Episode 633: What’s your Boggle?




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Summary: <br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="https://wp.me/pe53l-1wc">Click Here</a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<br> <br> <br> Feedback<br> <br> QOTW: The last thing you Googled is what kills you. So, how do you die?<br> <br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/technoramapodcast/photos/a.10151218397851671/10157638626491671">Technorama</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kreg.steppe/posts/10157666542021319">Kreg</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/chuck.tomasi/posts/10159974999538455">Chuck</a><br> <br> <br> <br> On This Day In History for March 17, 2021<br> This is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 289 days remaining in 2021.<br> <br> It was on this date in 1852, that Annibale De Gasparis discovered in Naples the asteroid Psyche from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte<br> Also today in 1941, In Washington, D.C., the National Gallery of Art was officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.<br> On March 17, 1947, First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.<br> Also today in 1950, Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announced the creation of element 98, which they name “californium”.<br> Also on March 17, 1958, The United States launched the first solar-powered satellite, which is also the first satellite to achieve a long-term orbit.<br> On March 17, 1966, Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSV Alvin submarine found a missing American hydrogen bomb<br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft, Gottlieb Daimler, born on this date in 1834.<br> Charles F. Brush, the American businessman and philanthropist, co-invented the Arc lamp was born 172 years ago today.<br> Born March 17, 1919, American singer, pianist, and television host Nat King Cole.<br> James Irwin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut was born on that same date in 1930.<br> English-American chemist and toxicologist, David Peakall was born 90 years ago today.<br> American admiral, pilot, and astronaut, Ken Mattingly is 85 today.<br> Also born on that same date in 1939,  English sailor and first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe, Robin Knox-Johnston.<br> American actor, director, and producer, Patrick Duffy is 72 today.<br> American actor, director, and bass player, Gary Sinise, born on this date in 1955.<br> Also born on that same date in 1964,  American actor and producer, Rob Lowe.<br> <br> Listener Birthdays<br> <br> 18 – Gregory Lemon @ GregoryLemon.com<br> 19 – JT Shea of The Gigcast and JT Ukes at 40<br> 19 – Michael R. Mennenga<br> 21 – Krazy Joe Fiore, MegaPodTasticand Honey, You’ve *GOT* to See This!<br> 23 – Steve Riekeberg a.k.a. MissingIntellect of Geek Cred<br> 23 – Richard Parkman<br> <br> And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for March 17, 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://netherlandsnewslive.com/inventor-of-cassette-tape-lou-ottens-passed-away-financial/107722/?fbclid=IwAR1qer43VnzszIj4afLmzfq57wjWZKA5ar10EG6xW1BzsqdO3QGlqaaF0RQ">Inventor of cassette tape Lou Ottens passed away | Financial – Netherlands News Live</a><br> <a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/f-psp020321.php">Pigs show potential for ‘remarkable’ level of behavioral, mental flexibility in new study | EurekAlert! Science News</a><br> <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/12/us/nasa-perseverance-mars-navajo-scn-trnd/index.html">NASA is naming the rocks and soil on Mars in the...</a>