Welcome to Erin Mankie'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.

Life can get pretty mundane on this planet.

Wake up, go to work, come home, go to bed.

It's understandable that many of us want something more, something exciting, and to find it,

we need to look elsewhere.

August Picard had dreams like those.

He and his twin brother Jean-Philix Picard were born in Switzerland in 1884 to a father

who taught chemistry at the local university.

Science was in their blood, so it was no surprise when they enrolled at the Swiss Federal

Institute of Technology to pursue complementary degrees.

August got his degree in physics, while Jean-Philix earned his degree in chemistry.

August enjoyed college life and even stayed at the university to teach for several years

after graduation.

Eventually, he took a job as a professor at the University of Brussels in their physics

department.

Now around 1930, Picard became fascinated with ballooning and exploring the heavens.

Specifically, he wanted to prove some of Einstein's theories correct by analyzing cosmic

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