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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ô Canada is bananas, scientific progress used to be bananas, and the farming of bananas is itself bananas. O Canada in English and French Banana fungus arrives in Colombia Yes, We Have No Bananas McCormicks Marshmallow Bananas Patrick Collison on EconTalk, on the pace of science The accidental creation of YInMn Blue The One True Lens, the F1.8 normal prime

Historical figures make up names, Italians get assigned names, large social groups forget one another’s names, and the children are coming. The Top 10: People with invented middle initials Benoit B. Mandelbrot Why Do We Call Galileo Galilei by His First Name? Occupational surnames Fun Fact’s Guest host poll Dunbar’s Number The Monkeysphere The Ice T on SVU Bot Monopoly Socialism is bad and should feel bad Allen’s daughter’s mind being blown by My Little Pony

Allen warns of impending doom, Arik spreads socialist propaganda, and we ride ‘til we can’t no more. The Year 2038 Problem The NULL vanity plate The Landlord’s Game Economist Henry George Monopoly is Theft 1906 Monopoly Rules Power Grid on BoardGameGeek How TikTok Made “Old Town Road” Become Both A Meme And A Banger @emojimashupbot Cochin’s italic ampersand @Aleen’s version of Little Red Corvette

Arik redefines the alphabet, Allen redefines fire, and we both ruin popular music. The Ampersand History of the Ampersand The Phlogiston theory of combustion What is a mondegreen? Wikipedia’s mondegreens Mairzy Doats Is This the Dirtiest Song of the Sixties? Prisencolinensinainciusol The Trouble with Jimmies Seattle: by the ocean? Ucluelet

Arik celebrates a fictional rep, Allen reps an architectural ploy, and we follow a dead metaphor around the world. Jakob Maria Mierscheid @jakobmierscheid 432 Park Avenue 432’s land assembly method The closing of the loophole “Greek to me” @limi’s challenge on Twitter Dead metaphor

Allen reviews the monarchy, we gain fluency in Pittsburghese, and Arik discovers TikTok. Western Pennsylvania English Monophthongization Diphthong Yinz Wanna Learn Pittsburghese on YouTube ATP: A Rotation You Can’t Complete Big wheel Wheel (computing) The Word Detective - Big Wheel Why does “big cheese” mean someone important? Are You a “Big Wheel” or a “Fifth Wheel”? Sonoma Democrat, Volume XV, Number 16, 27 January 1872 The Big Wheel (film) Where did the “wheel” group get its name? Wheeler dealer Ding Dong Chocolate-coated marshmallow treats One of many WikiHow meme compliations from TikTok

A world tour of facts – from Virginia to the Bay Area, from Shakespearean England to Soap Followup City. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea You Thou T-V Distinction Grammatical Person The Fastly Network Map The Dulles Technology Corridor The Veritasium video on making your hand not wettable Some images from rejected emoji proposals Lauren Florko’s proposal for a climate change emoji Rejected emoji contest We want nominates for the best rejected emoji that the Emoji Consortium has deemed unfit for our keyboards. Send your pitch, drawing, illustration, or MS Paint sketch to @funfactfm on Twitter or email us, [email protected].

Water is wet, Teslas are trouble, and we delve into the wild world of rejected emoji. Wikipedia: Wetting Surfactance, one of the two mechanisms that makes soap work. (Spoiler: it turns out there is a second, which we’ll cover next episode.) Quora: Is water wet? The Slime 40051 Digital Tire Inflator (12-V) The Emoji Consortium Proposal Status list Australian Aboriginal Flag Fitzpatrick Scale Rejected emoji contest We would love to see you or your friends attempt to represent any of the emoji that the Emoji Consortium deems unrepresentable! If you want to see an emoji added for a critical human concept such as TICKLE, CLIMATE CHANGE, ALLERGY, OBJECT RELATED, WHAT EVEN IS THIS EMOJI, PROBABLY FACE, DUMPSTER FIRE, SAVING MONEY, DANGEROUS SUN, or HANGRY, then make your case! We’ll take the best submission and attempt to get that emoji reconsidered – likely learning some further fun facts along the way. Send your drawing, illustration, or MS Paint sketch to @funfactfm on Twitter or email us, [email protected].

Arik blows up Allen’s calendar, Allen blows up the Impossible Burger, and science goes too far. Cortex 85: Grey’s Non-Linear Life The surprisingly complex tale of the work week and weekend Bloomberg’s How Just Mayo Sold Silicon Valley The scourge of highly dangerous Dihydrogen Monoxide – it could attack at any time Impossible Foods’ pitch on how GMO soy is more sustainable Sidetone in telephony

Arik pitches an emperor, Allen pitches a Twitter feature, and we get some inside info on anvil-launching. The tweet to nowhere: private replies on Twitter Shadow banning Norton the 1st, Emperor of United States, Protector of Mexico The 1820 Settlers Vancouver housing sales tumble to 33-year low Metro Vancouver real estate prices are 65% overvalued: Economist Mortimer, troll of Vancouver Real Estate The Haskell Free Library and Opera House Goodbye, e-Golf VW I.D. Crozz The Honda E See the Victoria Day Anvil Salute on Monday, May 20

Arik punks pirates, Allen flogs flags, and we fail horribly at evolving infrared vision. Pirates and their eyepatches According to Quora, MythBusters, and The Fact Site The yearly 21 cannon salute The esteemed City Flag of New Westminster and its own description of its city symbols State Flag of Washington CBC’s Justin McElroy ranks every BC municipal flag from worst to best The infamous Liberia County Flags Lexical Ambiguity James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher. Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo. Garden Path Sentences Reasons we can’t see infrared Previous fun facts Fun Fact ep 1: Cheese Scheme, wherein we discuss how to wash a broom. Fun Fact ep 9: Evolutionarily Deprecated, wherein we discuss how to MC an event.

