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.

There are plenty of places on Earth where the word hot doesn't go far enough to describe

the temperature.

Death Valley National Park in California, for example, can reach more than 120 degrees

Fahrenheit on summer days.

The park advises visitors not to hike after 10am for fear of heat-related illnesses.

The Bealee Tunisia hit a record setting 131 degrees in July of 1931, making it one of

the hottest locations on the planet.

And then there's Cuber Petty.

Cuber Petty is a small town in southern Australia.

It's home to several aboriginal groups including the Arabana and the Cocatha.

However, it got its name due to the activities of the miners who took over the area there

in the early 20th century.

Cuber Petty, you see, is derived from the Cocatha language and translates to white man's

holes.

Around 1915, a man had come to Cuber Petty to prospect for gold.

However, it was his teenage son who found something precious one day and what he discovered

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