Have YOU heard? On June 16, 1963, a woman soared into space, proving the cosmos isn’t just for cosmonauts—guess who? STAY TUNED!SEGMENT 1: Feature of the Day – Valentina Tereshkova’s Cosmic Adventure!Source: history.comSEGMENT 2: National Day Calendar – National Fudge Day!Source: nationaldaycalendar.comSEGMENT 3: OnThisDay.com – Lincoln’s Iconic SpeechOn June 16, 1858, Abraham Lincoln delivered his “House Divided” speech in Springfield, Illinois. Source: onthisday.comSEGMENT 4: TodayIFoundOut.com – The Great Chicago Fire MythDid you know the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, started around June 16? Source: todayifoundout.comSEGMENT 5: International Sushi DaySource: daysoftheyear.comSEGMENT 6: Stan Laurel’s BirthdaySource: britannica.comSEGMENT 7: Humorous Current Event – World Rainforest DaySource: daysoftheyear.com⏰ Timestamps: 00:00 Valentina Tereshkova’s Cosmic Adventure!00:29 National Fudge Day!00:47 Lincoln’s Iconic Speech01:03 Great Chicago Fire01:25 International Sushi Day01:43 Stan Laurel’s Birthday02:02 World Rainforest DayWatch, Learn and Enjoy!Troy W. Hudson***************************Troy W. Hudson is an American Voice Over Artist, Character Voice Actor, Video Host and Storyteller CELEBRATING 40+ years of professional experience in multimedia production. I deliver high quality professional voice overs and on camera presentations. I voice and produce commercials, narrations, elearning, explainers, children's storytelling, telephony and a lot more. I've produced over 80 audiobooks​ along with a wide range of character voices for games, escape rooms and phone messages. 💚 🎤

Have YOU heard? On June 9, 1934, a feisty duck with a sailor jacket quacked his way into our hearts—can you guess who? STAY TUNED!SEGMENT 1: Feature of the Day – Donald Duck’s Grand Debut!On June 9, 1934, Disney’s Donald Duck waddled onto screens in The Wise Little HenSource: The Fact SiteSEGMENT 2: National Day Calendar – Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie Day!June 9, 2025, is National Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie Day!Source: nationaldaycalendar.comSEGMENT 3: OnThisDay.com – Secretariat’s Triple Crown TriumphOn June 9, 1973, the legendary racehorse Secretariat galloped into history, winning the Belmont Stakes by a jaw-dropping 31 lengths! Source: onthisday.comSEGMENT 4: TodayIFoundOut.com – The First Air-Conditioned TrainOn June 9, 1939, the Northern Pacific Railway debuted the first air-conditioned train in the U.S. Source: billybirthday.comSEGMENT 5: Johnny Depp’s Birthday BashJune 9, 2025, marks Johnny Depp’s 62nd birthday! Source: madeyousmileback.comSEGMENT 6: Magna Carta DayOn June 15, 2025, celebrate Magna Carta Day! Source: daysoftheyear.comSEGMENT 7: National Lobster DaySource: daysoftheyear.com⏰ Timestamps: 00:00 Donald Duck00:44 National Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie Day01:03 Secretariat’s Triple Crown Triumph01:24 First Air-Conditioned Train01:41 Johnny Depp’s Birthday01:59 Magna Carta Day02:18 National Lobster DayWatch, Learn and Enjoy!Troy W. Hudson***************************Troy W. Hudson is an American Voice Over Artist, Character Voice Actor, Video Host and Storyteller CELEBRATING 40+ years of professional experience in multimedia production. I deliver high quality professional voice overs and on camera presentations. I voice and produce commercials, narrations, elearning, explainers, children's storytelling, telephony and a lot more. I've produced over 80 audiobooks​ along with a wide range of character voices for games, escape rooms and phone messages. 💚 🎤

"Have YOU heard that there's a man who literally became a human lightning magnet? Roy Sullivan got struck by lightning SEVEN different times - and somehow lived to tell the tale!

STAY TUNED!"

SEGMENT 1: FEATURE OF THE DAY - THE HUMAN LIGHTNING ROD (June 5)

Roy Sullivan - the unluckiest lucky man who ever lived! This Virginia park ranger holds the most shocking world record you've never heard of: surviving SEVEN lightning strikes between 1942 and 1977.

[Source: Guinness World Records, Shenandoah National Park Archives]

SEGMENT 2: NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATION (June 3)

June 3rd is National Egg Day!

[Source: NationalDayCalendar.com, National Geographic]

SEGMENT 3: ON THIS DAY (June 6)

On June 6, 1844, the YMCA was founded in London by a 22-year-old fabric store worker named George Williams.

[Source: OnThisDay.com, YMCA Historical Archives]

SEGMENT 4: TODAY I FOUND OUT (June 4)

June 4, 1896 - the day Henry Ford learned an important lesson about measuring twice and building once!

[Source: TodayIFoundOut.com, Henry Ford Museum archives]

SEGMENT 5: BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION (June 2)

June 2nd, 1875 - the day Alexander Graham Bell invented something that would eventually let your mom call you three times a day to ask if you're eating enough vegetables! That's right, the telephone got its patent on this day.

