So with social distancing, the new normal, what is there to do to keep busy?

Each of us handle social distancing in our own way.

Some in the fitness community are determined, not only stay in shape, but socialize.

Some are doing virtual yoga classes. Others are turning to art.

And I have found that coloring is very, very soothing.

And some are even more creative.

And since today is St. Patrick's Day, why not hunt for a leprechaun?

And then there are those truly rare birds, like Sir Isaac Newton.

He once turned his time in quarantine into an opportunity to change the way we understand the world around us.

We are all living in the ripple effects of history.

A butterfly flaps its wings in China in the 19th century and your Uber driver misses the turn for the airport.

Or a 22-year-old genius is forced to stay home from college and ends up becoming a father,

the father of modern science.

Welcome to Flashback, a new podcast from Ozzy, the creators of the thread.

I'm Sean Braswell, and I'll be your visiting professor, taking you on a journey through history

that will change the way you look at the past, and even at some of its most disastrous events.

When the Great Plague hit England in 1665,

Isaac Newton wasn't a sur or a scientific legend,

just a college student at the University of Cambridge.

And when the university closed its doors and sent its students home for the 17th century version of social distancing,

Newton returned to his family estate to spend his time working on a few of his own pet projects.

The young scholar thrived at home, calling the year plus he spent away as his year of wonders.

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