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Endlessly curious author Abby Norman shares daily fascinating factoids to fuel your next trip down a Wikihole. Visit anchor.fm/letmegooglethat for more.
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Sandpaper
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Martha's Vineyard Sign Language
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The Sound of Sneezes 🤧
May 30, 201807:18
Nematodes
May 27, 201806:14
SORRY MY FRIENDS!! 🙃
May 29, 201804:08
Sorbet v. Sherbet
May 27, 201809:52
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May 26, 201805:03
A Social History of Public Pools
May 25, 201819:45
(Samuel) Morse Code
May 24, 201810:16
Howe's (Mooing) Cavern
May 23, 201810:06
Mental Health, Maine, & Mastication
May 22, 201817:45
Undertaker Ants
May 20, 201804:59
England's Biracial Queen 👑
May 20, 201814:36
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May 19, 201808:41
The Man We Cured of HIV
May 18, 201811:59
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
May 17, 201811:58
Beijing's Underground City
May 16, 201805:43
Sleep talking
May 15, 201806:59
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May 14, 201806:06
Was Mother Goose a real person?
May 13, 201807:32
MOTHERS AGAINST DECAPENTAPLEGIC
May 12, 201805:11
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May 11, 201811:41
The Fisher Protocol
May 10, 201809:54
S.S. Watertown Ghost Faces
May 9, 201807:54
How We Eradicated Smallpox
May 8, 201817:02
Is anything true?
May 7, 201806:08
How Kentucky Derby Horses Get Their Names
May 6, 201808:37
The "Get Out & Push" Railroad
May 5, 201805:19
What does space sound like?
May 4, 201804:31
#HistoryofSocialMedia
Apr 30, 201811:32
Keepin' it weird!
May 1, 201813:37
The True Story Behind 'The Terror' — Part II
Apr 29, 201807:36
The True Story Behind 'The Terror' — Part I
Apr 29, 201810:43
How many books are there?
Apr 28, 201806:41
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Apr 27, 201811:46
Pretzels 🥨
Apr 26, 201806:41
DNA Takes a New Shape
Apr 25, 201804:52
Word Fossils
Apr 24, 201804:29
Pap smears
Apr 23, 201811:18
Plastics
Apr 22, 201809:46
Deepwater Horizon
Apr 21, 201814:05
Most Americans Have Never Tasted Blackcurrants
Apr 19, 201804:57
A Happenin' History of High Fives
Apr 19, 201804:26
The History Of High Fives 🙋
Jun 29, 201703:47
A Brief History of Crossword Puzzles
Apr 18, 201805:48
Can animals really smell fear?
Apr 17, 201807:58
How does Narcan work?
Apr 16, 201810:06
Surviving the Titanic
Apr 15, 201820:08
The Titanic Sinking: Part 1
Apr 14, 201820:17
Friday the 13th
Apr 13, 201806:56
The Origin of the = Sign
Apr 12, 201807:32
The 27 Club
Apr 11, 201808:37
Pronoia
Apr 10, 201805:44
Why Do We Have Names?
Apr 9, 201809:04
Chappaquiddick
Apr 7, 201823:23
Giraffes or CAMELEOPARDS
Apr 6, 201814:28
Poisoning Yourself for Science
Apr 5, 201805:33
The Pollock Twins 👭
Apr 4, 201809:58
Poles of Inaccessibility
Apr 3, 201805:55
On World Autism Awareness Day
Apr 2, 201814:19
How Baby Chicks Hatch 🐣
Mar 31, 201805:22
Throckmorton's Sign 🍆
Mar 30, 201805:16
An Uh Oh! History of SpaghettiOs
Mar 29, 201810:51
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
Mar 28, 201813:48
The Piltdown Hoax
Mar 27, 201809:48
Pillows!
Mar 26, 201810:45
Tuberculosis Part II: Consumptive Chic
Mar 25, 201812:44
Tuberculosis: Part I
Mar 24, 201814:17
Who Invented Coffee Filters?
Mar 23, 201813:57
A Po-em for World Poetry Day
Mar 21, 201804:58
Undertaker Ants! ⚰️🐜
Mar 20, 201807:19
Fritz Zwicky, Supernova, & "Spherical Bastards"
Mar 19, 201806:44
Americans Invented St. Patrick's Day 🍀
Mar 17, 201807:20
The History of Audiobooks *Abridged*
Mar 16, 201815:14
A Theory of Everything Stephen Hawking
Mar 14, 201813:23
The Polygon Nuclear Tests
Mar 13, 201813:00
SHAMPOO!
