Goff's 3 Minute Histories

If it fits it ships.... Sources: https://www.thoughtco.com/when-it-was-legal-mail-babies-3321266#:~:text=Yes%2C%20%22baby%20mail%22%20was,Service%20%E2%80%94%20first%20started%20delivering%20packages. https://postalmuseum.si.edu/very-special-deliveries https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-mail-1992142 https://www.redbookmag.com/life/g26258673/facts-about-the-postal-service/ Music: www.purple-planet.com

When Hitler pushed into Denmark in 1940 he felt little resistance until a group of teenage boys refused to give in. Sources: The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Peterson and the Churchill Club by Phillip Hoose Music: purple-planet.com

The end of an empire... Sources: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/once-retail-giant-kmart-down-054545661.html https://transformco.com/about/kmart/kmart-history Music: purple-planet.com

A tradition unlike any other....The Masters. Sources: https://www.masters.com/en_US/tournament/about.html#:~:text=The%20name%20Augusta%20National%20Invitation,first%20full%20week%20in%20April. https://www.golfmonthly.com/tour/us-masters/masters-history-records/masters-green-jacket-126753 https://golf.com/news/features/this-baltimore-man-owns-a-green-jacket-and-augusta-national-desperately-wants-it/ Music: purple-planet.com

Fortune favors the listener. Sources: https://www.history.com/news/fortune-cookies-invented-chinese-japanese https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/chinese-exclusion-act-1882 Music: 'Awake' by @Sappheiros

Secret Agent Cyborg Cats....what could go wrong? Sources: https://www.history.com/news/cia-spy-cat-espionage-fail https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-cias-most-highly-trained-spies-werent-even-human-20149/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_Kitty Music: www.purple-planet.com

Who? What? Where? Sources: https://www.history.com/news/clue-game-origin-wwii Music: www.purple-planet.com

There is only one place in the world that hippos can be found in the wild outside of Africa.....Pablo Escobar's house. Sources: https://insightcrime.org/colombia-organized-crime-news/pablo-escobar/ https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/environment/584514-pablo-escobars-80-cocaine-hippos-are-wreaking https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/environment/538196-pablo-escobars-hippos-breeding-out-of-control-and https://www.nathab.com/blog/six-surprising-facts-about-hippos-africa/ https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/hippo-fact-sheet/

From turtle spoon to Hollywood icon, the culinary journey of the spork. Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/01/magazine/who-made-that-spork.html https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/everyday-innovations/invented-spork1.htm https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/history-of-chopsticks-forks-spoons-and-sporks-who-invented-the-spoon-who-invented-the-fork Music: www.purple-planet.com

They say history is written by the victors....but I've never seen an emu write before. Sources: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/the-great-emu-war-in-which-some-large-flightless-birds-unwittingly-foiled-the-australian-army/ https://nomadsworld.com/great-emu-war/ Music: The Red Soil · Saira Ridley

France and Spain proving that you can share even 350 years later. Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-42817859 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Spanish_War_(1635%E2%80%931659) Music: purple-planet.com

Pepsi would have decidedly won the Cola Wars of the 80s if the battle had gone to sea. Sources: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/cold-war/pepsi-once-had-the-6th-largest-navy-in-the-world.html?fbclid=IwAR3gpkdL5iPu-qzv1qtoce2tiCdKXN3voR65uvbTwTlcykCG8BwzOFwoTD0 Music: purple-planet.com

Weaponizing cats to capture a kingdom. Sources: https://www.worldhistory.org/article/43/the-battle-of-pelusium-a-victory-decided-by-cats/ https://www.purina.com.au/fancyfeast/thelounge/articles/joy/history-of-cats-in-egypt#:~:text=From%20everyday%20people%20to%20the,symbol%20and%20source%20of%20worship. Music: https://bit.ly/3fgvmOB

Bats and Napalm....what could go wrong? Sources: https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2016/01/26/bat-bombs-wwiis-project-x-ray/ https://web.archive.org/web/20080531082803/http://www.afa.org/magazine/1990/1090bat.html https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/04/old-weird-tech-the-bat-bombs-of-world-war-ii/237267/ Music: www.purple-planet.com

The most famous scream in cinema. Sources: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/60236/where-did-wilhelm-scream-come-and-why-do-so-many-filmmakers-use-it https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-the-wilhelm-scream-sound-effect/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0123785/ Music: purple-planet.com

It's like the pony express, except the library version. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pack_Horse_Library_Project#:~:text=The%20Pack%20Horse%20Library%20Project%20was%20headed%20by%20Ellen%20Woodward,individual%20homes%20and%20to%20schoolhouses. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/horse-riding-librarians-were-great-depression-bookmobiles-180963786/ Music: purple-planet.com

Latin, the language to get famous after it died. Sources: https://www.thoughtco.com/why-late-latin-was-called-vulgar-119475 https://allthatsinteresting.com/height-roman-empire-map https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire https://www.th egreatcoursesdaily.com/language-evolution-one-language-became-five-languages/ https://askdruniverse.wsu.edu/2015/02/11/whats-in-a-name/ Music: www.purple-planet.com

