51: Salamander Wool and Dellschau Notebooks pt. 1

We're back from the winter break and midder than ever! This week we learn how salamanders tricked medieval Europeans into thinking they were fireproof and how Prussian immigrant Charles Dellschau's forgotten aeronautical notebooks came to shock the art world 40 years after his death. A listener email tells the harrowing tale of how astronaut Sergei Krikalev got stuck in space after the fall of the Soviet Union.Episode Tabs:The Asbestos Workers’ Salamanderhttp://www.laborculture.org/publications/Asbestos_Workers'_Salamander_Occasional%20Paper_3.pdfDid An Artist's Flights Of Fancy Depict Early Aviation?https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/columnists/native-texan/article/Did-an-artist-s-flights-of-fancy-depict-early-5909915.phpListener Tabs:https://www.ndtv.com/science/sergei-krikalev-the-story-of-sergei-krikalev-whose-country-disappeared-when-he-was-in-space-5414875https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chessie_(sea_monster)Email 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.