Toad Fall (3/5/25)

Who, When, Wow!

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🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In the 1700s France, soldiers reported toads falling from the sky during a rainstorm... but how is this possible? Was it an illusion? It's up to Carly Q at The Bureau of Universal Time Travel and Historical Exploration Department (also known as B.U.T.T.H.E.D) to travel back in time to see the toads for herself. Visit whowhenwow.com for a printable worksheet based on this episode. Originally aired 3/1/23.

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0:00.0	Greetings, millions of secret listeners.
0:07.3	It is me, Carly Q, your favorite time-traveling international podcaster.
0:13.8	That's right, we're going international, because today I went to France in pursuit of a frog storm.
0:21.9	Ribbit, Ribbit.
0:23.9	I'm Carly Q, and this is Who When Wow.
0:28.7	Edition, Mysterio.
0:31.2	That means mystery edition, in French.
0:36.7	Our past is vast and wild.
0:39.7	Many things have brought us to this day.
0:45.3	As history has been compiled,
0:48.7	some important details have slipped away.
0:53.7	In our spectacular shared existence
0:57.0	we consider it our business
1:00.0	to recognize a few folks you may not know
1:05.0	made important inventions
1:09.0	asked all the right questions
1:11.6	History will never be the same Good morning and welcome, and welcome employees to another exciting day at Butthead H.U.
1:39.3	For the future is tomorrow.
1:42.3	It was another boring day at the Bureau of Universal Time Travel, Historical Exploration, Division.
1:49.0	I was cataloging another historical event for the archives in my subterranean layer.
1:56.0	Cataloging, cataloging, cataloging, cataloging.
2:00.0	When who should show up at my desk, but...
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