Goff's 3 Minute Histories

Annie, are you ok? Are you ok?!

Sources:

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24534069 

https://emsmuseum.org/collections/archives/education-simulation-and-training/resusci-annie/ 

Music:

https://www.purple-planet.com

The sea will provide....LEGO.

Sources:

https://www.mcsuk.org/news/adrift-the-legacy-of-lego-lost-at-sea/ 

https://www.lego.com/en-us/history 

https://www.beachcombingmagazine.com/blogs/news/lost-at-sea-the-sunken-cargo-of-the-tokio-express?srsltid=AfmBOop8KeLKGZH6p05gnHV4KSw7Ulo7ncGbxsspAryRwfXtQBi4CcoW 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/whimsical-legos-are-still-washing-ashore-decades-after-they-were-lost-at-sea-180979580/

Not all heros wear capes, sometimes they wear goose feathers.

Sources:

https://www.historyskills.com/classroom/ancient-history/sacred-geese/?srsltid=AfmBOopjJHDlP5lG_5yxl_xVBQcBZdVi1O12iGF_-4JMD8Vn8ajgBnsj  

Music:

https://www.purple-planet.com

What does the Navy and a forest in Indiana have in common? The Constitution.

Sources:

https://ambrook.com/research/land/naval-boat-forest-Indiana-Old-Ironsides 

https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/ 

Music:

https://www.purple-planet.com

Bats, the first line of defense of Portugese literature.

Sources:

https://magazine.1000libraries.com/these-bats-are-keeping-hundreds-of-books-safe/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteca_Joanina 

Music:

https://www.purple-planet.com

Elmer McCurdy, The Embalmed Bandit

Sources:

https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2018/07/elmer-mccurdy-traveling-corpse/ 

https://www.npr.org/2015/01/09/376097471/the-long-strange-60-year-trip-of-elmer-mccurdy 

Music:

https://www.purple-planet.com

Desperate times, desperate measures.

Sources:

https://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/the-steagles-an-unforgettable-1943-season 

https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/remembering-the-steagles-pennsylvanias-wartime-nfl-team/ 

https://www.steelcityunderground.com/2020/06/18/steelers-throwback-thursday-history-of-the-1943-steagles-football-team/ 

Music:

https://www.purple-planet.com

Save The Whales

Sources:

https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/history-and-humanities/history/operation-beluga-whale-rescue-feature-262435425/ 

https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/classical-music-saved-beluga-whales-moskva/

Music:

https://www.purple-planet.com

Kennedy, Coconuts, and the Corps.

Sources:

https://www.jfklibrary.org/visit-museum/exhibits/past-exhibits/john-f-kennedy-in-wwii

https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/john-f-kennedy-and-pt-109

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-jfk-kept-coconut-shell-white-house-desk-180964263/

Music:

https://www.purple-planet.com

https://ezmp3.cc/

The ship that sunk itself.

Sources:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/rms-carmania

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Carmania_(1905)

Music:

https://www.purple-planet.com