by Monica Michelle
I Can't Believe That Happened, a children's podcast every week full of interesting moments in History.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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July 28, 2023
<p>🎙️ Hey there, history buffs! Did you know Teddy Roosevelt and his six kiddos were practically running a zoo in the White House? 🐻🐍 With over 40 pets, including a badger and even a bear 🦡, their adventures are bound to blow your mind! Tune in to our kids history podcast #WildWhiteHouse 🏰🐾 #PodcastFun</p><p>If you enjoyed please pass along to friends and your online community.</p><p>If you found the mistake I hid in the episode please head over to www.owlandtwine.com and email me the correct answer so I can share your name on our next episode.</p><p>Sources:</p><p><a href="https://www.nps.gov/thrb/learn/historyculture/roosevelt-assorted.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nps.gov/thrb/learn/historyculture/roosevelt-assorted.htm</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/presidential-pets-the-roosevelts-menagerie/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/presidential-pets-the-roosevelts-menagerie/</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/theodore-roosevelts-bears/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/theodore-roosevelts-bears/</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/presidents/26tr/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/presidents/26tr/</a></p><br><p><a href="https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/presidential-pets" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/presidential-pets</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.whitehousehistory.org/questions/what-are-some-unusual-animals-that-have-lived-in-and-around-the-white-house" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.whitehousehistory.org/questions/what-are-some-unusual-animals-that-have-lived-in-and-around-the-white-house</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2021/02/politics/white-house-pets/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2021/02/politics/white-house-pets/</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2023/02/20/in-1904-theodore-roosevelt-won-a-presidential-electionand-a-pair-of-ostriches/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2023/02/20/in-1904-theodore-roosevelt-won-a-presidential-electionand-a-pair-of-ostriches/</a></p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
February 25, 2023
<p><strong>Mathew Henson </strong></p><p>Explorer</p><br><p>I think I am going to do a series of PLEASE SOMEONE IN HOLLYWOOD MAKE A MOVIE ABOUT THIS PERSON</p><p>Tell me at the end if you would not sit and binge an entire series about Mathew Henson one of the first people to go to the NorthPole in our Black History month for I Can’t Believe That Happened.</p><br><p><br></p><p>Born August 8 1866 on a farm in Maryland</p><p>He was the middle child with an older and a younger sister</p><p>His parents were free sharecroppers who escaped to Georgetown after the KKK made southern Maryland too violent to stay.</p><p>Mathew was orphaned at a young age and raised by his uncle in Washington DC.</p><p>He earned money by washing dishes in a restaurant.</p><br><p>During the speeches of 1863 Mathew was deeply inspired by Fredrick Douglas.</p><p>At the age of 12 he became a cabin boy on the Katie Hines traveling to ports in China, Japan, Africa, and the Russian Arctic. </p><p>During his time on the Hines he was educated by the ship’s captain</p><p>When he returned to land he worked in a clothing store where he met Commander Robert E Peary. Once Robert learned of Mathew’s sea experience eh recruited him for a surveying tour of Nicaragua. Mathew impresses Peary on the voyage and became first man on all upcoming trips.</p><br><p>For twenty years the expeditions centered around the arctic where they traded heavily with the Inuit. Mathew learned their language and was said to be the only non Inuit who became skilled in driving the sled dogs and training the dogs in the Inuit way.</p><p>He was a skilled craftsman who learned to build igloos from snow and other mobile housing.</p><p>In 1909 Peary mounted an expedition to reach the North Pole. He and Mathew boarded the Roosevelt leaving Greenland along with four Inuit assistants, Four Inuit guides named Egingwah, Ooqueah, Ootah, and Seeglo, and were the first people to set foot on the North Pole.</p><br><p>Mathew was one of six chosen to make the final leg of the journey. Reports have it that Henson was no longer able to continue by foot and used the dog sled to scout ahead of the group.</p><p>Henson was the one to plant the American flag.</p><br><p>There was much controversy about the story but their accounts are backed up by the National Geographic association as well as the Naval Affairs Subcommitee of the U.S. House of Representatives.</p><p>In 1912 he wrote a book about his experiences traveling widely to give speeches about his experiences. Though Henson was a very important part of the expedition it was Peary who received most of the fame and focus. Henson spent years working as a clerk.</p><br><p>Long overdue in 1937 Henson was given membership to the New York Explorers Club.</p><p>Congress awarded him the Peary Polar Expedition Medal in 1944</p><p>He was honored by President Truman and President Eisenhower before he died in 1955</p><br><p>Bibliography</p><p><a href="https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/explore/notable-graves/explorers/matthew-henson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/explore/notable-graves/explorers/matthew-henson</a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/may/24/matthew-henson-arctic-explorer-first-man-to-north-pole" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/may/24/matthew-henson-arctic-explorer-first-man-to-north-pole</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
December 9, 2022
<p>Welcome to<a href="https://www.owlandtwine.com/history-podcast-for-kids" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> <strong>I Can’t Believe That Happened</strong></a> and our first episode on the History of Cursed Jewels.</p><p>A quick reminder I always throw in one wrong fact. </p><p>If you find it send me and email and let me know what the right fact is and what your source is.</p><p>Let’s start with the Ring of Dwarf Hill that inspired <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Lord of the Rings</a> author J.R.R. Tolkien</p><h3> What if I told you that some of his epic fantasy came from actual history?</h3><p>Let’s talk about:</p><p>The One ring to rule them all. </p><p>The ring that had all of middle earth in a massive power struggle. </p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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