The First Wooden Satellite, Mysterious Ring That Fell in Kenya, New Potato Chip Flavors, Long-Lost Christmas Present, and TDIH - Great Molasses Flood in Boston

Cool Stuff Ride Home

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

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4.6 • 732 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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On this Weird Wednesday episode, the future of satellites could be wood, the mysterious ring that fell in Kenya, the new flavors of potato chips that are here to stay, and the long-lost Christmas present. Plus, on This Day in History, we go back to the Great Molasses Flood in Boston. Astronauts Release Wooden Satellite From Space Station | The Byte LignoSat: World’s first wooden satellite, developed in Japan, heads to space | CNN Remember That Metal Ring That Fell From the Sky? We Still Don't Know Where It Came From | Gizmodo A glowing ring of metal fell to Earth, and no one has any idea what it is - Ars Technica Doritos Has a First-of-Its-Kind Flavor Hitting Shelves Now Lay’s Is Bringing Its Most-Requested Flavor to the U.S. For the First Time Ever Watch: Christmas gift from 1978 found behind wall of Illinois home - UPI.com Why the Great Molasses Flood Was So Deadly | HISTORY What Was the Great Molasses Flood? | Food & Wine Boston Molasses Flood: The Strangest Disaster in American History | YouTube (VIDEO) 100 years ago today: Molasses crashes through Boston's North End | Boston.gov Boston | History, Population, Map, Climate, & Facts | Britannica Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:53.0	Wednesday edition of cool Stuff Ride Home.
0:55.0	We normally obviously have interesting, intriguing, and cool stories from around the world.
1:00.0	Well, today we also add in some of the weird.
1:03.0	I'm Reggie Rizzou alongside Marcus Paff on today's episode.
1:06.0	The future of satellites could be wood.
1:08.0	The mysterious ring that fell in Kenya, the new flavors of potato chips
1:11.9	that are here to stay, and the long lost Christmas present. Plus, on this day in history,
1:16.8	we go back to the Great Molasses Flood in Boston. It's all coming up on cool stuff. Starting
1:22.5	off this weird Wednesday episode with the world's first wooden satellite. You heard me right. Lignosat has been
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