Everyone has an opinion on who has the best sandwich they've ever eaten, but hands down the worst had to be the Raines Sandwich, check out why....... Sources: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/raines-sandwich Music: www.purple-planet.com

Talk about carrying a marriage on your back.... Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Weinsberg https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-wise-wives-of-weinsberg-cce96e3a1d79 https://www.technewsiit.com/hidden-history-loyal-wives-weinsberg Music: www.purple-planet.com

Mary Poppins and the Polio Vaccine. Sources: https://www.npr.org/2021/01/08/954413533/his-vaccine-story-inspired-his-father-to-write-a-disney-classic https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/polio/index.html#:~:text=Inactivated%20polio%20vaccine%20(IPV)%20is,four%20doses%20of%20polio%20vaccine. https://sangamoncountyhistory.org/wp/?p=12744 https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/medicine/polio-20th-century-epidemic Music: www.purple-planet.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks4u1NFV4eQ

Who needs to put out milk and cookies when you can play hide and seek with the Christmas Pickle. Sources: https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/christmaspickle.shtml https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/allthemoms/2018/12/20/whats-christmas-pickle-tradition-youll-want-start-now/2341958002/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mysterious-christmas-pickle-tradition-hiding-german https://www.german-way.com/history-and-culture/holidays-and-celebrations/christmas/the-christmas-pickle-ornament/ Music: www.purple-planet.com

Cold or hot....SPAM hits the spot. Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/food/how-spam-went-canned-necessity-american-icon-180963916/ https://www.eater.com/2014/7/9/6191681/a-brief-history-of-spam-an-american-meat-icon Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

In 1775, as the American Colonies began their revolt against the British Crown, General Washington's biggest battle would be against disease not redcoats. Sources: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/623428/george-washington-won-american-revolution-with-smallpox-vaccine https://www.history.com/news/smallpox-george-washington-revolutionary-war https://www.history.com/news/the-rise-and-fall-of-smallpox?li_source=LI&li_medium=m2m-rcw-history Music: www.purple-planet.com

Pigeons save lives. Sources: https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-01/geologist-has-probably-figured-out-how-homing-pigeons-find-their-way-home/ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-20749632 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2226203/Skeleton-hero-World-War-II-carrier-pigeon-chimney-secret-coded-message-attached-leg.html https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_425415#:~:text=Cher%20Ami%20was%20later%20inducted,service%20during%20World%20War%20I. https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2018/01/08/unsung-heroes-of-world-war-i-the-carrier-pigeons/ Music: www.purple-planet.com

Communism. Chaos. Cannibals This episode does have some explicit descriptions of cannibalism and may not be suited for all listeners. Sources: https://allthatsinteresting.com/cannibal-island?fbclid=IwAR10gLfpQ73c6VwCPSrzTf9RKRrkSOSiPU9XGKNZlIW8kk6gDxqZSZiF0-o https://www.rferl.org/a/cannibal-island-in-1933-nearly-5-000-died-in-one-of-stalin-s-most-horrific-labor-camps/29341167.html Music: purple-planet.com

The Legend of Stingy Jack. Apologies for the nasal factor on this one. Happy Halloween!! Sources: https://www.history.com/news/history-of-the-jack-o-lantern-irish-origins https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12865/whats-origin-jack-o-lanterns Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

John Snow (not that John Snow) and the cholera map that saved London and changed the way we view pandemics forever. Sources: https://www.ranker.com/list/john-snow-cholera-map/genevieve-carlton https://www.healthline.com/health/worst-disease-outbreaks-history#cholera Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

Ever want to be President for a day? This guy was. Sources: https://www.history.com/news/the-24-hour-president Music: purple-planet.com

How a rocket scientist invented a squirt gun that is out of this world. Sources: https://www.toyhalloffame.org/toys/super-soaker https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/28991/wet-and-wild-history-super-soaker https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/accidental-invention-super-soaker-180972428/ Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

Everything you never knew about your favorite toaster accessory. Sources: https://www.mashed.com/117295/untold-truth-pop-tarts/ https://spoonuniversity.com/lifestyle/pop-tarts-brief-history https://www.thrillist.com/lifestyle/nation/6-skills-you-should-master-this-summer https://www.huffpost.com/entry/best-selling-poptarts-flavors_n_5836520 Music: purple-planet.com

All you need to know about West Virginia 1.0. Sources: https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/857 http://www.virginiaplaces.org/settleland/vandalia.html http://www.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh40-4.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=031vKBPk5eA

The wait is over! We're back! And I got the missus to join me on this one for some voice work! Everything you needed to know about the Lady of the Harbor. Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21932675 https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46550/the-new-colossus https://www.history.com/topics/landmarks/statue-of-liberty https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/51521/10-statue-of-liberty-facts Music: purple-planet.com

