearly Every Form of Exercise Has Greater Treatment Potential for Depression Than SSRIs
    The BMJ: Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
    RHR: Reviewing the Evidence on the Serotonin Theory of Depression, with Dr. Joanna Moncrieff
    History of Macadamia Nuts in Hawaii — Hawaii Macadamia Nut Association (hawaiimacnut.org)
    Hawaiian Macadamia Nuts: History, Intercropping and Sustainable Farming - Buddha’s Cup (buddhascup.com)
    The History of Big Island Macadamia Nuts: The Long-Lived Bush Trees From Down Under That Revolutionized Hawaiian Agriculture - bigisland.org
    The Amazing Story of Macadamia Nuts in Hawaii - Hawaii Real Estate Market & Trends | Hawaii Life
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    • 17 min
    A New Type of Pterosaur aka Demonic Pelican Discovered in Australia & This Day in History: The First Insurance Policy Issued in the US

    A New Type of Pterosaur aka Demonic Pelican Discovered in Australia & This Day in History: The First Insurance Policy Issued in the US

    A New Type of Pterosaur (think Pterodactyls) is discovered in Australia & This Day in History: The First Insurance Policy Issued in the United State.
    New species of flying pterosaur reptile discovered in outback Queensland fossil dig
    James G. Batterson | Insurance Hall of Fame
    The First North American Accident Insurance Policy - Online Safety Trainer
    The History of Insurance (investopedia.com)

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    • 14 min
    The First Individual to Spend 1,000 Days in Space & This Day in History: the Player Piano is Patented.

    The First Individual to Spend 1,000 Days in Space & This Day in History: the Player Piano is Patented.

    The first individual to spend at least 1,000 days in space, and what it means for our understanding of human capabilities beyond this planet. And on This Day in History: the player piano is patented, bringing on-demand music to homes and establishments around the world.
    Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko reaches 1,000 cumulative days in space 
    First Human to Spend 1,000 Days in Outer Space Offers Unprecedented Opportunity to Study ‘Rocket’ Man

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    • 15 min
    Wild Horses Return to Kazakstan After 200 Years & on TDIH: The First Roundtrip Flight Between Two Major Cities.

    Wild Horses Return to Kazakstan After 200 Years & on TDIH: The First Roundtrip Flight Between Two Major Cities.

    The world’s last truly wild horses return to the steppe of Kazakstan. And, on This Day in History, the first roundtrip flight between two large cities.

    Wild Horses Return to Kazakhstan Plains After Two Centuries of Absence
    TDIH: Hamilton Breaks Air Records – Today in History: June 13 - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project
    The crazy man of the air: C.K. Hamilton wows crowds in 1910 — General Aviation News

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    • 14 min

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