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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

Windy City

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

History, Society & Culture

4.58.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

The natural world is on full display in today's tour of the Cabinet. And where there's power, there's good story.

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0:00.0

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

0:07.2

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

0:13.1

just waiting for us to explore.

0:16.2

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

0:27.8

But there's one thing we can't change, it's the weather.

0:30.5

It does whatever it wants to, and all we can do is grin and bear it.

0:34.6

Florida will always face hurricanes in the summer.

0:37.4

The Minnesota can plan on sub-zero winters every January and February.

0:43.3

In Iran, where temperatures can reach up to 128 degrees Fahrenheit, high winds are

0:48.8

a given.

0:49.9

These winds, which can gust as high as 70 miles an hour or more, kick up sand and dust,

0:55.7

costing in some pretty devastating sandstorms.

0:59.3

When that happens, day turns to night as the sand sweeps through towns, knocking over

1:04.0

trees, taking out power lines and swallowing cars or even people.

1:09.5

They're a deadly nuisance, but also a fact of life, and it's been that way for thousands

1:14.4

of years.

1:15.7

But if you look at the top of an old wall in the small village of Nash to Fan, you'll

1:19.7

see how the Iranian people have learned to live with these dust-ups, and how they've

1:24.0

used them to drive innovation.

1:26.9

The town's name is appropriate, too.

1:29.2

Nash to Fan translates roughly as Storm's Sting.

1:32.6

The winds that blow there can be powerful and damaging, but Nash to Fan has found a way

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