“Have YOU heard?”

“Have YOU heard?”

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  • FIRST WASHING MACHINE?! 🤯 & Food on a STICK! (March 28th History)

    Have YOU heard that on this day in 1797, Nathaniel Briggs patented the first-ever washing machine, saving us all from the ENDLESS TORTURE of hand-washing our clothes?⏰ Timestamps: 00:00 Washing Machine01:04 National Something on a Stick Day01:59 ConstantinopleWatch, Learn and Enjoy!Troy W. Hudson***************************Troy W. Hudson is an American Voice Over Artist, Character Voice Actor, Video Host and Storyteller CELEBRATING 40+ years of professional experience in multimedia production. I deliver high quality professional voice overs and on camera presentations. I voice and produce commercials, narrations, elearning, explainers, children's storytelling, telephony and a lot more. I've produced over 80 audiobooks​ along with a wide range of character voices for games, escape rooms and phone messages. 💚 🎤

    3 min
  • Lincoln's SECRET INVENTION?! 🤯 The Only President With a Patent!

    Have YOU heard that on this day in 1855, Abraham Lincoln was issued a patent for a device to lift boats over shoals, making him the ONLY U.S. president to ever hold a patent?


    ⏰ Timestamps:

    00:00 Lincoln's Invention

    01:03 Deadliest accident in aviation history

    01:57 Alaskan Earthquake


    Watch, Learn and Enjoy!

    Troy W. Hudson


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    Troy W. Hudson is an American Voice Over Artist, Character Voice Actor, Video Host and Storyteller CELEBRATING 40+ years of professional experience in multimedia production. I deliver high quality professional voice overs and on camera presentations. I voice and produce commercials, narrations, elearning, explainers, children's storytelling, telephony and a lot more. I've produced over 80 audiobooks​ along with a wide range of character voices for games, escape rooms and phone messages. 💚 🎤


    4 min
  • The FIRST EVER AD?! 🤯 1484 Marketing & Popeye's IRON LIE! (March 26th History)

    Have YOU heard that on this day in 1484, William Caxton printed the first-ever book advertisement in English history, creating the world's first MARKETING CAMPAIGN for literature?


    ⏰ Timestamps:

    00:00 First print ad

    01:00 National Spinach Day

    01:54 Shocking Stock Exchange Rule


    Watch, Learn and Enjoy!

    Troy W. Hudson


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    Troy W. Hudson is an American Voice Over Artist, Character Voice Actor, Video Host and Storyteller CELEBRATING 40+ years of professional experience in multimedia production. I deliver high quality professional voice overs and on camera presentations. I voice and produce commercials, narrations, elearning, explainers, children's storytelling, telephony and a lot more. I've produced over 80 audiobooks​ along with a wide range of character voices for games, escape rooms and phone messages. 💚 🎤

    3 min
  • MONA LISA STOLEN! 😱 & Recovered 2 Years Later! (March 25th History)

    Have YOU heard that the world's most famous painting, the Mona Lisa, was stolen from the Louvre and missing for over TWO YEARS before being recovered on this day in 1914?


    ⏰ Timestamps:

    00:00 Mona Lisa

    01:00 National Medal of Honor Day

    01:32 WikiWikiWeb


    Watch, Learn and Enjoy!

    Troy W. Hudson


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    Troy W. Hudson is an American Voice Over Artist, Character Voice Actor, Video Host and Storyteller CELEBRATING 40+ years of professional experience in multimedia production. I deliver high quality professional voice overs and on camera presentations. I voice and produce commercials, narrations, elearning, explainers, children's storytelling, telephony and a lot more. I've produced over 80 audiobooks​ along with a wide range of character voices for games, escape rooms and phone messages. 💚 🎤

    3 min
  • The REAL Great Escape! & Houdini's Elephant Trick! (March 24th)

    Have YOU heard that Houdini's final performance was on March 24, 1918, where he made an elephant disappear on stage in New York?!


    ⏰ Timestamps:

    00:00 Houdini

    00:55 National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day

    01:34 Exxon Valdez ran aground

    02:17 Great Escape


    Watch, Learn and Enjoy!

