213: Unexpected Origin of Roller Skates

Brain Junk

May 31 2022 | 00:10:37

00:00 / 00:10:37

Spotify
RSS
More

Hosted By

Show Notes

The first roller skates were patented by John Joseph Merlin in 1760. He showed off his new fangled wheeled shoes with an epic entrance to a party that ended not quite how he thought it would.

Other Episodes

Episode 0

August 09, 2022 • 00:05:04

223: Turnspit Dogs

It’s 1576 and you don’t have a young boy to spare to turn your meat while it cooks. So what could you use? A...

Episode 0

January 07, 2020 • 00:04:37

93: Farting Herring

Happy New Year! Welcome to our funniest episode yet. Scientists avert international tension between Sweden and Russia, learn something we didn't know about herring,...

Episode 0

September 06, 2022 • 00:08:51

227: Whatever...Mom

Why won’t your teenager listen to you? Their brain. For real. Insert teenage eye roll here. Want to know the deets? Mom’s Voice study...