May 27 - The City Built Out of Sheer Willpower

May 27, 2026 — Today is National Grape Popsicle Day, which somehow pairs surprisingly well with a day full of strange turning points in history.Today’s episode looks at Peter the Great founding St. Petersburg directly on top of swampland despite enormous skepticism… Muhammad Ali’s infamous “phantom punch” fight against Sonny Liston that left audiences arguing over what they had just seen… and the life-changing horseback accident that transformed Christopher Reeve from Superman actor into something many people found even more inspiring.Plus, the birthday of Vincent Price — the legendary horror icon who was apparently one of the warmest people in Hollywood.A lot of this episode ended up becoming about perception:what people think they’re seeing…versus what’s actually there.Anyway… that’s what I ended up finding while working through May 27.