Fun Fact

Fun Fact

By Arik Devens and Allen PikeComedySociety & CultureTechnology
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Fun Fact episodes

  • Thanks for Dominating Us

    Allen makes a hat, Arik visits medieval europe, Allen takes issue with Big Bread, and we offend the populace of Labrador.

    • Bilirubin
      • Hemolytic disease of the newborn
      • The Quarantine
        • The Republic of Ragusa
        • Whole grain foods
        • The Honeyguide
        • History of New Mexico
        • Most Serene Republic
        • Dominion of Newfoundland
          • 56 min
        • The Baron of Disney World

          Arik unravels the truth about Arizona, Jessie Char unravels the truth about Disney World, and we all learn about Sentinel Chickens.

          • Thanks to special guest this month, Jessie Char
          • So many more details about The Baron of Arizona
          • The Baron of Arizona starring Vincent Price
          • No mosquitos at Walt Disney World
          • The official story
          • What are Sentinel Chickens?
          • What are Epaulettes
            • 42 min
          • Is Mustard a Mustard

            Allen prepares for a newborn, brussels sprouts improve, your privacy is Borked, and narwhals surprise Arik.

            • The Brussels Sprout Revolution
            • The Video Privacy Protection Act
              • Robert Bork
              • Triple Divide Peak
                • The hydrology map: Drainage baisins in North America
                • Tweet at us with #ahashtag
                • Deep Sea demo
                  • 42 min
                • This Is Not Health Advice

                  A baby is foretold, Arik explains why we like umami, Allen goes super deep into cold meds (while on cold meds), and we gain some new emoji shortcuts.

                  • Umami
                    • Worcestershire sauce
                    • Allen’s Guide to the Cold Med Industrial Complex
                    • Casey Liss’ Levelled Up Emoji
                      • 53 min
                    • Taxonomy of Things You Lick

                      Allen puts orca whales in their place, Arik sends farmers to the polls, Allen takes candy from a baby, and Saskatchewan violates the Constitution.

                      • The majestic orca whale
                        • Baleen, the hair-like structure many whales use to filter food from the ocean
                        • Blackfish (2013)
                        • The Pop vs. Soda map
                        • The Notwithstanding clause of the Canadian constitution
                        • The Coming Supremacy of AR
                          • 53 min
                        • Eighteen Wheels of Thunder

                          Allen races big rigs, Tron cheats, the Japanese navy gets cooking, and Arik goes on a word-origin journey through the looking glass.

                          • Monthly podcasts Top Four and Debug
                          • Allen’s autocorrect emoji
                          • Big Rigs Over the Road Racing on Youtube
                          • Tron was Snubbed
                          • Daft Punk’s Tron Legacy Soundtrack: End of Line
                          • Wendy Carlos
                          • The History of Japanese Curry
                          • Teetotalism
                          • Teetotum
                          • The Dreidel
                          • Come from Away
                            • 47 min
                          • Top Two Assassinations

                            Arik closes the loop on questionable presidents, and Allen goes deep on questionable airplanes.

                            • Chester A. Arthur
                              • Julia Sand and Chester A. Arthur
                              • The Redemption of Chester A. Arthur
                              • The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
                                • The B-52s
                                • The Convair B-36 Peacemaker
                                • 1876 US presidential election
                                  • The Compromise of 1877
                                  • Losing the popular vote
                                  • Disenfranchisement after the Reconstruction Era
                                  • The Nuclear B-36
                                  • The McDonnell XF-85_Goblin
                                    • 50 min
                                  • The Princes of Light and Dark

                                    Arik is sleep deprived, Allen is targeted with a conference scheme, babies are cured of jaundice, and followup is BACK baby

                                    • Bilirubin
                                      • Science-Based Medicine on newborn jaundice
                                      • Sister Jean Ward and phototherapy
                                      • A Tale of Two Hospitals: The Evolution of Phototherapy Treatment for Neonatal Jaundice
                                      • Some of Allen’s conference talks
                                      • Caspar Badrutt
                                        • Skeleton, Luge, and Bobsleigh
                                        • Masala chai
                                        • Ultra marathon runner wins both “Fastest Woman” and “Fastest Runner” trophies
                                        • Mixed O Canada
                                          • 50 min
                                        • A New Flavour Technology

                                          Allen sells Italy on tomatoes, Tiff Arment sells Allen on antique glassware, Starbucks sells us a scheme, and we decide to order oatmeal from Walmart.

                                          • The Generall Historie of Plantes
                                            • New world crops
                                            • Pad Thai
                                            • Louis Comfort Tiffany
                                              • Christies: 10 Things You Need To Know about Tiffany Lamps
                                              • Top 4 #56: Top 4 Instant Coffees
                                              • Starbucks: Monetary Superpower
                                              • Purple windows in Boston
                                                • Glass sidewalk prisms
                                                • Purple sidewalk glass
                                                • Dempster Bros. of Knoxville, Tennessee
                                                • Depression glass
                                                  • Crystal Wedding oats
                                                    • 53 min
                                                  • What Is a Computer?

                                                    Allen takes on Microsoft, Casey Liss takes on West Virginia, the Red Cross takes five, and we all take a journey to a mid-90s Toys “R” Us.

                                                    • Thanks to special guest this week, Casey Liss
                                                    • Microsoft Software Asset Management, a set of proven IT practices that unite people, processes, and technology to control and optimize the use of software across an organization
                                                    • The United States National Radio Quiet Zone
                                                      • The US Town With No Cell Phones
                                                      • The wildly diverging price of stuff
                                                      • 96 Crayola crayons on Amazon.ca
                                                      • A 1993 Toys “R” Us catalog
                                                      • Fun Fact 17, The Marshmallow Blob Market, where we discuss the monarchy
                                                      • Take Five
                                                        • 57 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.