Mar 12, 201807:34
Does Daylight Saving Actually Help?
Mar 11, 201809:10
Amelia Earhart: REDUX
Mar 10, 201811:06
NYC friends! Come say hi at Books Are Magic in Brooklyn tonight!
Mar 9, 201802:34
WOMEN! ♀️
Mar 8, 201825:06
Baby’s First Computer Worm
Mar 7, 201810:29
Jenny Everywhere
Mar 4, 201814:00
Happy Birthday, LMGT!!
Mar 5, 201807:45
The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon
Mar 4, 201805:29
Ugh! Centipedes!
Mar 3, 201807:43
The Urantia Book
Mar 2, 201810:15
Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm?
Mar 1, 201808:04
Laundromats
Feb 28, 201809:14
The Donner Party Maybe Wasn't *That* Cannablisitic
Feb 27, 201817:06
An Uplifting History of 7UP
Feb 26, 201809:51
Using Math to Predict the Apocalypse
Feb 25, 201807:29
Norway’s Doomsday Seed Vault
Feb 24, 201805:04
The Scully Effect 👽
Feb 23, 201817:25
✨ SPARKLY NEW ANCHOR ✨
Feb 22, 201813:54
The Milwaukee Protocol
Feb 21, 201808:25
The Manifesto of Futurism
Feb 20, 201815:15
Calvin COOLidge, amiright!?
Feb 19, 201812:27
Why did Janie Lou Gibbs murder her entire family?
Feb 17, 201812:02
SNURFING
Feb 16, 201805:04
Photographing a Single Atom
Feb 15, 201805:08
“Roses are red...”
Feb 14, 201805:15
Hometowns
Feb 13, 201805:07
Physics of Figure Skating
Feb 10, 201807:49
What the hell is CURLING
Feb 9, 201807:48
WINTER OLYMPICS
Feb 8, 201805:08
The Flu Doesn’t Kill You
Feb 7, 201811:24
A Personal Note 💓
Feb 6, 201808:16
Natalie Wood
Feb 4, 201814:04
ANXIETY!
Feb 2, 201815:12
The Columbia Disaster
Feb 1, 201811:20
SUPERBLUEBLOOD MOON
Feb 1, 201805:26
Nellie Bly
Jan 30, 201818:54
Mareel or Milky Sea effect
Jan 28, 201807:08
Doomsday Clock
Jan 27, 201807:55
History of the Word: THE
Jan 25, 201806:11
Why NASA Loves Peanuts
Jan 24, 201806:32
Spiro Agnew
Jan 23, 201805:35
Levitating Humans 🕴
Jan 22, 201806:15
Government Shutdowns
Jan 20, 201806:20
Philosophical Razors
Jan 18, 201804:57
Cold Sunday
Jan 17, 201805:53
DON’T HOLD IN A SNEEZE
Jan 16, 201804:41
Wheel of Emotion
Jan 16, 201804:29
Consider the Lobster
Jan 13, 201806:38
Fast Radio Bursts
Jan 12, 201806:20
Fast Radio Bursts
Jan 12, 201804:38
Shapeshifting River Dolphins
Jan 11, 201805:07
Hotel Ice Machines
Jan 6, 201806:30
Audiobook History (abridged)
Jan 5, 201809:27
Topsy the Elephant Execution
Jan 4, 201811:49
Science Fiction
Jan 3, 201806:24
Photographic Memory
Jan 2, 201807:15
New Year
Jan 1, 201803:49
Auld Lang Syne
Dec 31, 201704:04
How Temperature Affects Sound
Dec 29, 201704:00
Isabella Stewart Gardner Heist
Dec 28, 201709:37
Nematodes
Dec 28, 201706:33
(Bag) Pipers
Dec 25, 201706:39
12 (monkeys) Drumming
Dec 25, 201706:17
Lords
Dec 23, 201705:10
Ladies Dancing
Dec 23, 201705:56
Milkmaids
Dec 23, 201707:35
Swans
Dec 23, 201704:40
Geese
Dec 23, 201705:38
Golden Rings
Dec 18, 201706:03
Calling Birds
Dec 17, 201704:52
French Hens
Dec 16, 201704:24
Turtle Doves
Dec 15, 201704:38
Partridges & Pear Trees
Dec 14, 201705:39
The 12 Days of Christmas Song
Dec 13, 201704:37
The TWELVETIDE
Dec 12, 201705:29
*A Very Special Holiday Series*
Dec 12, 201725:52:38
Gifts v. Presents
Dec 11, 201706:11
Synchronicity
Dec 10, 201707:56
Rules for Royals
Dec 9, 201705:45
Blue Raspberry
Dec 9, 201706:25
Undecember
Dec 7, 201706:15
A Brief History of ChapStick
Dec 6, 201706:29
KRAMPUS
Dec 5, 201701:40
Head in Particle Accelerator
Dec 4, 201701:40
Who Named Earth?
