Welcome to our gigantic, fact filled 100th episode!!!! Thank you, Brain Junkies, we couldn’t have done it without you! We’ve gathered together ther weirdest & wackiest bunch of 100 facts from pop culture, history, animals and science to pack your brain.

Show Notes:

Ikea’s Game of Thrones Cape

Acrobatic Pizza Toss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftQZl9e8PbI

Squirrel Tracker!

Find those landmines. Rats hard at work saving lives. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbiljkkJ4NI

Cats landing on their feet. Slow motion fall. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtWbpyjJqrU

The tale of Hotfoot Teddy and how he became Smokey Bear. (Not Smokey the Bear you philistines).

First Cat memes. Thank you, Henry Whittier Frees

PINK DOLPHINSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!

More Pink!
Lake Hillier
by Viaggio Routard (Flickr)
Creative commons

Kentucky Moonbow Skip to :55 min to get right to the moonbow.

Coke floats. Sometimes. https://youtu.be/SxX58LyX0xg

Here’s aaaallllll my 50 facts and their sources. Same order as episode for your convenience. AB

Pop Culture

1. Play-Doh was originally used to wipe soot off of wallpaper. The company was founded in 1912 ut with the advent of oil and the decrease in coal use the demand dwindled. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/accidental-invention-play-doh-180973527/


2. Tolkein aligned events in his books with the western calendar. The blog Today in Middle Earth (among others) will tell you what happened on a given day in Middle Earth. 10/24 10 am, for instance, is when Frodo awoke in Rivendell. https://www.theonering.net/torwp/today-in-middle-earth-history-calendar/


3. In 1923 Pierre Labric cycled down the stairs of the Eiffel Tower, winning a bet. He was arrested after his victory. https://cyclehistory.wordpress.com/2016/01/23/cycling-shorts-descending-the-eiffel-tower/


4. Vin Diesel is the voice of Groot AND The Iron Giant! IMDB.com


5. British commercial TV station ATV picked up The M...

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