What if we told you that Xerox was responsible for creating the modern day office PC? Would you think we were short on toner, or perhaps had a mental paper jam? Well listen up listener because we have a tale to tell! From Apple's Steve Jobs to Microsoft's Bill Gates we learn how these titans of tech copied the vision of a Xerox think tank group to bring us the modern tech world we know today.

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Join us Listener for our latest instalment of Facts Schmacts This or That. Today's topics lean to the macabre side, but which one is the show actually about? You'll have to listen to find out!

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The third and final act of our first ever trilogy. We explore the sordid and profitable tale of one of the most addictive games in all of history. With a mass appeal to a wide demographic Tetris fever swept the late 80's gaming scene like a tidal wave. Join us as we discuss the Russian oddity Tetris

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Ahh the sequel, generally in our opinion the best of the trilogy. The Empire Strikes Back was far more epic in scope than A New Hope. Alas, what we have here is probably more akin to The Phantom Menace. Regardless we hope that you enjoy our latest offering to you our listener. Join us as we discuss the surprisingly long and fortuitous tale of Nintendo. A company that revolutionized the home gaming entertainment market and has continued to entertain for 40 years.

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Ahh the ol' trilogy. The only definitive thing you can say about a trilogy is that one of these episodes will bomb. Nevertheless we try our hand at delivering to you, our listener, an epic saga of our modern era. We tell the tale of the 8-bit console wars of the 80's ( I bet you can guess who wins ). Join us for the first episode as we explore the Atari!

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A body is discovered near Somerton in Australia. Who is he? What killed him? What does the code he have mean? Where is my other shoe? Can dogs look up? Join us listener as we tell the tale of Somerton Man.

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Our research and development division has discovered a way for us to increase podcasts while decreasing effort! We're pleased to introduce to you our listener a new bit called Facts Schmacts This or That. The premise is simple; one host presents the other host with 2 topics. One is chosen and that is the topic, or at least where we begin.

This is the first This or That episode and as such it has a bit of a wonky start, but we hope you give it a chance because we cover a lot in this episode.

Here is Steven Segal running https://youtu.be/nkskuSXqUD0

And here is Tom Cruise https://youtu.be/3aloOiE3B1I

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So there's something... different about this episode. It's actually one of our FIRST episodes, but we've been waiting for the right time to release it. Let us know if you notice anything off in this one. Also, forgive the sound quality, this was prior to us working with our Sound Wizard Adam Miner of Adam Miner Music!!

Its dubya dubya 2 and there's something brewing in Stalag Luft 3, a german POW camp for allied airmen. Join us listener as we tell the tale of one of the most harrowing and epic escape attempts by Allied airmen during WW2...or at least join us as we ATTEMPT to tell the tale.

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(Correction: 1492 Columbus sailed… just trust us) Join us Listener as we "rome" the streets of Rome again, Matt takes us back to the time of Commodus (you know the guy from Gladiator who eventually played the Joker...Joaquin Phoenix, ya that guy) Sadly this story wasn't as cool, but alas here we are. 

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This is the tale of the infamous Alcatraz prison. Legend has it that this prison Island is as inescapable as a drunk ex at the bar, but there is also the tale of three prisoners who pulled off an ingenious escape. Did they survive? We think so. Did Matt watch the Clint Eastwood movie "Escape From Alcatraz" and then just give us the Cole's notes version of the plot..probably, but it's Facts Schmacts and we had some fun with it anyhow. We hope you enjoy our latest offering to you our intrepid Listener. If you want more escape tales join our Patreon and hear the tale of "The Great Escape" exclusively on Patreon.

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