Episode 8 Narrated and executive produced by Aaron Mahnke, with Robin Miniter as Senior Producer, research and writing help from the Grim & Mild team, and audio production from Otis Gray. ———————— EPISODE SOURCES Recent News 1. Amy, Jeff. “The Big Peanut Once Again Reigns at the Roadside in Georgia, after Hurricane Felled Earlier Goober.” AP News, 25 July 2023, apnews.com/article/big-peanut-georgia-2e4223a96d328d9d8eb9f2fe0c69b1e1#:~:text=Georgia’s%20Big%20Peanut%20is%20back,of%20sheet%20metal%2C%20not%20fiberglass 2. Chappell, Bill. “An 11-Year-Old Boy Caught a Fish with ‘human-like Teeth’ in an Oklahoma Pond.” NPR, 19 July 2023, www.npr.org/2023/07/19/1188377962/pacu-fish-piranha-human-teeth-boy-oklahoma 3. Hooper, Ben. “Look: National Weather Service Bakes Cookies in Hot Car in Texas.” UPI, 20 July 2023, www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/07/20/National-Weather-Service-heat-wave-cookies-baked-hot-car/3291689865403/ 4. “ Is It Possible to Fry an Egg on the Sidewalk If It’s Hot Enough?” The Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/physics/item/is-it-possible-to-fry-an-egg-on-the-sidewalk-if-its-hot-enough Old News Aggie Horticulture. “The Tomato Had to go Abroad to Make Good.” Texas AgriLife Extension Service. Texas A&M System. https://aggie-hort.tamu.edu/archives/parsons/publications/vegetabletravelers/tomato.html Atimian. “Bimini Road.” Atlas Obscura. 7/19/2016. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bimini-road Barnett, Engrid. “America’s Alleged Trial Against Tomatoes, Not Witches, in Salem.” Ripley’s Believe it or Not! 3/2/2022. https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/americas-alleged-trial-against-tomatoes-not-witches-in-salem/ Biakolo, Kovie. “A Brief History of the TV Dinner.” Smithsonian Magazine. November 2020. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/brief-history-tv-dinner-180976039/#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20most%20widely,in%20ten%20refrigerated%20railroad%20cars. Bite Sized Britain. “The First Submarine—Rowed Along the Thames in 1624!” https://www.bitesizedbritain.co.uk/the-first-submarine11/ Cocking, Susan. “Divers Seeking Atlantis in Bahamas.” The Bahamas Weekly. Miami Herald. 12/24/2009. http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/international/Divers_seeking_Atlantis_in_Bahamas8991.shtml Elvery, Martin. “The Incredible First Ever Submarine that was Launched on the River Thames.” MyLondon. 3/31/2022. https://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/incredible-first-ever-submarine-launched-23558006 Fuller, John. “Sept. 10 1953: Swanson Sells First TV Dinner.” How Stuff Works. https://people.howstuffworks.com/swanson-dinner.htm Hirsch, Michele Lent. “Step Inside a Famous Submarine.” Smithsonian Magazine. 5/26/2015. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/Step-inside-a-famous-submarine-180955042/ History.com Editors. “Atlantis.” HISTORY. A&E Television Networks. 10/7/2010. https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/atlantis Mappen, Marc. “Jerseyana.” The New York Times. 9/12/1993. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/12/nyregion/jerseyana.html Randle, Aaron. “Who Invented the TV Dinner?” HISTORY. A&E Television Networks. 2/24/2021. https://www.history.com/news/tv-dinner-history-inventor Sabrina. “Is the Lost City of Atlantis Revealing Itself Off the Coast of the Bahamas?” Cool Stuff Strange Things. Ripley’s. 8/31/2018. https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/bimini-road/ Smith, K. Annabelle. “Why the Tomato was Feared in Europe for More Than 200 Years.” Smithsonian Magazine. 6/18/2013. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-the-tomato-was-feared-in-europe-for-more-than-200-years-863735/ Tietz, Tabea. “Cornelis Drebbel and the First Navigatable Submarine.” SciHi Blog. 11/7/2022. http://scihi.org/cornelis-drebbel-submarine/ Our Big Story Altherr, Stacey. “Former Clown Peggy Williams Looks Back on Her Decade in the Ringling Bros. Circus”. Sarasota Magazine. 7/29/2021. https://www.sarasotamagazine.com/news-and-profiles/2021/07/peggy-williams-clown “Clown College: The Halls of Mirth”. Inc. 2/1/1983. https://www.inc.co