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First Aired June 8, 2022

Rich Strike won the Kentucky Derby with 80-1 odds - meaning out of every 81 races, he's thought to win ONE. Well, he won the Kentucky Derby. If you're going to win a horse race, that's the one to win! Today, we dive deeper into Rich Strike's inspiring underdog win, and investigate a few other longshot winners in horse racing who made a few people some pretty pennies. Let's GO!

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I got today’s information from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Strike

https://edge.twinspires.com/racing/top-10-fastest-kentucky-derby-times-in-history/
https://theathletic.com/3299361/2022/05/07/long-shot-rich-strike-wins-kentucky-derby/ 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donerail
https://www.espn.com/horse-racing/story/_/id/14454980/rb-wild-promise-one-longest-shots-horse-racing-history-206-1-wins-mahoning-valley-race-track
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWDGFQDa_As


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First aired June 22, 2023: 

Two sisters combined their love of historically accurate dioramas, the Civil War, and clay-making to pen an ode to the US in one of the most historically significant cities in the United States. They even purchased a building with deep roots in the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg to bring the stories of the dead to life. But, the clay characters aren't human - they are a different species entirely telling the accurate tale of the bloodiest battle of the civil war. 

A diorama of the Civil War Cat Museum: https://youtu.be/N1yc1UFnVYY

I got today’s information from my friend Lydia who sent a Tik Tok about the Civil War Cat’s museum, which is actually called Civil War Tails 

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/gettysburg-address/
https://civilwartails.com/the-homestead/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1yc1UFnVYY
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/theres-a-museum-for-everything-even-civil-war-battles--depicted-by-cats/2016/05/26/1f8c4674-1d30-11e6-8c7b-6931e66333e7_story.html
https://civilwartails.com/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/civil-war-tails-at-the-homestead-diorama-museum
https://www.achs-pa.org/news-events/achsblog.html/article/2020/07/08/national-soldiers-orphans-homestead
https://www.nps.gov/gett/index.htm

The full text of the Gettysburg Address, took up less space on a page than my 5th grader’s 5 paragraph essay, is at: 
https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.24404500/?st=text







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First aired July 2023: 
In 1912 when the "adventurer" was a job description & also an alibi, two brothers took their dogs on a road trip - before roads existed.
These brothers loved their dogs and hated shirts but that didn't stop them from circumnavigating Australia several times by bike and car - often digging their own roads IN THE OUTBACK!


Resources (Hey, look, I remembered!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Birtles  which includes THE photo I keep referencing

https://www.whichcar.com.au/explore/francis-birtles-australias-greatest-overlander (the awesome WhichCar.com article by the Moons that I heavily quoted)

https://www.cartalk.com/blogs/fido-blog/wowser-and-dinkums-australian-road-trip (the article from CarTalk that Sip and I wrote)

Photos of Wowser (which is a name that has been on a journey), Francis and Clive are attached.

Francis digging out a car without a shirt.jpg

Clive and Wowser.jpg

The Shirtless Francis Birtles.png
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This Patreon Exclusive episode (#2)  first aired on August 4, 2021. 
This is a fun turn I never saw coming, that Pikachu is based on a squirrel and there are new species of real animals named after fictional Pokethings. My favorite? An animal called a Pika who survives on ...yak poop. Why didn't they show THAT in the kid's show? 

Regular episodes will resume in September, but for now, enjoy your Patreon exclusive content!
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The very first Patreon Exclusive episode was ....super short. It first aired on July 22, 2021. I wasn't sure if it would play or work at all. But, this test led directly to another 28+ episodes, so thank you, evolution ;) 

Here's a shortie for you to enjoy about a #1 moth who looks like #2. 

Stay Curious - 
 Xx
M3
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Patreon exclusive #6: First aired Dec 7 2021
Geneticists made Daddy Shortlegs. (WHY GOD, WHY?) 

We imagine the Jane Fonda workout with 50' human legs (WHY GOD, WHY?!?) 

And we learn about some very sneaky males who look like females in a devious plot to slide into her DMs.

Let's get right into it :) 
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