    Troy W. Hudson


    ***************************

    Troy W. Hudson is an American Voice Over Artist, Character Voice Actor, Video Host and Storyteller CELEBRATING 40+ years of professional experience in multimedia production. I deliver high quality professional voice overs and on camera presentations. I voice and produce commercials, narrations, elearning, explainers, children's storytelling, telephony and a lot more. I've produced over 80 audiobooks​ along with a wide range of character voices for games, escape rooms and phone messages. 💚 🎤

    4 min
  • Art Thieves, Spacewalk Snafus & Flying Veggies – Only on March 18!

    Have YOU heard about the $500 MILLION art heist that remains unsolved to this day, with empty frames still hanging in the museum?! ...STAY TUNED!


    ⏰ Timestamps:

    00:14 Largest art heist

    01:12 National Sloppy Joe Day

    02:08 First human to perform a spacewalk

    02:56 Oldest known melody

    03:22 St. Joseph's Day

    03:50 HUMOROUS STORY/DAD JOKE


    Watch, Learn and Enjoy!

    Troy W. Hudson

    6 min
  • BIZARRE Secret Formula That Turns Chicago's River GREEN! (Only 6 People Know It!) | Have YOU Heard?

    Have YOU heard that the Chicago River turns green using a secret formula known to only 6 people? Stay tuned…


    The Chicago River's famous green dye for St. Patrick's Day began accidentally in 1961. City pollution-control workers used green dye to trace illegal sewage discharges when Stephen Bailey, a St. Patrick's Day Parade organizer, noticed a colleague's overalls stained green. This sparked the idea to dye the entire river! The original dye lasted for weeks, but today they use a secret vegetable-based formula known to only 6 people that breaks down in 24-48 hours. It takes just 40 pounds of dye to turn the river emerald green for hundreds of thousands of spectators!"


    *Source: Chicago Tribune Historical Archives and Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee official website*


    Today isn't just St. Patrick's Day - it's also National Corned Beef and Cabbage Day! Did you know this 'traditional Irish dish' is actually more Irish-American than truly Irish? In Ireland, the traditional St. Patrick's Day meal was bacon and cabbage. When Irish immigrants came to America, they substituted affordable corned beef, often bought from Jewish neighbors, creating this cultural fusion we now associate with the holiday!


    *Source: NationalDayCalendar.com - National Corned Beef and Cabbage Day, March 17*


    On this day in 1762, New York City held its first St. Patrick's Day parade! That's right - the tradition began 260 years ago when a small group of Irish soldiers serving in the British Army marched to a tavern to celebrate their heritage. Today, it's grown into the largest and oldest civilian parade in the United States with over 150,000 participants and 2 million spectators annually!


    *Source: OnThisDay.com - March 17, 1762*


    Here's something surprising - St. Patrick's color wasn't green but blue! The earliest depictions show him in blue robes, and when the Order of St. Patrick was established in 1783, its official color was 'St. Patrick's Blue.' Green became associated with the holiday much later through the Irish independence movement, the shamrock, and Ireland's nickname as the 'Emerald Isle.' So wearing blue on St. Patrick's Day is actually more historically accurate!


    Finally, my friend Patrick tried to explain Irish step dancing to me yesterday. He said, 'You have to keep your arms straight and your feet moving quickly.' I tried it and fell flat on my face! He laughed and said, 'What happened?' I told him, 'I guess I'm just having a HARD TIME KEEPING MY LEGS IN LIME!


    ⏰ Timestamps:

    00:11 Chicago River's famous green dye

    00:51 National Corned Beef and Cabbage Day

    01:21 New York City's first St. Patrick's Day parade

    01:49 St. Patrick's color wasn't green but blue

    02:18 HUMOROUS STORY WITH DAD JOKE


    Watch, Learn and Enjoy!

    Troy W. Hudson

    4 min

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📣"Have YOU heard?" is a weekly show featuring interesting history, little known facts, trivia, national days to celebrate, birthdays and fun facts about the days of our life! 💚🎤