Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

For better or for worse, the Summer Olympics are finally here. We thought it would be a good time to look back at some of the lesser-known events in the history of the Games, like painting and cannon shooting. Plus: Tomas Gomez headed to the driving range just ahead of a storm, and his ball ended up getting hit by lightning.  Painting for Gold Medals: When Art Was an Olympic Discipline (Artnet) Switzerland land military patrol gold (Olympics.com) Olympic Games Medallists - Other Sports (GBRAthletics.com) When the Olympics Gave Out Medals for Making Medals (Mental Floss) One in a million? Teen's golf ball struck by lightning at Topgolf venue in Texas (Golf Week) We'd give gold medals to all our Patreon backers if we were the Olympics --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message