Dec 3, 201710:19
Moonbows 🌈🌕
Dec 2, 201701:45
AIDS Patient Zero
Dec 1, 201701:40
Blood Isn’t Always Red
Nov 30, 201707:42
Schrödinger's Cat
Nov 29, 201706:26
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Nov 28, 201710:57
Public Enemy #1
Nov 27, 201705:23
Boats vs. Ships
Nov 26, 201704:46
Black Friday
Nov 24, 201711:29
Macy's Thanksgiving Balloons
Nov 23, 201710:26
Ragamuffin Parades
Nov 22, 201705:11
Mountweazels
Nov 21, 201705:19
The Oligodynamic Effect
Nov 21, 201704:09
Who Invented Slim Jims?
Nov 20, 201706:09
What is High Blood Pressure?
Nov 19, 201705:51
The Pauli Effect
Nov 17, 201707:08
The Psychology of Fandom
Nov 16, 201706:33
Why Americans Refrigerate Milk
Nov 15, 201705:41
Can Pets Be Allergic to Us?
Nov 15, 201705:51
"Monobosom" & The Modern Bra
Nov 14, 201707:54
How Lifetime Warranties Work
Nov 12, 201707:27
Why Do We Get Goose Bumps?
Nov 11, 201705:58
What is Wind Chill?
Nov 9, 201707:00
The Human Attention Span
Nov 8, 201707:56
Alligator Pears aka Avocados
Nov 7, 201708:06
What Does CAPTCHA Stand For?
Nov 7, 201708:16
Fall or Autumn?
Nov 5, 201706:22
Laika: Canine Cosmonaut
Nov 3, 201709:00
No, Licorice Won't Kill You
Nov 2, 201706:17
The Unicode Consortium
Nov 1, 201707:18
Men in Black 🕴🏻👽
Oct 31, 201713:58
How to Survive: Buried Alive
Oct 29, 201708:26
Horror v. Terror
Oct 27, 201706:00
Mongolian Death Worm
Oct 24, 201705:49
The Piltdown Man
Oct 23, 201709:04
The Bigfoot Footage
Oct 20, 201710:33
Colin 27
Oct 19, 201708:57
Axolotls
Oct 19, 201706:58
Cap’n Crunch Cereal
Oct 18, 201710:51
What IS The Flu?
Oct 16, 201711:13
Cursed Phone Number
Oct 14, 201706:00
The Impossible Murder
Oct 13, 201710:39
Doves Are Just Nice Pigeons 🕊
Oct 12, 201707:10
Kirkbride Asylums
Oct 10, 201707:47
Vaccines: Great Way to Not Die
Oct 8, 201709:27
The Discovery of X-Rays 💀
Oct 7, 201708:56
What if Movies Watched You?
Oct 5, 201713:01
Gravitational Waves
Oct 3, 201716:14
Weird Nobel Prize History
Oct 2, 201711:16
Why Do License Plates Exist?
Sep 30, 201705:56
The Carrington Event
Sep 29, 201708:09
Expiration Dates Don’t Exist
Sep 28, 201709:05
The Meaning of Car VINs
Sep 27, 201707:32
Phantom Time Hypothesis
Sep 27, 201706:09
Doomsday Seed Vault
Sep 25, 201706:59
Herbs vs. Spices
Sep 24, 201707:28
Charley Ross Kidnapping
Sep 23, 201710:49
Why Do We Wink? 😉
Sep 22, 201704:58
Will-‘o-the-wisps!
Sep 21, 201706:51
September 20, 2017
Sep 20, 201704:43
Sailor’s Superstitions
Sep 20, 201708:54
OCTLANTIS 🐙
Sep 19, 201706:55
Humans Wearing Clothes
Sep 18, 201706:48
So long, Cassini.
