Cincinnati
About Cincinnati
Cincinnati is the most populous city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Settled in 1788, the city is located on the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line with Kentucky. The third-most populous city in Ohio with a population of 309,317 at the 2020 census, Cincinnati serves as the economic and cultural hub of the tri-state Cincinnati metropolitan area, Ohio's most populous metropolitan area and the nation's 30th-largest at over 2.3 million residents.
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It was developed in 1962 by a man called Lou Grun. He ran the Cincinnati franchise and couldn't sell burgers on Fridays or during Lent because most of his customers were Catholic. So he came up with this idea of this horrible burger.
from No Such Thing As The Grand Old Dug Of Cardiff, 2024-03-28 at 00:26:56 · read transcript
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Whereas the rest of the carriages eventually slowed down. Once they entered a tunnel, which gradually grew closer, grinding them to a horse. It is time for fact number two, and that is Andy. My fact is that in 1827, a shop opened in Cincinnati where the principal currency was time itself. I'm just remembering we only let you do this fact, didn't we? Because we knew you would do that.
No Such Thing As A Teaspoon of Coal, 2024-05-16 · listen
He basically, he had a career which just involved going around walking on water. Crowds absolutely ate it up. This was 1907, and there was a big bet, and he stood to gain $5,000, which was obviously way more at the time. He was walking from Cincinnati to New Orleans, and he had to do it, but every step had to be on water. He had these special shoes, which were massive, obviously. They were about four feet long.
No Such Thing As A Ninja Wearing Clogs, 2022-09-29 · listen
It was popular. It was so unpopular. Basically, there was a bit of Cincinnati where 87% of the population were Catholic, and as a result, didn't eat meat on Fridays. As a result, the Cincinnati McDonald's took. zero money on Fridays because they didn't have any alternatives to their, you know, burgers. The owner said, right, I have come up with an idea called the fillet of fish sandwich.
No Such Thing As A Squiggly Pineapple, 2021-03-05 · listen
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