In September Togo turned off the internet, and what happened is nuts! A whole country without Whatsapp paints quite a picture. Also, Matt tells Amberly about an Australian bird that is helping achieve thought-to-text technolgoy. Amberly tells Matt some Canada facts thanks to the mailbag (this also explains the episode artwork) - and also teaches a couple of new words. Finally, the inventor of the polio cure is just a grade-A legend. Amberly tells Matt why. 

In September Togo turned off the internet, and what happened is nuts! A whole country without Whatsapp paints quite a picture. Also, Matt tells Amberly about an Australian bird that is helping achieve thought-to-text technolgoy. Amberly tells Matt some Canada facts thanks to the mailbag (this also explains the episode artwork) - and also teaches a couple of new words. Finally, the inventor of the polio cure is just a grade-A legend. Amberly tells Matt why.&nbsp;

Each week Matt Saraceni and Amberly Cull tell each other Something Amazing that they've discovered. It could be a fact, could be a story, could be a recipe for flan. Anything! With the one rule: it must be - Something Amazing! 

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Each week Matt Saraceni and Amberly Cull bring each other Something Amazing.

Something Amazing

Each week Matt Saraceni and Amberly Cull tell each other Something Amazing that they've discovered. It could be a fact, could be a story, could be a recipe for flan. Anything! With the one rule: it must be - Something Amazing!

Episode 20: Togo turned off the internet, thought-to-text, Canada update

A family in Australia has recreated an entire 15-hour flight in their living room! Also the inventor of N-95 masks (used by front-line medical workers) has come out of retirement to help. Also, the story of Violet Jessup and how she survived three separate shipwrecks! Plus we read your mail from hellosomethingamazing@gmail.com

A family in Australia has recreated an entire 15-hour flight in their living room! Also the inventor of N-95 masks (used by front-line medical workers) has come out of retirement to help. Also, the story of Violet Jessup and how she survived three separate shipwrecks! Plus we read your mail from hellosomethingamazing@gmail.com

Family fun, Violet Jessup and Mailbags

Another episode from our socially distant bunkers - Matt tells Amberly about the Irish Prime Minister's hobby and how Lin-Manuel Miranda is making dreams come true in John Krasinski's Some Good News internet show. Amberly tells Matt about some goats taking over a town and the legacy of an amazing astronaut: Ronald McNair 👨‍🚀 ALSO! Bucket sandwiches.

Another episode from our socially distant bunkers - Matt tells Amberly about the Irish Prime Minister's hobby and how Lin-Manuel Miranda is making dreams come true in John Krasinski's Some Good News internet show. Amberly tells Matt about some goats taking over a town and the legacy of an amazing astronaut: Ronald McNair 👨&zwj;🚀 ALSO! Bucket sandwiches.

Social Distancing: Lin-Manuel Miranda's Dream Factory, Goats, Ronald McNair

Recorded from social isolation, using a direct link from Matt's home office to Amberly's blanket fort - we're back doing what we always do: telling each other "Something Amazing" from quarantine. In this episode: the competition from 1920's New York that has everyone laughing except "Sober Sue", viking's weapons, Graham Merfield - who ran a marathon by doing laps of his garden and the astrophysicist Dr Daniel Reardon who got magnets stuck up his nose while inventing a device to protect against Corona Virus.

Recorded from social isolation, using a direct link from Matt's home office to Amberly's blanket fort - we're back doing what we always do: telling each other "Something Amazing" from quarantine. In this episode: the competition from 1920's New York that has everyone laughing except "Sober Sue", viking's weapons, Graham Merfield - who ran a marathon by doing laps of his garden and the astrophysicist Dr Daniel Reardon who got magnets stuck up his nose while inventing a device to protect against Corona Virus.

Episode 20: Togo turned off the internet, thought-to-text, Canada update

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