Chugging Champagne and a Calendar Conundrum

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12/28/20 • 33 min

Happy New Year Everyone! Join us as we discuss the New Era Hat company, just how much champagne Americans and we drink on December 31st, issues with changing the calendar system, and a dive into the origins of the ball drop in NYC.
New Era: https://www.neweracap.com/new-era-history

Champagne: https://www.ibtimes.com/new-years-eve-numbers-984512?amp=1
Ball drop: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/610519/new-years-eve-facts

Champagne: https://www.ibtimes.com/new-years-eve-numbers-984512?amp=1
Ball drop: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/610519/new-years-eve-facts

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Sinterklaas is coming to town, and a Charlie Brown Xp-mas

Ho Ho Ho! Join us for a Christmas special where we discuss that hat of Sinterklaas, why no one should be angry about Xmas, the most played Christmas album each year, and finally that Chris knows a little too much about Charlie Brown Christmas. Enjoy!
Our favorite Christmas songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4MU3nHll7SlIeryEkzxaNZ?si=leuk8E9jRrKamGrZ9oIilQ
For More Information:
Sinterklass:https://www.stnicholascenter.org/around-the-world/customs/netherlands
Mitre hats: https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10404a.htm
Xmas: https://www.vox.com/2014/12/14/7374401/jesus-xmas-christmas
Top Christmas Songs: https://mobilesyrup.com/2020/11/20/spotify-christmas-music-2020-october/
Mere Exposure Effect: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.3758/BF03201171.pdf

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A Doff to Bigfoot

Join us as we roam through Chris not knowing what doff means, Chris had 24 hours to find a bigfoot fact and animal war facts so we go squatching for the first modern evidence of bigfoot, then David punches out of bigfoot talk with a number 2 pencil and finally a bomb that was researched in the US during WWII that probably a certain line with animals.
Saluting Device: https://patents.google.com/patent/US556248A/en
Bigfoot: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-so-many-people-still-believe-in-bigfoot-180970045/
Punch Cards: ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/punchcard/#:~:text=Punched%20cards%20date%20back%20to,what%20would%20eventually%20become%20IBM.
Jacquard Loom:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6NgMNvK52A

Animal Bomb: https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/237267/