The Outer Limits

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

History, Society & Culture

4.5 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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The world is full of mysterious things, some of which are hidden, while others are right out in the open. And we think you're going to enjoy the ones on display in the Cabinet today.

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0:00.0	Welcome to AirNManky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm
0:08.7	and Mild.
0:13.0	Our world is full of the unexplainable.
0:16.3	And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,
0:22.2	just waiting for us to explore.
0:25.4	Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.
0:30.0	The Minister Norman Vincent Peale inspired millions with his famous book The Power of
0:41.5	Positive Thinking.
0:42.8	The religious self-help text encouraged readers to visualize their success and recite daily
0:47.2	affirmations.
0:48.5	Peale famously said, shoot for the moon.
0:51.4	Even if you miss, you'll fall among the stars.
0:54.8	James certainly had his eyes pointed skyward on New Year's Day of 1949.
0:59.6	He lived in Evergreen Park, Illinois, and was a bit of an eccentric.
1:03.4	On January 1st, he marched down to the Cook County office for the recorder of deeds and
1:07.4	titles with one simple request.
1:09.9	He wanted to register his own country.
1:13.2	James didn't own any vast plots of land, and he hadn't conquered any neighboring towns.
1:18.0	He wanted to colonize a place that had yet to be claimed by anyone else.
1:21.8	He called this new country the nation of Celestial Space.
1:25.5	Celestia, for short.
1:27.2	His borders extended into infinity.
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