You may have seen it while driving down Lexington road, away from downtown, just before Headliners Music Hall. A retaining wall in the side of the hill... with a door in the middle. What's behind it? It's a question we get a lot at Curious Louisville. On this episode, Ashlie Stevens takes us behind the door.From Louisville Public Media<a href="https://louisvillepublicmedia.org" target="_blank">More Info Here</a>

<description>You may have seen it while driving down Lexington road, away from downtown, just before Headliners Music Hall. A retaining wall in the side of the hill... with a door in the middle. What's behind it? It's a question we get a lot at Curious Louisville. On this episode, Ashlie Stevens takes us behind the door.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="https://louisvillepublicmedia.org"&gt;More Info&lt;/a&gt;</description>

You may have seen it while driving down Lexington road, away from downtown, just before Headliners Music Hall. A retaining wall in the side of the hill... with a door in the middle. What's behind…

You may have seen it while driving down Lexington road, away from downtown, just before Headliners Music Hall. A retaining wall in the side of the hill... with a door in the middle. What's behind it? It's a question we get a lot at Curious Louisville. On this episode, Ashlie Stevens takes us behind the door. <a href="https://louisvillepublicmedia.org">More Info</a>

What's That Door In A Hill On Lexington Road?

<description>For fourteen years, Robert Miles has seen cars in ditches, in neighbor’s yards and in his own fencing that borders the boundary of the horse farm his family owns. He lives off Todds Point Road in Shelby County. “It’s horrific, you’re taking your life in your hands every time you go through,” Miles said of a particular curve in the road. Todds Point is an idyllic rural road going through horse country. But it’s narrow, and doesn’t have white outer edge lines that could help drivers stay on the road. Miles asked Curious Louisville: “Why do some roads have white outer lines and others don’t? What determines who gets what paint?” WFPL reporter Lisa Gillespie went looking for the answer.</description>

For fourteen years, Robert Miles has seen cars in ditches, in neighbor’s yards and in his own fencing that borders the boundary of the horse farm his family owns. He lives off Todds Point Road in S…

For fourteen years, Robert Miles has seen cars in ditches, in neighbor’s yards and in his own fencing that borders the boundary of the horse farm his family owns. He lives off Todds Point Road in Shelby County. “It’s horrific, you’re taking your life in your hands every time you go through,” Miles said of a particular curve in the road. Todds Point is an idyllic rural road going through horse country. But it’s narrow, and doesn’t have white outer edge lines that could help drivers stay on the road. Miles asked Curious Louisville: “Why do some roads have white outer lines and others don’t? What determines who gets what paint?” WFPL reporter Lisa Gillespie went looking for the answer.

Curious Louisville: Do White Outer Lines Make Roads Safer?

<description>&lt;p&gt;The United States prides itself on a kind of rugged individualism. We like to think we do things our own way here.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So while the rest of the world uses the metric system, here in America, we use a system based on inches, feet, yards and miles.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Except on a particular stretch of Louisville highway. Lots of you asked us why. On this episode, WFPL's Ashlie Stevens finds out.&lt;/p&gt;
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The metric system never really caught on here in the USA ...except along one particular stretch of I-265.

Why Is A Stretch Of Louisville Highway Measured In Kilometers?

<description>&lt;p&gt;Woody Woodpecker. Donald Duck. Iago from “Aladdin.&amp;quot; Louie, the U of L cardinal. All these birds have something in common: at various points in their histories, they have been depicted with a full toothy grin.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Which leads to our latest Curious Louisville question from Rachel Peterson: “Why does the U of L cardinal mascot have teeth?”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Birds don’t have teeth,” Rachel said. “I get that it’s trying to look fierce, but it’s just biologically inaccurate.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
WFPL’s Liz Schlemmer and Ashlie Stevens looked for an answer.&lt;/p&gt;
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Real cardinals don't... but Louie does.



Why Does The U of L Cardinal Mascot Have Teeth?

<description>&lt;p&gt;Nadeem Saddiqui and his family recently moved to Valley Station, in the southeastern part of Louisville. &amp;quot;It's stereotypically not the most multi-cultural area of Louisville,&amp;quot; he said. So it surprised him to see a street named Omar Khayyam Blvd. &amp;quot;It was a medieval Persian poet,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;Growing up my parents had a lot of books of his poetry.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Nadeem wanted to know how this street came to be, in this neighborhood. So we went looking for the answer.&lt;/p&gt;
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Omar Khayyam was an 11th-century Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and all-around genius. But why is there a street named after him here in Louisville?

Curious Louisville: Why Is There An Omar Khayyam Blvd In Valley Station?

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