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Using Soda Cans and Seawater to Create Fuel, Weird Wednesday - Boneless(?) Wings, Dog Returns After 9 years, the Bedpan Collection, and TDIH - Black Tot Day

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

News, Science, Tech News, Society & Culture

4.6 β€’ 739 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 31 July 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

An exciting new way to produce hydrogen, and consequently, clean energy – discovered at MIT and Weird Wednesday has boneless wings that can contain bones in Ohio, a dog returns home after 9 years, and a bedpan collection that no one wants. Plus, on This Day in History – bottomless Rum for all! Black Tot Day is celebrated in the Royal Navy. A Recipe for Zero-Emissions Fuel: Soda Cans, Seawater, and Caffeine (goodnewsnetwork.org) Chicken wings advertised as 'boneless' can have bones, Ohio Supreme Court decides | AP News Gizmo the dog went missing in Las Vegas in 2015. He's been found alive after 9 years | AP News Collection of 163 unique bedpans fails to sell at auction - UPI.com Watch: Man pulls three planes while walking on his hands - UPI.com Reasons Why the Royal Navy Bribed Sailors With Booze | Smithsonian (smithsonianmag.com) Black Tot Day - Learn the History of Rum Rationing and Navy Rum (alwaystheholidays.com) Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to another edition of Cool Step Ride Home.

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I'm Marcus Papi's Reggie Rizzou. On today's episode, an exciting new way to produce

0:56.3

hydrogen. And consequently, clean energy. It's all discovered at MIT, of course. Weird Wednesday has

1:02.8

boneless wings that contain bones in Ohio. A dog returns home after nine years and a bedpan

1:09.7

collection that no one wants. I'm shocked.

1:12.4

Plus on this day in history, bottomless rum for all Blot-Tot Day celebrated in the Royal Navy.

1:19.1

We'll explain coming up on cool stuff.

1:22.2

Well, per a story from Jennifer Chu and MIT News, a sustainable source for clean energy may lie in old soda cans and seawater.

1:31.9

They should check my recycling bin outside.

1:34.3

Wait, so you have a lot of seawater in your recycling bin? Is that what you're saying?

1:38.1

Well, maybe just one ingredient. I might have to make my way out to Los Angeles to find the second.

1:49.0

MIT engineers have found that when the aluminum in soda cans is exposed in its pure form and mixed with seawater, the solution bubbles up and naturally produces hydrogen,

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