Welcome to AirNmenky'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.

John Carter was born in July of 1815 in Kaga-Shal, England.

Growing up, John was not academically inclined.

In fact, he was more of a class clown, a trait that continued as he got older.

That said, he didn't channel all of his energy into mischief.

He also poured it into his drawings.

Carter was quite a skilled artist, all self-taught, and often sketching on anything he could

find, books, desks, and even the walls of his house.

When he wasn't scribbling on the furniture though, he was cavorting around town with

a group of fellow rep scallions.

Even as a married man, one of his favorite pastimes was something called rookie.

Rooks of course were birds very similar to the American crow in both size and color.

The young men would climb up trees and reach into the rook's nest to remove the unhatched

eggs, then take them home and bake them into pies.

During one late night outing in 1836, Carter had climbed some 40 feet up to retrieve a few

eggs when he tried to leap from one tree to another.

He came up short though, and plummeted back to earth.

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