Fun Fact

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.

Thank you so much to all the Factors – we love you.

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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.

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Ep. 80: Solar Stands for Solar https://t.co/xRkX0TRRa5

Allen dives in to diodes, Arik explores the origin of taxis, and Allen reveals an unsavoury fact about zygotes.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Ep. 75: Gelatinous, Delicious, Terrible
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Allen thinks about cans, Arik thinks about governance, and everybody thinks about the Roman Empire.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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".

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.