Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

Today in 1924, the University of Illinois dedicated Memorial Stadium, which holds some 60,000 football fans and, legend has it, one bulldozer. We'll look at what really happened. Plus: this weekend in Crowley, Louisiana, it’s the International Rice Festival. Campus Mythbusting: Is there a bulldozer buried beneath Memorial Stadium? (University of Illinois Archives)  Crowley International Rice Festival Our Patreon backers are the real legends --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/support