Albert and Colleen dig into another tasty treat in this episode of Curious World History. Learn all about the 2500 year history of ice cream. From ancient Persian and Chinese history to presidents, ice cream has been enjoyed by many people around the world.

If you want to see Thomas Jefferson’s handwritten recipe, visit this website: https://www.monticello.org/encyclopedia/ice-cream

On our episode page, you can see ice cream photos from the Library of Congress from the 1920s, 40s, and 50s. https://www.curiousworldhistory.com/e/ep-15-the-history-of-ice-cream/

Albert and Colleen share their recent experience on a visit to the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana. In Part 1, they go into the history of the battles in the Pacific Theater, and how shrimp boats, M&Ms, Julia Child, and a secret in a soldier's journal all factor into the war.

To learn about or visit the museum, go to https://www.nationalww2museum.org/.

Thank you to our listeners -- who now represent 40 countries and 41 of the United States!

Albert and Colleen share the story of the Edmund Fitzgerald, the largest ship on the Great Lakes until its sinking in a terrible storm in November of 1975. All 29 souls on board were lost. "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", a song written and performed by Gordon Lightfoot, made this deadly event even more famous.

Unfortunately, for copyright reasons, we could not play the song on our podcast. You can listen to it here.

We want to thank Mike Barry (Albert's grandfather) for his portrayal of the Captain's final transmission.

We asked AI to generate an image of the ship battling the storm and are sharing it on our podcast website: curiousworldhistory.com