Sep 16, 201715:08
Karen Wetterhahn
Sep 14, 201707:42
Silica Gel Packet Magic
Sep 13, 201706:26
Are Cough Meds Opioids?
Sep 12, 201708:47
The Boy Raised as Bobby Dunbar
Sep 11, 201708:04
The Waffle House Index
Sep 10, 201706:41
The Liar's Paradox
Sep 8, 201707:52
September 7, 2017
Sep 7, 201705:03
11:11
Sep 7, 201707:34
Why Do We Yawn?
Sep 6, 201706:01
Early Bird or Night Owl?
Sep 4, 201711:31
Fictional Colors
Sep 2, 201706:41
We Can't Explain Gravity
Sep 1, 201706:15
The Doomsday Algorithm
Aug 31, 201710:21
A Vast History of School Buses
Aug 31, 201709:39
The Mystery of Angel's Glow
Aug 29, 201706:04
Why We Name Hurricanes
Aug 29, 201705:00
KRAKATOA
Aug 28, 201707:16
When Did We Give Music Lyrics?
Aug 27, 201705:44
Incorrect Disease Origins
Aug 25, 201713:02
The Story Behind MBTI Types
Aug 24, 201710:03
Can Plants See? 🌱👀
Aug 23, 201706:48
The Penguin That Never Existed
Aug 23, 201705:05
2017 Eclipse v. Solar Power
Aug 21, 201705:12
Probability of a Sunrise
Aug 21, 201705:44
Hedgehogs & Human Intimacy
Aug 20, 201703:14
THE LOST COLONY OF ROANOKE
Aug 18, 201707:49
Mercury in Retrograde
Aug 18, 201707:20
Damnatio Memoriae
Aug 16, 201708:49
The Truth About Banana Flavor
Aug 16, 201705:06
Can You Legally Sell a Kidney?
Aug 14, 201705:07
Swift-Tuttle Comet 💫
Aug 13, 201705:00
Why is the night sky dark?
Aug 13, 201705:14
The Origin of "Where's Waldo"
Aug 10, 201705:32
What Nuclear War Would Be Like
Aug 9, 201709:39
Leap Seconds
Aug 5, 201710:36
Common Foods That Can Kill You
Aug 4, 201707:55
Immortal Sharks 🦈
Aug 3, 201707:55
Atomic Gardening
Aug 1, 201706:13
You Could Help Solve a Murder
Aug 1, 201707:55
Why do we use shampoo?
Jul 31, 201707:31
Baking soda v. Baking powder
Jul 29, 201705:49
Italics feat. Brian Willson
Jul 29, 201709:58
Why are jeans blue? 👖
Jul 28, 201711:01
The Rarest Blood Type 💉
Jul 27, 201712:56
How do chip cards work? 💳
Jul 26, 201707:26
Grapefruit + meds = ☠️
Jul 24, 201707:54
Why don't eyelashes grow long?
Jul 24, 201712:36
Centipedes Have TOO MANY LEGS
Jul 22, 201707:45
A Tiny History of Confetti 🎉
Jul 21, 201708:04
The Village Sin-Eater
Jul 20, 201705:36
How Bee Allergies Work
Jul 20, 201706:43
The Teacup Poisoner ☠️
Jul 20, 201706:59
Who put Bella in the Wych Elm?
Jul 16, 201705:54
The Donner Party
Jul 16, 201714:17
Werner Forssmann's ❤️
Jul 15, 201706:15
Does water have a taste?
Jul 13, 201704:31
Is the internet a human right?
Jul 13, 201708:13
Operation Tamarisk 🚽
Jul 11, 201704:58
Kick 'em Jenny 🌋
Jul 10, 201704:21
Holy Land, USA
Jul 9, 201705:01
The Story Of Silly String
Jul 7, 201704:36
Amelia Earhart's Sinusitis 👃✈
Jul 6, 201708:53
Swedish Hotline Riot 1982
Jul 5, 201705:06
America's Oldest 4th Of July
Jul 4, 201713:32
How Do Fireworks Work?
Jul 3, 201706:15
Sea Pickles
Jul 2, 201707:45
July 1, 2017
Jul 1, 201704:52
UVB-76
Jun 30, 201706:15
Measles is BACK
Jun 29, 201705:27
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