11: Michelin Man and An Arab among the Vikings

This week we discuss the origins of the Michelin Man and a first hand account of Vikings from 922. A listener email answers the question of why we don't see Pandas in toilet paper ads. Episode Tabs: Allied Forces on D-Day Used a Popular Tourist Guide to Help Liberate France https://www.military.com/history/allied-forces-d-day-used-popular-tourist-guide-help-liberate-france.html “The Rus” (An Arab among the Vikings) https://content.ucpress.edu/chapters/12938.ch01.pdf Listener Tabs: https://youtu.be/aQthclI55Rk?si=Bw8xdEs8K-Ikbb0j https://youtu.be/4eJxAhhMiCk?si=xDb9O4IkpDOjEwrL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunder_Alley_(TV_series)?wprov=sfti1 NEW: 500 Open Roads (Google Maps episode guide): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg9g2HcUaFAzXGbw7 Email your closed tab submissions to: 500opentabs@gmail.com Continue the conversation by joining us on Discord! https://discord.gg/8px5RJHk7a SUPPORT THE SHOW and get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula by going to https://nebula.tv/500opentabs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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