What The Factual? / Facts The Way I Like It!

So to stave off the cold winter nights with no Facts The Way I Like it (only for a few weeks!) we have put together a little condensed version of our classic What The Factual? Christmas episode from 2023 where Gill and Pete share some truly terrifying historic Christmas traditions and a few explainers of why we do Christmas things the way we do... Namely why so many people end up in A+E on Christm...

It's Gill and Pete's 1 year anniversary since the first ever Facts The Way I Like it so in a celebratory episode they surprise everyone by sharing more facts. Ok, no surprise exactly but still... This Friday, Gill brings us the stpry of how Agatha Christie found inspiration and a new life in the Middle East, then she tells us of how Christian Dior was inspired by his sister Catherine's wartime res...

More fact-based festive frivolity for a Friday morning! This week Gill has a story of the female-led London gang known as the Forty Elephants who were generally up to no good but specialised in "clouting" (the act of steeling goods by hiding them within their clothing) and robbing well to do men in the Elephant and Castle area! Gill also tells us of the coincidental recovery of a lost priceless ar...

51 - The Waggle Dance, The Gherkin Headstone & a Trippy Bicycle Ride It's yet another Friday so Gill and Pete are back with more facts from around the world and all walks of life. This week, Gill takes us down etymology lane again and tells us where the phrase "tea caddy" comes from and why. She also shares the story of how a seemingly innocuous grave in the city of London became a Roman tomb...

Gill & Pete are back again with more Friday Fact Fun! This week Gill tells us the lovely story of how the term "woollybacks" is steeped in history and is not in fact a derogatory term for people from St. Helens. She also tells us the source of the word "ghost" and is championing the bringing back of the word "copemate". She also tells us how the word gossip was born! Finally she is here to tel...

Welcome back to WTF HQ for another Facts The Way I Like It! Gill is back in town from her round the world tour and frankly is bristling with more facts. This week Gill tells us of the mad craze that took hold of Victorian Britain and made everyone far too interested in ferns. Yes, ferns. She also tells us where the phrase "Being in the Limelight" comes from. Finally, she tells us how Kim Kardashia...

It's Friday and we all know what that means... Except we don't because you're wrong. It's not Gill and Pete... It's Karen and Pete! Yes, stepping in for Gill Smith again, is our favourite stand in presenter and fellow keen fact nerd, Karen Hassan. This week Karen takes us down memory lane and reminds us of a time when instead of trawling through hundreds of films on Netflix and never making a deci...

Friday means Facts. It's that simple.  Gill and Pete are delving into more strange stories and lesser known facts from all walks of life.  This week, Gill tells us about how and why Daylight Savings became I thing. She also tells us about the crazy variation in day length - just depending what planet you may find yourself on. If you think your day drags, try being on Venus. Finally she t...

It's another Friday and another Fact tirade from Gill and Pete. This week Gill is back home and a bit delirious but she keeps it together for long enough to tell us about the Viking wedding ritual which depressingly involved grave robbing - but in a nice romantic way. She also tells us how F1 Pit stops have helped save many babies' lives. Finally, she tells us that in case of an unexpected war, th...

Gill is back!! Well, ok she's still on the other side of the world but Gill dials in from Japan to share some local knowledge and some facts and stats about Japan and its culture. She also tests Pete's knowledge of Typhoons as one is getting a bit close for comfort! Pete shares a story of a true hero, Christina Santhouse who has had the challenge of living without half her brain and not only has s...

It's Friday again so let's celebrate in the only way we know how which is to sit and share lesser known fun facts and mad stories. But this week it's a bit different! GUEST PRESENTER ALERT!! Yes in a twist, Gill is literally on the other side of the world so we are so grateful and happy to welcome Karen Hassan as a guest presenter!! Karen brings her own set of facts and frankly enjoys telling the...

Another Friday, another Fact Overload with respected purveyors of fact sharing, Gill Smith and Pete Moor. This week Pete just hits Gill with far too many facts in the form of 2 rounds of Friday Quiz fun including subjects such as Geography, History, Geographical History, Historical Geography and Goldfish memories (in more ways than one). Sandwiched between these quiz rounds are some facts includin...

