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On this podcast, we believe it is important to be curious about the world around you no matter your age. So, we thought it would be fun to invite a junior researcher onto the show to share some fun facts about a topic that is sure to delight everyone: Pokémon! Kristen anchors the show with some interesting odd words and Karla stomps in with fun facts about Godzilla!

This week, Kristen takes us way back to uncover the origin of tattoos, while Karla celebrates Black History Month with a surprise topic! 

Whether you care about the Olympics or not, you will not want to miss our medal-worthy fun facts this week! Enjoy!

Nerd alert! This week, Karla thumbs through the stacks to figure out when we common folk started borrowing books from libraries. After that, Kristen presents our first listener-suggested topic: the origin of jigsaw puzzles! The answer is very much not a puzzle at all. Enjoy!

This mini-episode, Kristen is armed with plenty of follow-up research and fun facts! Our hosts chat about gender in Olympic sports, the sneaky advantage shared by left-handed athletes, and the key to life...or something. 

This week, Kristen takes on a listener request and explores left-handed and right-handed traffic. Meanwhile, Karla loses her patience with sausages.

Hi guys! Welcome to our first fun facts episode! In these mini episodes we will cover everything from: topics that are too short to cover in the main show, follow-up conversations about previous episodes, comments or questions from listeners, and just general fun facts that didn't quite make it into the previous show. This week, Karla is surrounded by rhino references and Kristen answers our question of where the term horse power originated. Enjoy!

This week, Kristen and Karla tackle treadmills and unicorns. Unicorns are fine, but you do not want to miss the gruesome, weird, and hilarious history of the treadmill. It might be the strangest origin story our hosts have encountered yet. 

It's the first episode back after the holidays and it's a long one folks. So we've got a lot to say, what of it?!  In this episode Kristen describes the super weird origin of Kellogg's Cornflakes (spoiler alert: the words eugenics and masturbation are said a few times). Meanwhile, Karla delves into the fascinating history of the Sherpa which will blow your mind.   And, as always, there's a lot of laughs.  We'd love to hear what you think of this episode on Instagram @podcast.or.something

Happy New Year, Listeners! This may be the season finale but your hosts are ready to ring in the new year with more questionable history and plenty of laughs! Kristen starts the festivities with a pop by regaling us with the origin story of champagne. Karla keeps the party going by dancing us into the history of discotheques. Your hosts send well wishes and a huge thank you for all of your support and for giving this little podcast a chance! Until next season... or something.