We've been here before, we will be here again. Let's check out our response last time. Stay safe team. Sources: https://www.livescience.com/spanish-flu.html https://allthatsinteresting.com/1918-flu-pandemic https://tedium.co/2017/10/16/american-samoa-spanish-flu/ Music: purple-planet.com

That one time President Teddy Roosevelt flexed on the world with the U.S. Navy. Sources: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/c/cruise-great-white-fleet-mckinley.html Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Election 2020. Whats up with Iowa? All you need to know about the Iowa Caucuses featuring guest Jenn McCallister. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_caucuses https://www.foxnews.com/politics/when-was-the-first-iowa-caucus-history-of-americas-kickoff-presidential-contest Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

What if the machines will not only one day take over, but have already begun their revolution? Check it out.... Sources: https://futurism.com/singularity-explain-it-to-me-like-im-5-years-old https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann#Technological_singularity_hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Williams_(robot_fatality) Music: https://www.purple-planet.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlE75w2JRxQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVZ2NShfCE8&t=128s

Birthdays are about more than cake and ice cream. Check out the history of birthdays now. Sources: https://www.pumpitupparty.com/blog/how-did-the-tradition-of-birthdays-begin/ Music: https://www.purple-planet.com And my 2nd period World History Class

We discussed it every day in school but learned nothing about it. Take a few minutes to hear about the pledge of allegiance. Sources: https://www.ushistory.org/DOCUMENTS/pledge.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bellamy Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

The fear of the Ancient World. The hope of the Byzantine Empire. Greek Fire. Check it out. Sources: https://allthatsinteresting.com/greek-fire Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Celebrate National Candy Corn Day by investing in some history on the candy, then go grab a bag and make yourself sick. Sources: http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/10/30/an-oral-history-of-candy-corn-the-most-polarizing-confection-of-them-all/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2010/10/where-our-love-hate-relationship-with-candy-corn-comes-from/65428/ Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Take a journey of the history of the T shirt from underwear to icon. Sources: https://www.realthread.com/blog/history-of-the-tshirt-2014-01-30 https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/22/magazine/who-made-that-t-shirt.html Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Potato Potato, regardless of how you say it French Fries aren't French. Check it out. Sources: https://www.wonderopolis.org/wonder/belgian-fries http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/09/the-history-of-french-fries/ Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Yooooo JOE!  (Apologies for the hot mess of an intro on this one. Will try to fix and resubmit when I get a chance.) Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Joe:_A_Real_American_Hero_(1985_TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Slaughter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Joe https://www.history.com/news/why-are-american-soldiers-called-gis https://www.toyhalloffame.org/toys/gi-joe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcaFgT4Slyc Sources: Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

A brief history about that place out in the desert where they keep "them aliens". Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49568127 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_Test_and_Training_Range https://www.britannica.com/topic/Atomic-Energy-Commission-United-States-organization https://www.britannica.com/place/Area-51 Sources: Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

That one time Key West broke up with America..... Sources: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-conch-republic-key-west-florida https://myfloridahistory.org/frontiers/article/14 https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4x9n8d/that-time-the-florida-keys-tried-to-secede-from-the-us-by-dropping-conch-fritter-bombs Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Extended local history episode from my neck of the woods.  The Ritchie Mines produced asphalt to pave some of the biggest cities in the world.  Check it out.  (Warning: This one misses the 3 minute mark by a bit.) Sources: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/ritchie/history/ritchmin.txt https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/86 http://www.newsandsentinel.com/opinion/local-columns/2017/11/look-back-ritchie-county-mines-railroad-fade-into-history/ http://www.newsandsentinel.com/opinion/local-columns/2017/11/look-back-danger-adventure-in-ritchie-mines/?fb_comment_id=1950219821766236_1993505074104377 Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

The man, the myth, the Uncle. Sources: https://historydaily.org/who-was-the-inspiration-for-uncle-sam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Wilson https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/united-states-nicknamed-uncle-sam Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Join myself and special guest Grayson as we delve into the story of Lena Blackburne's famous mud and how it has shaped the game of baseball for 80 years. Sources: http://baseballrubbingmud.com/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/baseballs-secret-ingredient-mud/2017/03/31/af56eeaa-14c7-11e7-ada0-1489b735b3a3_story.html Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Party like it's 1777. Sources: https://www.americanpyro.com/history-of-fireworks https://www.livescience.com/63468-fireworks-history.html https://time.com/4828701/first-fireworks-history-july-4th/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw7ajsKmbd4 Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Crikey! A history of Crocs f/Rylee Copeland. Sources: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2007/07/how-crocs-conquered-the-world.html https://careers.crocs.com/about-us/default.aspx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocs Rylee Copeland Brooklyn Smith https://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/2007/07/how-the-croc-go.html Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Everything you didn't need to know about the most famous font in history. Sources: https://typographyforlawyers.com/a-brief-history-of-times-new-roman.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_New_Roman Music: https://www.purple-planet.com