44: Ten Cent Beer Night and Bog Snorkeling

This week we're all about sports as we learn how a Ten Cent Beer Night promotion led to one of the MLB's most infamous games and the curious Welsh tradition of competitive Bog Snorkeling. A listener email informs us of the Great Emu War of 1932.Episode Tabs:Remembering 10-Cent Beer Night, one of baseball’s most infamous fiascoshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/06/04/10-cent-beer-night-1974-cleveland-indians-texas-rangers/Is This The World's Weirdest Sporting Event?https://youtu.be/uZcRBVkZSJ8Listener Tabs:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_warhttps://www.inventionandtech.com/content/bicycle-railroad-1Email your closed tab submissions to: [email protected] us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/500OpenTabs500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7aSUPPORT THE SHOW and get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to nebula.tv/500opentabsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.