Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

The HMS Challenger spent years studying the world's oceans and the creatures that call them home. Today in 1875, the mission made one of its most astonishing discoveries. Plus: a company in Tokyo that makes elevator buttons and lights lets factory visitors push a copy of every button it's ever produced - over a thousand in all. HMS Challenger: The voyage that birthed oceanography (BBC) H.M.S. Challenger: Humanity's First Real Glimpse of the Deep Oceans (Discover Magazine) Pressing 1,000 Buttons Is the Perfect Way to Complete an Elevator Button Factory Tour (Oddity Central) Our Patreon backers have kept this multi-year mission going, join them today! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/support