Arik sells snake oil, Allen extols the virtues of rags, and things get very serious in rural North Dakota. Telsa Model Y The BMW i3’s not-sealed frunk Rag paper A Scientific American article from 1869 on the rag paper process Genuine Snake oil The Canadian film rating system Example of a “Restricted Cougar” trailer: Bijou Rugby claims victory in center of North America trademark dispute

Allen ruins koalas, Arik ruins guys, Canada ruins its airport codes, and WikiHow was already ruined when we got there. Unfortunately, koalas sound like this australianwebsites.com.au Some dazzling photos of ships including the RMS Olympic All the airport codes – Thanks to Dr. Lauren Florko for the excellent fact suggestion on airport codes. Hey guys Guy Fawkes The origin of “guy” Guido The illuminati and the Titanic Robert Ballard, the USS Scorpion and the USS Thresher The Titanic’s route Party Monster, the app that refused to play Nickleback The most popular pages on WikiHow

Allen offends some marsupials, Arik disproves Jesus, and we discuss a scheme for getting rich. The toxic culture at Revolut The “In case you missed it” regex for Tweetbot: (?i)(in.*case|if).*you.*missed.*it The “Mother of the bride dress” The day there was no news Jesus’ name: Jesus’ language Yeshua Yeshua to Jesus The Great Vowel Shift Index investing Buying One of Everything Why Warren Buffett recommends index investing Canadian Couch Potato Woolly Mammoths and the pyramids

Arik shows up the Titanic, Allen mutes everything, and we share some key bird facts. How not to lead a startup Lyle’s studfinding video How to use advanced muting on Twitter A recent tale of cougar defense from Colorado The Olympic The Titanic’s Ghostly Twin The RMS Olympic Why a turkey is a called a turkey

Arik defends himself from Facebook, Allen defends himself from cougars, and Arik doesn’t know what a hot hatch is. The original Facebook FTC settlement Victory for Lemonaid Cougar safety Cinco de Mayo and the Battle of Puebla The glass delusion and Charles VI Why it sounded like Grover dropped an f-bomb Click consonants The Chevy Celebrity wagon and the much more preferable 2019 Toyota Corolla wagon

Allen goes deep on Nutrition Facts, we recap multiple culinary schemes, and Arik drops a history bomb. A brief tour of chairs: World Market’s Eero Saarinen Chair Knoll Saarinen Chairs and Tables The infamous Aeron chair The more reasonable Mirra 2 chair No More Oppatoo Ariana Grande’s new tattoo Don’t draw the teeth The Rolls Royce of toilet levers You are now subscribed to Nutrition Facts: The Canada Food Guide The 1990s Canada Food Guide The American MyPlate The new nutrition facts labels Lemonaid is not bad enough for you (translated) Taco Bell’s Seasoned Beef lawsuit Pirate Joe’s Supreme’s minimal website Samsung’s collab with Supreme Italia Cultural Depictions of Napoleon, and his units of measure

Arik continues his tour of the Pacific Northwest, Allen tries not to get drafted, and we crack open more critical adulting tips. Say hello, new logo on the Slack Blog Brand New’s take on Slack How to pronounce Schlage Do By Friday 56: On Fleck Shuswap Lake 2018 BC Electoral Referendum Single Transferable Vote Point Roberts, Washington Enclaves and Exclaves The Hala’ib Triangle WikiHow: How to Find a Wood Stud in a Wall to Hang Pictures On

We do some mass follow-up, Allen has a reckoning about movies, Arik ‘splains Sesame Street, and Allen encounters Hamilton. Using Dual SIM with an eSIM - Apple Support WikiHow: How to clean a bathtub with a broom Accidental Tech Podcast ep. 300 Planet Money 670: The Santa Suit Nicola Romeo’s moustache The sound of silent film The Musical Notation podcast Rechov Sumsum and Sesame Street around the world Zeliboba

Google News tortures Allen, Paris battles garbage barricades, and the Romans ruin our calendars. Google News The Salmon Arm Love Triangle Murder The Renovation of Paris BC’s Proportional Representation Referendum The Balls of Amazon The worst hoodie ad of all time The Months of the Year

Allen doesn’t get fired, Arik introduces the horror that is the Alfa Romeo logo, and we learn the facts about garburators. Keep the feedback coming! We’ve received some great ones that we’ll cover once we finish publishing our pre-recorded episodes. Alfa Romeo’s horrifying logo Nicola Romeo and his moustache Under Consideration’s Brand New Wikihow: How to Clean and Maintain a Dishwasher Goldeneye 64 Gets Down

Arik’s car melts, Allen details a cheese scheme, and we review some critical tips for home and travel. Tell us we’re wrong! (Or if you like the show you can also tell us that.) The e-Golf The Canadian Cheese Cartel Moshi Moshi WikiHow: 3 Ways to Clean Brooms