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Sun, 22 November 2009
UI #28 - The Cranberry Crisis of 1959

Can you imagine Thanksgiving without cranberries?  That actually happened in 1959 when cooks across America tossed out all of their cranberry products.  Learn about the Interrobang!? punctuation mark, a 7-story elevator plunge, a unlucky winning poker player, and a strange sequence of Friday the 13th events.  Retrosponsor: Edsel

 

Direct download: cranberry.mp3
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