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001-Calendar Reform, Doll Mansions, and Hitchcock's Vertigo
FromFutility Closet
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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Mar 14, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Will New Year's Day fall on a weekend in the year 2063? If calendar reformer Moses Cotsworth had succeeded, anyone in the world could have answered that question instantly -- any of us could name the day of the week on which any future date would fall, no matter how distant. In Episode 1 of the Futility Closet podcast, we examine Cotsworth's plan and discover how it found a home inside one well-known American company.
We also look at how an antique dollhouse offers a surprising window into 17th-century Dutch history, explore a curious puzzle in an Alfred Hitchcock film, and invite you to participate in the first Futility Closet Challenge.
We also look at how an antique dollhouse offers a surprising window into 17th-century Dutch history, explore a curious puzzle in an Alfred Hitchcock film, and invite you to participate in the first Futility Closet Challenge.
Released:
Mar 14, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
010-A Baboon Soldier, Lighthouse Rescues, and a Parliament of Owls: When Albert Marr joined the South African army in 1915, he brought his baboon with him. by Futility Closet