Episode 625: Spiders in disguise




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Summary: <br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="https://wp.me/pe53l-1vK">Click Here</a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<br> <br> <br> Feedback<br> <br> VoiceMail from Dan Coyer<br> <br> <br> Email from Mad Marv<br> <br> On This Day In History for January 13, 2021<br> This is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 352 days remaining in 2021.<br> <br> It was on this date in 1888, that The National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, D.C.<br> On January 13, 1910, The first public radio broadcast took place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci were sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.<br> Henry Ford patented a plastic automobile, which was 30% lighter than a regular car on this date in 1942.<br> On January 13, 1968, Johnny Cash performed live at Folsom State Prison.<br> It was also this date in 1978 that the United States Food and Drug Administration required all blood donations to be labeled “paid” or “volunteer” donors.<br> It was 28 years ago today that Space Shuttle Endeavour headed for space for the third time as STS-54 launched from the Kennedy Space Center.<br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> French astronomer and academic, Félix Tisserand, born on this date in 1845.<br> Born January 13, 1864, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Wilhelm Wien.<br> Alfred Fuller, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Fuller Brush Company was born on that same date in 1885.<br> Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle, Karl Menger was born 119 years ago today.<br> Robert Stack, the American actor was born 102 years ago today.<br> Born January 13, 1926, English soldier and author, created Paddington Bear Michael Bond.<br> Charles Nelson Reilly, the American actor, comedian, director, game show panelist, and television personality was born 90 years ago today.<br> Rip Taylor, American actor and comedian was born on that same date in 1935.<br> Indian commander, pilot, and astronaut, Rakesh Sharma, born on this date in 1949.<br> Also turning 61 today is American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate Eric Betzig.<br> Also born on that same date in 1961,  American actress, comedian, and producer, Julia Louis-Dreyfus.<br> <br> Listener birthdays<br> <br> 14 – Glynne Tolar<br> 15 – Ralph Whitfield (aka GoofyRalph)<br> 17 – fuffy_frog (aka Kristina) originally from Canada but now from Thailand<br> <br> And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for January 13, 2021<br> <br> If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenNyl8MEsC_eVDvCerLe8wNvhgtjg2d7F0Yj0IFYl4dOU2uA/viewform">Birthday Calendar</a> link.<br> <br> News<br> <br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jan/03/i-lived-like-an-astronaut-for-months-in-isolation">I lived like an astronaut for months in isolation | Space | The Guardian</a><br> <a href="https://www.jpost.com/health-science/earth-is-spinning-faster-time-flies-in-50-year-record-654449">Earth is spinning faster: Time flies in 50-year record – The Jerusalem Post</a><br> <a href="https://phys.org/news/2021-01-evidence-movement-meteorites-fell-earth.html">Evidence of water movement found in meteorites that only recently fell to Earth</a><br> <br> Shout out to the chat room<br> Watch us live every Sunday night at 9:30PM ET on Facebook. Go to Join our page and get notified automatically. Join us on the live chat!<br> Remember When<br> <br> <a href="https://www.airspacemag.com/articles/chuck-yeagers-cockpit-180964968/">Look Around Chuck Yeager’s Cockpit | Articles | Air &amp; Space Magazine</a><br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/jan/26/from-the-archive-1974-wi..."></a>