Ep. 117: Historical Blunders, Surfing Records, and Cocaine Hippos

Have you ever made a mistake so bad that it remained a topic of conversation decades later? On the latest episode of 4Thirty, Ben and Pat prove that hindsight is always 20/20 as they bungle their way through some of history's biggest blunders, from exceedingly poor architectural designs, to international land deals gone wrong, and more. The guys also dish out some backpage news this week, while in the process speculating on topics they've got very little knowledge about. Was World War 1 the direct result of a driver making a wrong turn? Did Russia's 19th century land sale to the U.S. make the Louisiana Purchase look like a reasonable deal by comparison? Did a single typo lead to a series of regulations for a Japanese stock-exchange? Is serial record-breaker David Rush capable of growing a beard? For answers to these questions and quite a few more, be sure to give the latest episode of 4Thirty in the Morning a listen!