Erudition

In this episode, you’re going to learn about the origin of a very interesting “law” on the internet about the humorous best way to get an answer on the web, as well as what this has to do with Wikipedia. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn of a rather unique language made up entirely of whistles, and why the people who came up with this language are thought to have started using it in the first place over more traditional verbal communication. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn about the fascinating origin of one of the most popular video game franchises of all time. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn about why we call our galaxy the Milky Way and what it’s called in other languages around the world. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn about the tiny tweak to the game of basketball that saw it go from a dying sport, to one of the most popular professional sports in the world. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn why aluminum foil is shiny on one side and not the other. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn about the surprisingly short history of The Pony Express and how surprisingly inconsequential it was given the way it’s often presented today. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn about why mattress and pillow tags state that it is illegal to remove them [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn about the surprisingly old origin of the internet and just who created it and why. [TRANSCRIPT]

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In this episode, you’re going to learn about the remarkable failure that was Pixar and how after losing over $50 million and almost being closed down numerous times, it finally struck it big making something quite different than what it had started out producing. [TRANSCRIPT]

And as mentioned in the episode: The Pixar Universe Theory

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