EPISODE · Mar 16, 2022 · 1H 47M
Milk!
from One Great History · host onegreathistory
Once a year, in ye olde days of the late 90s, children across Manitoba would dress their teachers as cattle, wear their best milk moustaches to school, and go to bed dreaming of winning a giant, inflatable cow. In this episode, Alex interrogates the historical origins of this somewhat unusual childhood tradition known as Milk Spirit Week. Listen to find out: Were six spilled cans of milk coincidence or conspiracy? How did pants settle a milk delivery strike? And just why do North Americans drink so much milk, anyway? All that and more in this ultra-niche milk episode!
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Once a year, in ye olde days of the late 90s, children across Manitoba would dress their teachers as cattle, wear their best milk moustaches to school, and go to bed dreaming of winning a giant, inflatable cow. In this episode, Alex interrogates the historical origins of this somewhat unusual childhood tradition known as Milk Spirit Week. Listen to find out: Were six spilled cans of milk coincidence or conspiracy? How did pants settle a milk delivery strike? And just why do North Americans drink so much milk, anyway? All that and more in this ultra-niche milk episode!
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