EPISODE · Aug 2, 2024 · 3 MIN
Olympians Week: The Original Olympic Flag Went Missing For Over 70 Years
from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson
We’re replaying some of our favorite episodes about the Games and those who have competed in them. In this episode from July 2021, the story of the original Olympic flag. It flew over the Games for in 1920 and then disappeared, and we didn’t find out what had happened to it for seven decades. Plus: a 3D printed robotic hand plays Super Mario Bros. OLYMPICS: NOTEBOOK; Missing Flag Returns to Glory, Courtesy of a Prankster (New York Times) Scientists 3D Print Robotic Hand That Can Play Nintendo (Interesting Engineering) We pass all the credit for our show to our Patreon backers
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We’re replaying some of our favorite episodes about the Games and those who have competed in them. In this episode from July 2021, the story of the original Olympic flag. It flew over the Games for in 1920 and then disappeared, and we didn’t find out what had happened to it for seven decades. Plus: a 3D printed robotic hand plays Super Mario Bros. OLYMPICS: NOTEBOOK; Missing Flag Returns to Glory, Courtesy of a Prankster (New York Times) Scientists 3D Print Robotic Hand That Can Play Nintendo (Interesting Engineering) We pass all the credit for our show to our Patreon backers
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