It's Friday and that can only mean one thing. Well, it can mean a lot of things but one of the things it does mean is more facts being shared by the King and Queen of Fact Sharing, namely Gill Smith and Pete Moor. This week, delves into the murky world of Tudor deaths and the most common causes of death which include slightly rash challenges during a football match. She also tells us the story of...

Another Friday means more plump facts being plucked from the great old legendary fact bearing tree by fact farming duo, Gill Smith and Pete Moor.  They then share the freshly picked, perfectly ripe facts with you, the crisp fact enthusiasts, to satisfy your latest fact cravings. In other words, here are more facts from Gill and Pete. THIS WEEK! :- Gill tells us that this year, the trees are o...

GILL's BACK!! ...and wow is she pleased to be back, but not as pleased as Pete who doesn't have to hold the fort alone... The two of them share more strange and wonderful facts on a Friday morning for you to share at your weekend get togethers! This week Gill dives in head first to the history of bathing and washing in general which sparks more debate than you may think. She also tells us of a pho...

It's another Friday of Fact based fun but this week is a little different as Gill is M.I.A. on her travels. Pete is flying solo and looks back at some of their favourite facts from the early days of the podcast. We look back at the memorable moment when Gill grossed herself out with a medical fact, Pete grossed Gill out by telling her a fact about Geology and also Gill gets grossed out by a histor...

Yet another Friday sees Gill Smith and Pete Moor sharing the fact-based wealth again with more fun facts and lesser known stories of heroes and villains from history or just general things you may not know! This week Gill tells us the fantastic, yet troubling story of "Durable Mike Malloy", the fascinating story of Dr James Barry (b.1789) and how he delivered the ultimate post-death twist and fina...

This week Gill and Pete carry on the weekly tradition of fact sharing with more lesser known stories and facts from history, nature and popular culture and pretty much any other subject really! This week Gill solves the mystery for anyone wondering "who is that guy on the NBA logo?" she also shares the fact that Humpback Whales are the vigilante law keepers of the oceans and finally she tells us t...

It's Friday Fact day yet again, so Gill Smith and Pete Moor provide more interesting, lesser known facts answering all the questions you never dreamed of asking. This week Gill tells us of the heartwarming fact that no-one from the Cotswolds village of Upper Slaughter, was killed in either World war leading to us finding out what a "Thankful Village" is. She also tells us the frankly ridiculous ba...

Friday = Facts.  It's that simple and this week, Gill is absent from the studio but not to worry, listeners, she is dialling in from Mama Smith's Birthday celebrations! So we apologise for the quality of Gill's sound but we don't apologise for the quality of the facts. Today, Gill packs yet another Dictator based punch with regular segment "Name That Dictator", she also explains why some peop...

Friday means one thing - more facts and stories from the dynamic duo of fact sharing podcasts. Gill and Pete share more interesting lesser known facts including this week, a mad planet which would be challenging to survive on to say the least. Gill tells us of the woman who proved it was possible to build a city from scratch. Pete champions the actor Keanu Reeves and his philanthropy and just gene...

33 - Pharoah's Curses, Reunited Families and Carving through Mountains It's Friday which means yet another weekly fact finding mission with Gill Smith and Pete Moor. This episode sees Gill sharing the story of Juliette Gordon Low using her last worldly possession to start a National Movement, as well as how the Pharoah's Curse from ancient Egypt may be helping scientists find a cure for cancer. Pe...

Its Friday again and it's another fact sharing mission from the "Answers on a Podcast" duo, Gill Smith and Pete Moor. This week, Gill has a couple of stories from history including the "Home Coming Queen" otherwise known as the Bayeux Tapestry and the story of the Special Operations Executive (S.O.E.) which was the organisation of spies in the Second World War who had a slightly different attitude...

It's another Friday, so another session of fact based fun is upon us. This week, Gill & Pete provide more answers on a podcast to the questions you never asked such as: Is it possible to survive a plane crash and 11 days in the jungle? What could you spend $5 dollars on that is better than juice? Exactly how many porpoises does a medieval Glastonbury really need? What does it really mean if a...

It's the middle Friday of Wimbledon and in recognition of this, Gill and Pete are looking into all things Wimbledon and tennis. From it's mysterious beginnings and debatable scoring origins to the downright spooky alleged hauntings of the historic site. Gill shares some statistics and facts but also shares her insight from the ground itself as she is the roving reporter... well, she just happens t...