Fun Fact Collectors

Brad talks Jadrien into buying an electric vehicle. Donut – Cheap Chinese Truck from Wish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRG0Wai4sR0   Donut – OG EVs w/ Jay Leno https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsulOhzmNJE   Not Just Bikes channel on urban planning https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustBikes   Technology Connections - A Complete Beginner's Guide to Electric Vehicles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

Jadrien shares her dissertation on sea monsters in an attempt to convince Brad (and listeners) that (1) they are real and (2) they are coming for you.

Brad tells Jadrien about the nuance of Canadian gun laws and how they compare to laws in other counties.

Jadrien tells Brad about the science of spontaneous mummification, some of our most famous bog bodies, and what those bog bodies teach us about days gone by.

Brad continues his quest to explain everything by talking about electricity and how it brings you top notch content like this. How Electricity Gets to You – Wendover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhxo2oXRiio 2003 Blackout – Practical Engineering https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KciAzYfXNwU 2021 Texas Outage – Practical Engineering https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08mwXICY4JM Home electrification P...

Jadrien tells Brad about the long history of genetically modified crops and how artificially selection makes everything more delicious.

Brad brings out more facts on DHMO, a chemical compound found everywhere that while vital to life can also have deadly repercussions. https://healthresearchfunding.org/dangers-dihydrogen-monoxide/ https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/bottled-water.htm https://history.howstuffworks.com/medieval-people-drink-beer-water.htm

Jadrien surprises Brad with the unbelieveable story of how close the United States came to importing hippos to solve the meat crisis of the early 1900s.

Bradley finally goes off the deep end and does an entire episode about time, from calendars to daylight saving time. https://xkcd.com/1883/

Jadrien makes her case for Dolly Parton being a modern Appalachian folk hero.

Brad tells Jade about the long-enduring, iconic vibes of Ancient Egypt and the human-made structures vying for World's Tallest. Economics explained video https://youtu.be/0Gpo8wKLw6Y

Jadrien tells Brad everything he never wanted to know about parasitic worms in infecting humans.

On our best (worst?) episode yet, Brad gives Jadrien a cursed delivery,  and tells you more than you ever wanted to know about the iconic Costco hotdog. Costco Income Graph https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/10hsaf8/oc_costcos_2022_income_statement_visualized_with/ Great PolyMatter on Costco vs Amazon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7BycrGnaJA The very real https://www.costcoh...

Jade's favourite reality show finished hundreds of years ago - tune in for the  hottest 16th century gossip about England's royal drama.

This week, Brad goes way down the rabbit hole on Vikings, and how they were everywhere Map of viking expansion - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_expansion#/media/File:Viking_Expansion.svg

This week, Jadrien tells Bradley about the long history of detective fiction and it's charming little brother: Whodunits.  Shownotes:  Parks and Rec on Jail - https://youtu.be/eiyfwZVAzGw https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/deduction-vs-induction-vs-abduction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detective_fiction https://interestingliterature.com/2013/02/a-short-history-of-detective-f...

This week, Bradley hits Jadrien with some wet facts about great lakes, good  lakes, and just okay lakes from all around the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lakes_by_area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lakes_by_volume https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lakes_by_depth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Slave_Lake# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes https://en.wiki...

On the very first episode, Jadrien tells Bradley about all things hibernation - including surprising misinformation taught to school children across generations.  Sources https://www.science.org.au/curious/hibernation#:~:text=Hibernation%20is%20a%20way%20animals,in%20medical%20benefits%20for%20people. https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/what-is-hibernation/ https://education.nationa...

We're two friends who love learning about anything and then pulling our favourite fun facts out at parties. Each week we'll take you down the rabbit hole of our latest fascination. If you have too many tabs open If nobody wants to play trivial pursuit with you If you still talk about your 3rd grade class project This is the podcast for you!