Fact Of The Day

Anyone over 30 loves to tell stories of times yonder, when the rules were a little looser and safety hadn't happened yet. Often you'll hear of the first time someone tasted alcohol and it was usually before the legal age limit. Turns out in many places if you're with your parents, its allowed! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The US inventor Thomas Edison is well renouned for the things he gave to the world, and not gonna lie, lately some of his actions in the history books are under a microscope for being morally questionable at best. Imagine our surprise then when a famous person with a sketchy background thinks his son isn't up to his standards! That's exactly what happened with Thomas Edison jr... See omnystudio.co...

You may wonder what the United States are doing with that mega super humungous military budget everyone knows they have. Well you got the cash to spend, you buy the best of the best in every facet, to the point where they spend so much on customised equipement, it puts pretty strict rules on the user! Kind of like when your parents bought a new car and you weren't allowed to eat snacks in the back...

Not gonna lie, this was a hard one to wrap our heads around. It took a few listens and it looks quite shocking from the outset looking through the lens of todays society, but when you dig a little deeper with Fletch Vaughan and Hayley it starts to make sense with a bit of context. Genetic and DNA testing shows that back in the day, a man who could provide bare human essentials like food, shelter,...

A study has shown and proven that those wonderful friends and family members in society who keep our administration train ticking along, do so at a price. The people who spend more time worrying about 'what's the next thing we need to get done' as opposed to living in the moment and enjoying what's happening right here, right now, tend to have issues recalling those events in the future! Stressing...

Vaughan is settling on a theme lately, and that theme is Volodmyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine. As you dig deeper into Volodmyr's history he is truly a facsinating creature, we've learnt he is a champion of Dancing with the Stars, he was in a comedy troupe that parodied becoming President of Ukraine, then it actually happened! The fun hasn't stopped there though, it turns out, Zelenskyy onc...

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine, has our hearts in regards to how he's responding to Russia. So Vaughan did some digging on his background & found that he won the first seasons of 'Dancing with the Stars! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Located in Svalbard, Norway, the government has made it illegal to die on the island. Why??? Vaughan will tell you in today's episode! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You can experience uncontrollable sneezing called 'snatiation' when you're full of food! You experience this because your stomach stretches when it's full. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's scary meeting new people, especially if you think they didn't like you and the vibes were off. The good news is that you might just be reading it all wrong & they really enjoyed meeting you! Vaughan shares a study that was based of first impressions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vaughan explains what birds have the jewels. This kinda leaves us to imagine which birds don't... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1969 a documentary was the most watched TV event at the time. The doco gave insight into the royal family and was so captivating that when the commercials came on everyone used that time to go toilet. This caused a water shortage! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When did the saying 'OMG' start? It must have been when text slang became a thing right? Surprisingly the saying was said in 1917, 105 years ago.... omg WHAT?!. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chocolate chip cookie goes all the way back to 1939. A lady known for her yummy baking started it all 81 years ago! YUM See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tour de France is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race usually an event held in France. The day before a tour there's a team of people who go around the town painting over swear words and graphic images on the roads. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have you ever felt a headache come on and you weren't sure why? In today's 'Fact of the Day' Vaughan shares how certain people can experience headaches when there's a quick change in weather pressure. Do expect a slight tangent from the team too haha See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Humans on average were taller in 16,000 bc than we are now?! WILD See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Teachers in New York would be sent to a rubber room if they had done something that was considered bad... yet not bad enough for them to be fired. It didn't take long for these teachers to take measures into their own hands & make use of their detention time. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's odd fact is that New Zealand's national open road speed limit is 1.25 million Weet-Bix per hour. After Vaughan shares this with the team they go down a deep Weet-bix hole. You've been warned!! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vaughan found a list of the top 5 best smells. Also, warning: expect this episode to be a bit looser than the others, enjoy!! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's fact is all about diabetes. Specifically the meaning behind the name & how people went about testing for diabetes years ago. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Micheal Jackson was interested to play the Star Wars character Ja Ja Binks. Due to different visions for this character between Micheal Jackson, the director & producers they didn't proceed with casting him. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2015 a narwhal got lost, leaving the arctic & swimming south. Eventually the narwhal came across a pod of belugas & they adopted this Narwhal as one of their own. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For the last 50 years Donald Duck has had a superhero alter ego.... but only in Italy!! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carrots are native to Afghanistan! While the team digest this fact, Haley starts to question how the same vegetable can be various different colours See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.