Summary: <br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="https://wp.me/pe53l-1Ac">Click Here</a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<br> <br> <br> <br> Feedback<br> <br> QOTW: What 100% FACT is the hardest to believe?<br> <br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/technoramapodcast/posts/pfbid02mLqvJqfbhDgLuthwSyefkeGFcpCKce5DQREW4wvx1zkuNnpWrV7WF35tqDff7SBnl">Technorama on FB</a><br> <br> <br> <br> On This Day in History for May 18, 2022<br> This is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 227 days remaining in 2022.<br> <br> It was on this date in 1499, that Alonso de Ojeda set sail from Cádiz on his voyage to what is now Venezuela<br> It was also this date in 1953 that Jackie Cochran became the first woman to break the sound barrier<br> Apollo program: Apollo 10 was launched on this date in 1969<br> On May 18, 1974, Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonated its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so<br> Also on May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage<br> 17 years ago today, A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirmed that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra<br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet, Omar Khayyám, born on this date in 1048.<br> Born May 18, 1711, Ragusan physicist, astronomer, and mathematician Roger Joseph Boscovich.<br> English engineer, mathematician, and physicist, Oliver Heaviside, born on this date in 1850.<br> Thomas Midgley, Jr., American chemist and engineer was born on that same date in 1889.<br> American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Vincent du Vigneaud, born on this date in 1901.<br> Born May 18, 1912, American singer and television host Perry Como.<br> Don Martin, American cartoonist was born on that same date in 1931.<br> Also born on that same date in 1941, Scottish astronomer, physicist, and academic, Malcolm Longair.<br> Also turning 52 today is American actress, producer, and screenwriter Tina Fey.<br> Also born on that same date in 1979, Swedish video game designer, co-designed Minecraft, Jens Bergensten.<br> <br> Listener Birthdays<br> May<br> <br> 22 – Tim Elliott<br> 23 – Kris Ziel Host and producer of The AVScast and 24 Under Review<br> 26 – Eli Yukelzon<br> 27 – Tonya from Dancing With Elephants<br> 28 – Chris Martens, Host of The Jesus Geeks, Z Net Central, and Producer of On The Edge Of Darkness<br> 30 – Petri Lopia<br> 31 – Troy Dunlavy<br> <br> June<br> <br> 1 – Selganor<br> 2 – Anthony Gartner (Enigmavb)<br> 4 – Leo Schrauwen – history and pictures from Ekeren (Antwerp, Belgium) in Dutch<br> 4 – Tara Parkman (daughter of Richard Parkman)<br> 6 – Adam Larson (UncleAdam)<br> 6 – Grandma Grace (1921)<br> <br> And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for May 18, 2022<br> <br> If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenNyl8MEsC_eVDvCerLe8wNvhgtjg2d7F0Yj0IFYl4dOU2uA/viewform">Birthday Calendar</a> link.<br> <br> News<br> <br> <a href="https://gizmodo.com/how-often-do-ads-sell-your-data-every-day-1848931523">How Often Do Ads Share Your Data Every Day? Hundreds of Times (gizmodo.com)</a><br> <a href="https://www.wesh.com/article/blood-moon-total-lunar-eclipse-florida-view/40008080">Total lunar eclipse view from Florida (wesh.com)</a><br> <br> Hacks & Strange Stories<br> <br> <a href="https://thewalrus.ca/ai-poetry/">Robots Are Writing Poetry, and Many People Can’t Tell the Difference | The Walrus</a><br> <br> Shout out to the chat room<br> Watch us live every Sunday night at 9:30PM ET on Facebook.
