A toad is found alive beneath a concrete floor poured 9 years earlier. Find out if and how Tinker survived this long entombment. 

Also learn about the best-selling coffee in the United States, a judge named Valentine that divorced the Valentines on Valentine's Day, Hedda Hopper's stinky Valentine's Day gift, and a Valentine that was just a hunk of slate sent through the mail. 

Retrosponsor: Maxwell House coffee.

Audio and Transcript: https://uselessinformation.org/tinker-the-toad/

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