Fun Fact

Fun Fact

By Arik Devens and Allen PikeComedySociety & CultureTechnology
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Fun Fact episodes

  • We're Off Track

    Romans hunt for spies, retailers participate in a scheme, Arik and Allen get a bit off track. Okay, a lot off track.

    • Two Spies on iOS
    • The Byzantine Empire
    • Minimum Advertised Price
    • Industry Baby
      • 1 hr
    • This Is Non-Delicious

      Allen explains a special thread, Arik brings us to the French Revolution, Allen dishes on spamming tools, and we continue to not work at Facebook.

      • Two examples of vented bottle threads
        • A post explaining the threads
        • The Surprising Origins of Left and Right in Politics
        • Bill Murray’s Genius Champagne in Ice Hack (supposedly) Prevents Hangovers
        • Some Bundestag drama on Instagram
        • Facebook’s infamous “connecting more people is inherently good” memo
        • John Carmack’s Oculus Connect 2021 keynote
          • 1 hr
        • The Secret Life of Facts

          Arik and Allen go back to some some choice facts, after having a vegan experience. Lil Nas is still on top, chickens are still spreading germs, and the ultimate nutrition label is still to be realized.

          • Ep. 13: 40 Cans of Fake Pea Mayo, featuring the Impossible Burger’s ingredients
          • All Consuming’s 100-point scale
          • Ep. 20: Lil Nas 10, featuring newcomer Lil Nas X
          • Ep. 48: Little Flame Throwers, featuring salmonella
          • Why salmonella is a food poisoning killer that won’t go away in the US
          • NUGGS — All Consuming
          • Ep. 6: Nobody’s Getting Scurvy, featuring nutrition labelling changes
          • The very serious Mexican front of package nutrition warnings
            • 52 min
          • People Were Angry

            Allen drops the bass, Arik forecasts the weather, Allen is a bodybuilder, and Tesla concocts a scheme. After the Fact: trying not to pre-order a car.

            • That bass
            • Probability of precipitation - Wikipedia
              • What Does Probability of Precipitation Mean?
              • Weather 101: What does a 30% chance of rain really mean?
              • What Does Probability of Precipitation Mean?
              • The VW ID.4 and the Hyundai Ioniq 5
              • Motor Trend: The 2022 Rivian R1T Is the Most Remarkable Pickup We’ve Ever Driven
              • IIHS on the contribution of SUVs to increasing pedestrian deaths in the US
                • 57 min
              • Little Flame Throwers

                Arik and Allen wash cars, wash eggs, microwave lasagna, and anger math teachers.

                • The jpoc guide to washing your car in Germany
                  • German laws: 6 surprising things that are forbidden in Germany
                  • Engineerguy’s explainer: How a Microwave Works
                  • Why Europeans Don’t Refrigerate Eggs
                    • New Scientist: US should vaccinate poultry to stop killer salmonella
                    • 101
                      • English Stack Exchange: How do you correctly say large numbers?
                      • A nonscientific survey on the topic of 101 from 2001
                        • 46 min
                      • They're Terrible Pets

                        Arik gets paradoxical, Allen goes deeper on runways, Arik considers raccoons, and Allen struggles with Instagram.

                        • Polar drift
                        • Coastline paradox
                          • Planck length
                          • Lewis Fry Richardson
                          • Fractal GIFs
                          • How pilots land
                          • Why Raccoons Didn’t Cut It as Lab Rats
                            • Raccoon
                            • Rascal the Raccoon
                            • The Thanksgiving Raccoon That Became a Presidential Pet
                              • 54 min
                            • To Milk a Pig

                              Allen teaches Arik how to land a plane, Arik recaps the legal battle of the century, and we consider some alternative milk.

                              • Runway numbering
                                • SFO runway map
                                • Iceland is suing Iceland
                                  • Iceland (supermarket) - Wikipedia
                                  • The All Consuming show
                                  • Pig milk
                                    • Pule cheese
                                    • Why don’t we drink other animals’ milk?
                                    • The Impossible Burger episode of Fun Fact
                                      • 36 min
                                    • Tilty Rotunda

                                      Arik is whelmed, Allen highlights some classic cars, and centuries of engineers almost whelm a classic.

                                      • The History of English ep 145
                                      • Whelmed
                                      • Classic car rules by state
                                        • The 1997 Toyota Prius
                                        • The 2007 CRV’s weird back window
                                        • The Concept Car-like Ioniq 5
                                        • The Leaning Tower of Pisa
                                          • Italian government asks for suggestions for how to fix Leaning Tower of Pisa
                                            • 41 min
                                          • Rolled Vetch

                                            Allen tells a story of accidental evolution, Arik reassures 1930s New York, Allen accidentally learns about pearling, and Arik explains how the sun heats things.

                                            • The July 1930 issue of The New Yorker
                                            • The Chrysler Building
                                            • Bedrock and Midtown
                                            • Vavilovian mimicry
                                            • Why it’s colder on a mountain
                                            • Prolate spheroids
                                            • Pearling, not the wikipedia page about body modification, but rather a very nice page from Bob’s Red Mill
                                              • 48 min
                                            • Worse than a Cube

                                              Arik reviews the Autobahn, Allen discusses drag, Arik informs us how to get into the NBA, and ye get some followup.

                                              • Autobahn
                                              • Sweden’s Vision Zero
                                              • Drag coefficient
                                              • F1 Drive to Survive
                                              • What Percentage of 7 Footers are in the NBA?
                                                • 49 min

                                              About Fun Fact

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                                              Once a month, Arik Devens and Allen Pike take turns sharing fun facts. Practical, historical, technical, and trivial facts all deserve their fair shake.