Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

Back about 120 or so years ago, in Berlin, Germany, you might have encountered a strange sight: a man named Wilhelm Von Osten asking math questions of a horse named Clever Hans. Was the horse actually solving the problems, or was something else at work? Plus: Today in 1989, the town of Avesta, Sweden created the world’s largest Dala horse. Clever Hans: The Horse Who Could Do Math (Amusing Planet) World's Largest Dalecarlian Horse (Bookofjoe) Nobody's as clever as our Patreon backers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/support