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Tue. 09/29 - The Dark Origins of Nike's "Just Do It" Slogan

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Tech News, News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

A Halloween rocket launch. A brief peek into the history of book burnings in honor of Banned Books Week. The surprising and grim origins of Nike’s “Just Do It” slogan. More water has been found on Mars. And the return of Fat Bear Week. Links: NASA targeting Halloween for next SpaceX Crew Dragon astronaut launch (CBS News) The Shockingly Grim Origins of Nike’s Famous Slogan (Better Marketing) Nike 'Just Do It' slogan inspired by Utah spree killer Gary Gilmore (Business Insider) Buried lakes of liquid water discovered on Mars (BBC) Bad Astronomy | Scientists find several lakes of liquid water under the surface of Mars (Syfy) Astronomers Find Potential Hidden Lakes on Mars (The Mary Sue) Fat Bear Week 2020 Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Want to give a special someone a gift they'll truly love this Valentine's Day?

0:04.8

Treat them to something that never goes out of style.

0:07.7

A beautiful bouquet of 12 red roses.

0:11.1

They're classic for a reason.

0:12.9

And all for just £15 at Waitrose.

0:16.3

Selected lines and stores.

0:17.6

Subject to availability ends 14th of february welcome to the cotkey ride home for

0:27.9

tuesday september 29th 2020 i'm jackson bird a halloween rocket launch a brief peek into the history of book burnings in honor of Band Books Week,

0:41.2

the surprising and grim origins of Nike's Just Do It slogan.

0:47.4

More water has been found on Mars and the return of Fat Bear Week.

0:53.6

Here are some of the cool things from the news today.

1:00.5

Mark your calendars for the next SpaceX Crew Dragon astronaut launch. Technically, the first

1:07.4

real one after the pilot launch with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob

1:11.4

Bankin earlier this summer, the crew one mission will be taking off on Halloween.

1:17.9

Originally, the launch was scheduled for October 23rd, but was pushed back to have more buffer

1:22.9

time in between a Russian launch on the 14th and the return of a NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts on the 21st.

1:31.0

The crew will consist of crew one commander Michael Hopkins, pilot Victor Glover, who is making his first ever spaceflight,

1:39.3

Shannon Walker, and Japanese astronaut Sochi Noguchi.

1:43.6

A crew two mission will follow in April if all goes well.

1:47.8

So even if many of our usual Halloween plans are canceled this year,

1:52.3

at least we'll get to watch a rocket launch that afternoon, which is pretty cool.

2:07.7

This week is Band Books Week, which in podcast form sounds like it could be a week celebrating books about bands, you know, tour diaries, books by Patty Smith, that 33 and a third series.

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