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Interesting Things with JC
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Episodes vary in duration from 30 seconds to 8 minutes.
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588: "St Patrick Blue"
Interesting Things with JC #588: “St Patrick Blue” - The earliest depictions of St. Patrick show him dressed in blue garments rather than green, and when George III established the Order of St. Patrick for the Kingdom of Ireland, its official color was azure blue, known as "St. Patrick's Blue."
587: “St Patrick and the Shamrock”
Interesting Things with JC #587: “St Patrick and the Shamrock” - Saint Patrick is said to have used the three-leaf shamrock to explain the concept of the Holy Trinity, but did he?
586: “St Patrick got rid of the Snakes”
Interesting Things with JC #586: “St Patrick got rid of the Snakes” - One of the legends surrounding St. Patrick is that he stood atop an Irish hillside and expelled all snakes from Ireland, causing all serpents to slither away into the sea.
585: "Saint Patrick"
Interesting Things with JC #585: "Saint Patrick" - Discover the fascinating life of Saint Patrick, the man behind the legend. From captive to missionary, his journey is one of hardship, faith, and triumph.
275: "The First Colour Photograph"
Interesting Things with JC #275: "The First Colour Photograph” - On May 17th 1861 Scottish physicist James Maxwell revealed the first colour photograph at King's College in London. The photo is actually a composite of three black and white pictures, each taken through a red, green and blue filter. The images were overlayed through projection of three similarly filtered lenses, which resulted in display of a colour photograph.
239: "Traffic Lights"
Interesting Things with JC #239: "Traffic Lights" - Most common traffic lights operate based on timers. In areas that are not as congested, timers are not the best idea, as rural drivers may be sitting at a red light for an extended period of time. This is where sensor based traffic lights are more of an advantage. The actual sensors used can vary greatly per location, they could be lasers, rubber hoses filled with air, video cameras or inductive loops.
213 - Interesting Things: 4 Leaf Clovers
The four leaf clover is one of the most common good luck symbols of the Western world. An independent study carried out by Swiss researchers looked at 5.7 million clovers and found that the likelihood of finding one four-leaf clover was one in 5,076.
165 Interesting Things - Falling Iguanas of South Florida
When temperatures dip into the 40s and 30s green iguanas in south Florida fall from the trees.. It's become such a concern that there are falling iguana warnings on the news! Iguanas can grow up to 6ft and 26lbs, so this isn't a small concern!! (3min audio)