Friday, June 12th, 2026 — Today is National Peanut Butter Cookie Day, which somehow turned into an episode about ideas that stuck around far longer than anyone expected.
Today’s episode looks at the debut of the Swiss Army Knife, the invention that became synonymous with versatility… the arrival of the LP record, which transformed how people listened to music… and the famous “Tear down this wall” speech, whose most memorable line almost didn’t survive the editing process.
Plus, the birthday of Jim Nabors, whose portrayal of Gomer Pyle became one of television’s most enduring characters.
A lot of today’s stories ended up becoming about longevity:
of tools,
of technologies,
and even of a single sentence.
Anyway… that’s what I ended up finding while working through June 12.