The People's Polygraph

In which you will learn: About the superpowers sharks possess Why you're probably not going to be eaten by a shark Some cool ass shark names

In which you will learn: What the Dutch eat on NYE What the Danes break on NYE Which direction Jazz thinks the Earth turns 

In which you will learn: A short history of Christmas Carols A whole bunch of parody lyrics you never knew you needed for the Twelve Days of Christmas What you can get a Wookie for Christmas when he already owns a comb

In which you will learn: - Which Finnish Christmas Movie will have you shaking in your boots - Why Jim Carey's most difficult role ever was The Grinch - Which dead pop icon rose from the grave to be an extra in a Christmas movie

In which you will learn: - The story of Hanukkah - The story of the donkey Zlateh - What the best Hanukkah gift in the world is

In which you will learn: What to expect for Christmas Dinner in Serbia Which Swedish Town is up to their ears in burnt goat Why we send Christmas Cards

In which you will learn: How to cure a snake bite... if all you have available to you is an Ancient Roman text What Pliny the Elder believed happened to women who died in the water What Pliny believed about the height of the human race

In which you will learn: About some truly weird prizes offered on reality shows The general premise of a bunch of the weird ones Which reality TV shows Jazz would consider thinking about watching

In which you will learn: ... in Australia... Which Australian word was banned from use in parliament Who not to dress as at a fancy dress party Where you must never put your goat

In which you will learn: ... in the UK... - What you may not do to a cow while it is sleeping. - The age at which it becomes legal to do just about anything (except vote) - How much longbow practice men should be getting in each week.

In which you will learn: - Not a lot, really...  

In which you will learn Some spoopy stories about ghosts Which house in London is the Most Haunted TM Way more than you ever needed to know about locations used by a certain UK-based ghost hunting series

In which you will learn Some neat obsolete and obscure words that really should come back into common usage For which language the first ever dictionary was written Which word has the most definitions in the Oxford English Dictionary

In which you will learn: What a boggart would really do to you if it was lurking in your house About Sir Francis Drake and his magical drum The names of a whole lot of mythical creatures you should really stay away from

In which you will learn: Some bizarre names celebs have given their personal vineyards What makes red wines red Where to go to participate in the best marathon in the world Guest host: Clare (our resident wine expert)

In which you will learn: Why we say things are 'cheesy' All about the classification of cheese - and also how (im)mature your hosts are Why, before the lunar landing, there were still subsections of society that still thought the moon was made of cheese  

In which you will learn: How much a 90-yr-old famous biscuit would cost you The difference between a cake and a biscuit How many Brits hide biscuits in their sock drawer

In which you will learn: There's more to our Solar System than meets the eye Scientists like to have a laugh too If there really is a moon called 'Janice'

In which you will learn: About a massive crime committed by millions of visitors to the UK each year Where the Royal family is MEANT to live Exactly how unoriginal British royals are in naming their heirs

In which you will learn: If cats were really All That in Ancient Egypt How the world will end About 5% of the names of all Egyptian Gods

In which you will learn: How big the 'small island' of Britain really is Where to ski in Scotland How to anger your friends with a game of 'North or South?'

In which you will learn: * Some cool and also just plain silly plane names * Where to sit in a plane if you want to be safest * How many airlines there actually are in the world

In which you will learn: Some less-useful Lancashirian phrases Why people from Preston love buses  A lot of theories about Industrialisation in the Northern UK

In which you will learn: Some very useful Aussie words What "Schoolies" is If spiders do indeed harm Australians