[Source: Alexander Graham Bell Association, Smithsonian Institution]

SEGMENT 6: WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY (June 5)

June 5th is World Environment Day, and I've got a nature fact that sounds like something out of a fantasy novel but is 100% real science! Ready for this? Trees can actually talk to each other!

[Source: University of British Columbia Forest Sciences, Nature journal]

⏰ Timestamps:

00:00 HUMAN LIGHTNING ROD

01:38 National Egg Day

02:43 YMCA was founded

03:57 Henry Ford invented drive-thru

05:08 Alexander Graham Bell patent

06:14 World Environment Day

Watch, Learn and Enjoy!

Troy W. Hudson

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Troy W. Hudson is an American Voice Over Artist, Character Voice Actor, Video Host and Storyteller CELEBRATING 40+ years of professional experience in multimedia production. I deliver high quality professional voice overs and on camera presentations. I voice and produce commercials, narrations, elearning, explainers, children's storytelling, telephony and a lot more. I've produced over 80 audiobooks​ along with a wide range of character voices for games, escape rooms and phone messages. 💚 🎤

"Have YOU heard that the world's most deadly garden is in England and contains over 100 poisonous plants that could kill you with just a taste or touch? STAY TUNED!"SEGMENT 1: FEATURE OF THE DAY - THE POISON GARDEN (May 19)On May 19, 2005, the Duchess of Northumberland officially opened the Poison Garden at Alnwick Castle in England. [Source: Official Alnwick Garden website, 2023]SEGMENT 2: NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATION (May 20)May 20th is National Rescue Dog Day! [Source: NationalDayCalendar.com]SEGMENT 3: ON THIS DAY (May 21)On May 21, 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean! [Source: OnThisDay.com]SEGMENT 4: TODAY I FOUND OUT (May 22)On May 22, 1980, Pac-Man was first released in Japan, originally called "Puck-Man." [Source: TodayIFoundOut.com]SEGMENT 5: BIRTHDAY SPECIAL (May 23)May 23rd marks the birthday of Drew Carey, born in 1958.[Source: People Magazine archives & Carey's autobiography "Dirty Jokes and Beer: Stories of the Unrefined"]SEGMENT 6: PECULIAR HOLIDAY (May 24)May 24th is National Scavenger Hunt Day![Source: Mental Floss, "The Decades-Old Treasure Hunt That's Cost Some Seekers Their Lives"]SEGMENT 7: DAD JOKE HUMOR (May 25)And finally, May 25th is National Wine Day![Source: National Day Calendar's "National Wine Day" - May 25th]⏰ Timestamps: 00:00 THE POISON GARDEN00:57 National Rescue Dog Day01:36 Amelia Earhart 02:18 Pac-Man03:02 Drew Carey03:55 National Scavenger Hunt Day04:40 National Wine DayWatch, Learn and Enjoy!Troy W. Hudson***************************Troy W. Hudson is an American Voice Over Artist, Character Voice Actor, Video Host and Storyteller CELEBRATING 40+ years of professional experience in multimedia production. I deliver high quality professional voice overs and on camera presentations. I voice and produce commercials, narrations, elearning, explainers, children's storytelling, telephony and a lot more. I've produced over 80 audiobooks​ along with a wide range of character voices for games, escape rooms and phone messages. 💚 🎤

"Have YOU heard that in 1969, a Kentucky Derby-winning horse was stripped of his title after failing a drug test... because a baker put cough medicine in his birthday cake? STAY TUNED!"## SEGMENT 1: FEATURE OF THE DAY - THE DRUGGED DERBY WINNER (May 14)*[Source: Sports Illustrated archives, 1969]*## SEGMENT 2: NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATION (May 12)May 12th is National Limerick Day! *[Source: NationalDayCalendar.com]*## SEGMENT 3: ON THIS DAY (May 15)On May 15, 1930, airline hostesses took to the skies for the very first time!*[Source: OnThisDay.com]*## SEGMENT 4: TODAY I FOUND OUT (May 16)On May 16, 1960, physicist Theodore Maiman demonstrated the world's first functioning laser at Hughes Research Laboratories.*[Source: TodayIFoundOut.com]*## SEGMENT 5: BIRTHDAY SPECIAL (May 13)May 13th marks the birthday of Stevie Wonder, born in 1950.*[Source: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame archives]*## SEGMENT 6: BAKING HOLIDAY (May 17)May 17th is "World Baking Day"!*[Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018]*SEGMENT 7: DAD JOKE HUMOR (May 18)May 18th is "Visit Your Relatives Day"! [Source: National Day Calendar's "Visit Your Relatives Day" - May 18th]⏰ Timestamps: 00:00 DRUGGED DERBY WINNER00:50 National Limerick Day01:21 Airline hostesses02:12 World's first functioning laser02:45 Stevie Wonder, born in 195003:33 World Baking Day04:01 Visit Your Relatives DayWatch, Learn and Enjoy!Troy W. Hudson***************************Troy W. Hudson is an American Voice Over Artist, Character Voice Actor, Video Host and Storyteller CELEBRATING 40+ years of professional experience in multimedia production. I deliver high quality professional voice overs and on camera presentations. I voice and produce commercials, narrations, elearning, explainers, children's storytelling, telephony and a lot more. I've produced over 80 audiobooks​ along with a wide range of character voices for games, escape rooms and phone messages. 💚 🎤-- Contact --📧 troy@troywhudson.com☎️ 803.528.5899-- Demos/Samples --✅ https://www.troywhudson.com🎥 https://youtube.com/troywhudson🔊 https://www.soundcloud.com/troywhudson-- Social --🎙️ Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/troywhudson🎙️ FaceBook - https://www.facebook.com/TroyWVO 🎙️ Instagram - http://instagram.com/troywhudson_vo🎙️ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@troywhudson-- Other places to check out my work -- 📆 "Have YOU heard?" Playlisthttps://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLziCAn0yMkhO2fyuMafa_ek7sWHQmI2yx&si=b9JHfpTg0uiYx41W📳 LIke to listen to PODCASTS?🎧 Now available on Spotify - https://troywhudson.link/Have-YOU-heard-spotify🎧 Now available on Amazon Music - https://troywhudson.link/HaveYOUheard-AmazonPodcast🎧 Now available on Apple Podcasts - https://troywhudson.link/HaveYOUheard-ApplePodcast🎙️ Voice of TopThink (2.8M subs/600+ videos)https://www.youtube.com/@TopThink#haveyouheard #history #trivia #voiceover #malevoiceover #celebrateeveryday

