EPISODE · Sep 15, 2023 · 3 MIN
Cecil Chubb, The Guy Who Bought Stonehenge At An Auction
from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson
This month in 1915, the ancient site known as Stonehenge went up for sale at auction. It's almost unthinkable today, but it happened - what took place after that auction was pretty mind-boggling too. Plus: a worker in New Zealand brings a "support clown" with him to a layoff meeting. Stonehenge sold for £6,600 a hundred years ago today (English Heritage) New Zealand: Man brings clown to redundancy meeting (BBC) With enough support from Patreon backers, we could keep this show going for, oh, 4,500 years
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This month in 1915, the ancient site known as Stonehenge went up for sale at auction. It's almost unthinkable today, but it happened - what took place after that auction was pretty mind-boggling too. Plus: a worker in New Zealand brings a "support clown" with him to a layoff meeting. Stonehenge sold for £6,600 a hundred years ago today (English Heritage) New Zealand: Man brings clown to redundancy meeting (BBC) With enough support from Patreon backers, we could keep this show going for, oh, 4,500 years
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