Episode 104 - Wilder, Skinner & Fuller

Episode 104 - Wilder, Skinner & Fuller

Do you know which now-common proverb was first used in the obituary for the actor Marshall Pinckney Wilder? Do you know what award was posthumously given to psychologist and inventor B. F. Skinner for his study on housing live pigeons inside missiles to guide them to their targets? Do you know which popular phrase, according to historian Thomas Fuller, was first used by the poet Edmund Spenser when he did not get the money he was promised by Queen Elizabeth I?


(Also another piece of trivia related to "Fuller", check out the episode for that)


Tune in to find out!!


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