"Have YOU heard? NASA once spent millions developing a pen that could write in space while the Russians just used pencils! ...STAY TUNED!"## SEGMENT ONE: SPACE PEN MYTH[SOURCE: NASA History Office, "Common Space Myths Debunked"]## SEGMENT TWO: CINCO DE MAYO ORIGINS[SOURCE: National Day Calendar, "Cinco de Mayo History and Celebrations"]## SEGMENT THREE: RUBBER DUCK BIRTHDAY[SOURCE: OnThisDay.com, "Innovation and Invention History"]## SEGMENT FOUR: MOTHER'S DAY HISTORY[SOURCE: TodayIFoundOut.com, "The Founder of Mother's Day Later Fought to Have It Abolished"]## SEGMENT FIVE: 4 MINUTE MILE CONQUERED[SOURCE: OnThisDay.com, "Sports History Milestones"]## SEGMENT SIX: NATIONAL HOAGIE DAY[SOURCE: National Day Calendar, "National Hoagie Day - May 5"]## SEGMENT SEVEN: UPCOMING FLOWER MOON[SOURCE: Upcoming Astronomy Events Calendar, May 2025]⏰ Timestamps: 00:00 SPACE PEN MYTH01:19 CINCO DE MAYO ORIGINS02:06 RUBBER DUCK BIRTHDAY02:55 MOTHER'S DAY HISTORY03:41 4 MINUTE MILE CONQUERED04:29 NATIONAL HOAGIE DAY05:13 UPCOMING FLOWER MOONWatch, Learn and Enjoy!Troy W. Hudson***************************Troy W. Hudson is an American Voice Over Artist, Character Voice Actor, Video Host and Storyteller CELEBRATING 40+ years of professional experience in multimedia production. I deliver high quality professional voice overs and on camera presentations. I voice and produce commercials, narrations, elearning, explainers, children's storytelling, telephony and a lot more. I've produced over 80 audiobooks​ along with a wide range of character voices for games, escape rooms and phone messages. 💚 🎤

"Have YOU heard that a dentist invented cotton candy and it was originally called "Fairy Floss"?! STAY TUNED!"SEGMENT 1: FEATURE OF THE DAY - COTTON CANDY ORIGINS[Source: National Confectioners Association; Smithsonian Magazine]SEGMENT 2: NATIONAL SUPERHERO DAY - APRIL 28[Source: NationalDayCalendar.com; Comic Book Resources]SEGMENT 3: ZIPPER DAY - APRIL 29[Source: OnThisDay.com; Guinness World Records]SEGMENT 4: MAY DAY ORIGINS - MAY 1[Source: TodayIFoundOut.com; Encyclopedia Britannica]SEGMENT 5: SPACE DAY - MAY 2[Source: NASA; Space Foundation]SEGMENT 6: STAR WARS DAY - MAY 4[Source: Lucasfilm Archives; Star Wars Official Website]⏰ Timestamps: 00:00 COTTON CANDY ORIGINS00:51 NATIONAL SUPERHERO DAY - APRIL 2801:47 ZIPPER DAY - APRIL 2902:32 MAY DAY ORIGINS - MAY 103:14 SPACE DAY - MAY 204:04 STAR WARS DAY - MAY 4Watch, Learn and Enjoy!Troy W. Hudson***************************Troy W. Hudson is an American Voice Over Artist, Character Voice Actor, Video Host and Storyteller CELEBRATING 40+ years of professional experience in multimedia production. I deliver high quality professional voice overs and on camera presentations. I voice and produce commercials, narrations, elearning, explainers, children's storytelling, telephony and a lot more. I've produced over 80 audiobooks​ along with a wide range of character voices for games, escape rooms and phone messages. 💚 🎤