
Every month @danieltiger and @apike serve up fun facts, including the practical, historical, technical, and trivial.
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Arik shares buttloads, Allen has too many facts, oxygen is heavy, strangeness is strange, moons cause issues, and we hit max fact capacity.
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Ep. 81: Dinosaur In a Wingsuit
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Arik uncovers what things are really named after, Allen goes subatomic, Arik marvels at astronomical coincidence, and Allen considers extraterrestrial flight.
Ep. 80: Solar Stands for Solar funfact.fm/episodes/80
Allen dives in to diodes, Arik explores the origin of taxis, and Allen reveals an unsavoury fact about zygotes.
Ep. 79: Back Door Fact
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Arik throws peanuts, Allen tries to cook vegetables, photographers try to prompt a good pose, and the earth's magnetic field threatens to cause trouble.
Ep. 77: Raspberry Dust
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Science discovers our galaxy's flavor, machinists discover precision measurements, and Arik discovers why you shouldn't rent a car in Germany.
Ep. 76: That Doesn’t Seem True
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We check in on platypi and Polaris, consider zero’s parity, and make a decision about booby traps.
Ep. 75: Gelatinous, Delicious, Terrible
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Allen thinks about cans, Arik thinks about governance, and everybody thinks about the Roman Empire.
Ep. 74: You're Cursed Anyway
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Allen considers ancient honey, Arik considers ancient surgeries, and some jobs may or may not get automated.
Ep. 73: All You Need Is a Cartel
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Allen showcases a very surprising study, Arik recounts a very Canadian heist, and somebody loses a finger.
Ep. 72: The Bone of Theseus
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Arik improves an idiom, Allen shares a good news fact, Arik shares a grammar fact, and Allen locates your bones.
Ep. 71: Cool Fact
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Arik and Allen attempt a live episode, Allen attempts to store CO2, Arik attempts to use the word “relative”, and Allen attempts to explain what salt does.
Ep. 70: Both Jaunty and Cool
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Allen explains why summer exists, Arik outlines a trademark scheme, and Allen betrays Arik with a fishy biology fact.
Ep. 69: This Would Be Unsurvivable
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Allen goes deep on whale ingestion, and Arik explains what's really going on with dinosaurs.
Ep. 68: Ridiculously Ridonkulously Large
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Our sun proves a nuisance, the former Soviet Union makes a trade, we consider pepper seeds, Isaac Newton considers an apple, mice consider some cheese, rats get exonerated, and we improve on "implausible".
Ep. 66: We Gotta Blow It Up
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Allen saves us from asteroids, Jack Black’s mom saves some astronauts, Allen offends Arik’s sense of probability, and Arik sets the record straight on streetcar conspiracies.
Ep. 65: Let's All Do Crime
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A Portuguese scheme attempts to make counterfeit money real, an American scheme attempts to make walking illegal, and we set the record straight on Australian toilets.
Ep. 64: Don’t Eat This
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Ancient cultures name colours, algae goes wild, toilets inspire poetry, and we attempt to correct the internet.
Ep. 63: A Heaving Mass of People
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Arik makes an important call, Allen explains flavour, Arik invents football, Allen counts smiths, and we discover Ethiopian Time.
Ep. 62: Sounds Made Up
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We talk about how rice is grown, how eyes are colored, how time is told, and, of course, a scheme.
Ep. 61: Sorry, Scientists
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We consider too much rain, too many dinosaurs, too much bad stuff happening, and too many MIDI notes.