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Invention of Pop Rocks, Pinball Wizard, London Smog
Invention of Pop Rocks, Pinball Wizard, London Smog
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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Apr 11, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Host Don Wildman examines one of America's most explosive candies, a pinball machine that represents one of the game's gutsy player who saved it from obscurity and a flare stick that guided Londoners through a unique time period. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Apr 11, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
The Spruce Goose, T-Rex named Sue, The Slinky: The largest aircraft to be built almost entirely from wood. It is the “H‐4 Hercules”, better known as “The Spruce Goose” in McMinnville, Oregon at the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum. On display at Chicago's Field Museum the remains of "Sue", the largest T-Rex ever discovered, reveal answers to the question; what was life like for the king of the prehistoric food chain? In upstate New York, in Rochester's Strong National Museum of Play we discover how one of the world's most popular toys was a failed invention from World War Two. by Mysteries at the Museum