44: Ten Cent Beer Night and Bog Snorkeling

This week we're all about sports as we learn how a Ten Cent Beer Night promotion led to one of the MLB's most infamous games and the curious Welsh tradition of competitive Bog Snorkeling. A listener email informs us of the Great Emu War of 1932.

Episode Tabs:

Remembering 10-Cent Beer Night, one of baseball’s most infamous fiascos

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/06/04/10-cent-beer-night-1974-cleveland-indians-texas-rangers/

Is This The World's Weirdest Sporting Event?

https://youtu.be/uZcRBVkZSJ8

Listener Tabs:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_war

https://www.inventionandtech.com/content/bicycle-railroad-1

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