A German Doctor Once Tried To Turn Hawaii Into A Russian Colony

from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson

Today in 1962, the US designated Hawaii's Fort Elizabeth as a National Historic Landmark. The fort was the idea of Georg Schäffer, who thought it might be step one in making Hawaii a colony of Russia. Plus: a scientist in Hungary has been teaching rats how to play the 90s video game Doom II. Russian Fort/ Fort Elizabeth (National Park Service)Rats Successfully Trained to Shoot Demons in “Doom” (Futurism)Help build up our show as a backer on Patreon

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