Welcome to AirNenky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

The founding fathers were brilliant, yet flawed individuals.

They undertook a brazen act of rebellion to free their country of tyranny by using the

most powerful tool in their arsenal, not guns or cannons, but their minds.

They believed in life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

But do you know what they didn't believe in?

Dinosaurs.

It all started a hundred years prior, during the 1600s with a man named Robert Plott.

Plott was born in England around 1640.

He focused hard on his studies and attended good schools as a child, eventually going

on to study at Oxford.

He graduated some years later with a bachelor's degree, a master's and a degree in civil

law.

Plott moved up quickly within the university post-graduation.

He became a professor, as well as dean and vice principal for a time.

He also oversaw three scientific departments at the school, including the chemistry lab,

the Ashmolian Museum, and the School of Natural History.

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