Fun Fact
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Every other Friday, Arik Devens and Allen Pike take turns sharing fun facts. Practical, historical, technical, and trivial facts all deserve their fair shake.
Fun Fact
1h ago
Allen dives in to diodes, Arik explores the origin of taxis, and Allen reveals an unsavoury fact about zygotes.
Steve Mould on LEDs and solar panels
Why blue LEDs were almost impossible
Thornton Blackburn ..read more
Fun Fact
3w ago
Arik throws peanuts, Allen tries to cook vegetables, photographers try to prompt a good pose, and the earth’s magnetic field threatens to cause trouble.
High-altitude cooking
Say cheese
Geomagnetic reversal ..read more
Fun Fact
1M ago
Scientists discover where birds go, the trouble with coin flips, the limits of the human body, and what exactly you can find in the Perseus Molecular Cloud.
The majestic Pfeilstorch
XCKD’s What If: What if Nascar had no rules?
The Perseus Molecular Cloud ..read more
Fun Fact
4M ago
We check in on platypi and Polaris, consider zero’s parity, and make a decision about booby traps.
Polaris
Parity of zero
Legality of booby traps ..read more
Fun Fact
5M ago
Allen thinks about cans, Arik thinks about governance, and everybody thinks about the Roman Empire.
Why are cranberry sauce cans upside down?
Roman Dictator
Why do bees make honey ..read more
Fun Fact
6M ago
Allen considers ancient honey, Arik considers ancient surgeries, and some jobs may or may not get automated.
Honey’s Eternal Life, Explained
Caesarean section
ATMs and tellers ..read more
Fun Fact
7M ago
Allen showcases a very surprising study, Arik recounts a very Canadian heist, and somebody loses a finger.
Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial
Inside Quebec’s Great, Multi-Million-Dollar Maple-Syrup Heist
The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist
Sugar Shack
Dr Sam Moghtaderi’s finger-loss quiz ..read more
Fun Fact
8M ago
Arik improves an idiom, Allen shares a good news fact, Arik shares a grammar fact, and Allen locates your bones.
You can’t have your cake and eat it too in other languages
Status update on pandas
Pisiform bone
Sesamoid bones ..read more
Fun Fact
9M ago
Arik and Allen attempt a live episode, Allen attempts to store dry ice, Arik attempts to use the word “relative”, and Allen attempts to explain what salt does.
Carbon capture and storage
Permanent storage of carbon dioxide in the marine environment: The solid CO2 penetrator
Starboard and larboard - NOAA
Do fish drink ..read more