9: A Subterranean Town and Don't Mess With Porcupines

Where Our Minds Wander

Jul 21, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 9

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Episode description

Beth tunnels headfirst into the unique underground opal mining town of Coober Pedy, Australia. Wes takes us on a tour through some of the weird and wacky US laws still in the books - and which ones you may have unknowingly broken.
This episode contains explicit content - listener discretion is advised.

Show notes:
https://www.purple-planet.com
https://www.cnet.com/pictures/the-strange-underground-homes-in-the-coober-pedy-desert-australia/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/coober-pedy

https://adventure.howstuffworks.com/coober-pedy.htm

https://www.cooberpedy.com/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/unearthing-coober-pedy-australias-hidden-city-180958162/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/14/travel/coober-pedy-australia.html

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/coober-pedy

https://bestlifeonline.com/weird-amazing-facts/

https://www.insideedition.com/gallery/you-cant-do-what-there-some-weirdest-laws-us-48474

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/

https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/funny-food-laws/Content?oid=2320114

https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/wtf-why-is-public-nudity-legal-in-vermont-but-public-disrobing-isnt/Content?oid=2804753

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