Hats All We Know

Join us, as we go through four more random facts. First we discuss the the bi corn hat and its origins, then sticking with history Chris decides to drink and ask amount moonshine in the colonies, then we discuss large numbers as Chris gets tipsy, and finally we learn about just what can be in food sometimes.

Some links:

Moonshine: https://americanwhiskeymag.com/2019/09/04/richmonds-bespoke-bevvys/

Food: https://www.wired.com/2015/09/cochineal-bug-feature/

Join us this week for a revolutionary adventure. First we discuss tricorne hats and how the came, then the nicest and drunkest war being fought to this day as well as puffins, David really enjoy a big boom so naturally this leads us to gunpowder, and finally how to get straight money from the US treasury.

For more information:

Tricorne Hats: https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2014/08/18/hats-off-to-the-tri-corner-hat/

Nice War: https://www.businessinsider.com/canada-and-denmark-whiskey-war-over-hans-island-2016-1

Gunpowder: https://www.brown.edu/Departments/Joukowsky_Institute/courses/13things/7687.html

Money: https://www.vice.com/en/article/aekzaa/37-reasons-actual-people-asked-the-us-treasury-for-bags-of-shredded-money 

Join us as we ease you out of Valentine's Day and into half-priced chocolate day. David starts us off this week talking about a subset of Vikings that may have actually been horny, before Chris talks about why giving British tanks tea-makers gave tank operators a protection boost that tanks alone just couldn't provide. After half-time, David talks about what exactly "sentinel chickens" protect, and what they are (and no, unfortunately it does not involve chickens in flak vests and guns). Chris wraps it up by talking about the hottest and coldest temperatures on earth as well as some very aptly named locations. Also, Puppy Bowl.

Berserker Vikings and Horns: https://en.natmus.dk/historical-knowledge/denmark/prehistoric-period-until-1050-ad/the-viking-age/weapons/berserkers/

Sentinel Chickens: https://www.dvm360.com/view/chickens-an-unlikely-ally-in-disease-detection

Join us as we struggle through the Monday after the Super Bowl. First we discuss poem hats and how they are made, Chris goes back into "conspiracy" theories with a state that could pass a law allowing Bigfoot hunting licenses and shockingly won't move there, then David tries to talk about sunglasses and Chris gets a little distracted by a walrus, and finally we discuss the cover-up by the US Navy that lead to the discovery of the Titanic. Enjoy   

Some Links:

Vietnamese conical poem hat: https://en.vietnamplus.vn/poem-in-the-conical-hat-the-iconic-beauty-of-hue/166115.vnp

Bigfoot: https://www.usnews.com/news/offbeat/articles/2021-01-22/oklahoma-lawmaker-proposes-bigfoot-hunting-season 

Polarized Sunglasses: https://www.goodeyes.com/blog/polarized-lenses-work/#:~:text=What%20are%20Polarized%20Lenses%3F,how%20a%20window%20blind%20works.

Titanic: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/11/titanic-nuclear-submarine-scorpion-thresher-ballard/

Join Us as we nerd out this week. First discuss the mad hatter until we get sidetracked, then we discuss a the life insurance that Apollo 11 astronauts used, David learns Chris doesn't believe in every conspiracy even though Chris claims Bigfoot isn't one. We learn why David chose to go into chemistry and how dancing can power buildings, and finally how the moon is slowly social distancing from Earth. 

Some Links: 

Apollo 11: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2012/08/30/160267398/what-the-apollo-astronauts-did-for-life-insurance

Moon Moving: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-12311119

Join us as we go back to a topic we both know well... Sportsball! We first discuss how technology is helping with concussions in the sports, then the physically and mentally exhausting sport of chess boxing, David shares about the sport he plays competitively and we learn how not to take care of injuries with Chris, finally we wrap it up with a competition where you can win your wife's weight in beer. Enjoy! 

Some links: 
 
MIPS: https://www.forbes.com/sites/billroberson/2020/11/05/decades-of-sometimes-bizarre-research-makes-mips-equipped-helmets-a-safer-place-for-your-head/?sh=4c6c4bc36c40
Rotational Motion and Brain Injuries: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/8/eaau3460

Chess Boxing: https://chessfort.com/chess-boxing-all-you-need-to-know/

Disc Golf Courses: https://udisc.com/blog/post/how-many-disc-golf-courses-in-the-world#:~:text=So%20How%20Many%20Disc%20Golf,golf%20courses%20in%20the%20world.

Wife Carrying: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/31141/brief-history-wife-carrying-world-championships

Join us this week in our first episode in a while without a theme...but David didn't seem to get that memo. This week David starts us off with the Middle Ages and non-Latin origin of the term for someone who makes women's hats, then Chris talks about an animal that would not be great as a guest on a podcast since they can't talk. Continuing with his theme of things from the Middle Ages, David talks about the country that has the highest density of castles in the world, before Chris wraps it up with the first "service company" to trademark their uniforms.



Milliner: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/milliner

Animal Noises: https://www.wired.com/2015/09/giraffe-say-scientists-find-answer/

Castles: https://www.wales.com/about/culture/castles#:~:text=Castles%20in%20Wales,often%20in%20very%20beautiful%20places.
Welsh Castle Database: http://www.castlewales.com/database.html
European Castle Institute Database: https://www.ebidat.de/

Service Uniform: https://trademarks.justia.com/721/71/n-a-72171655.html

It only took 24 episodes but we are finally doing a hat episode! Join us as we discuss how us youngsters don't care about etiquette, Chris works a supernatural being into the episode, why David will continue to have a full head of hair while Chris could have some problems, and finally why a dunce hat is conical shaped 

Hair Loss: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23629119/#affiliation-1

Join us as we roam through Chris not knowing what doff means, Chris had 24 hours to find a bigfoot fact and animal war facts so we go squatching for the first modern evidence of bigfoot, then David punches out of bigfoot talk with a number 2 pencil and finally a bomb that was researched in the US during WWII that probably a certain line with animals. 


Saluting Device: https://patents.google.com/patent/US556248A/en

Bigfoot: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-so-many-people-still-believe-in-bigfoot-180970045/

Punch Cards: ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/punchcard/#:~:text=Punched%20cards%20date%20back%20to,what%20would%20eventually%20become%20IBM.
Jacquard Loom: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6NgMNvK52A

Animal Bomb: https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/237267/

Happy New Year Everyone! Join us as we discuss the New Era Hat company, just how much champagne Americans and we drink on December 31st, issues with changing the calendar system, and a dive into the origins of the ball drop in NYC. 

New Era: https://www.neweracap.com/new-era-history

Champagne: https://www.ibtimes.com/new-years-eve-numbers-984512?amp=1

Ball drop: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/610519/new-years-eve-facts