First aired: August, 2022
The Belgian government once used cats to deliver the mail. It went about as well as you would think.
Resources for today's exclusive episode:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/64025/time-cats-delivered-mail-belgium
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-42098216
https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/news/morning-start-cats-once-delivered-mail-in-belgium/
https://www.cracked.com/article_28965_for-hot-second-belgium-relied-cats-to-deliver-mail.html
https://www.grunge.com/920707/belgium-once-used-cats-to-deliver-mail/
The Comic Liar: A Book Not Commonly Found in Sunday Schools - a book published in 1883. According to Goodreads: “This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.” It has 0 reviews or comments in Goodreads. Sorry Goodreads - I don't think the opinion is widely shared :)
The measure of things website.
Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz
Interstitial Music: MK2
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Your host, Melissa McCue-McGrath is an author, dog trainer, and behavior consultant in Southern Maine. She'll talk about dogs all day if you let her. You've been warned :)
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