Episode 003 - Tanks, Tolstoy and Nursery Rhymes

Do you know, according to legend, what currency was demanded as ransom when a major historical figure was kidnapped by pirates? Do you know why were the Nobel Prizes for Max von Laue and James Franck ...

27 Okt 202555min

Do you know what is the name of the debugging method used by programmers where they explain their code, line by line, to one specific thing? Do you know which silk saari in India is made by a loom whi...

20 Okt 202549min

Do you know what extremely unique thing does a 36 year old school in Reykjavik, Iceland teach, that covers "Icelands history, as well as everything that is known about ___"? Do you know which famous h...

13 Okt 202559min

Do you know which iconic movie quote from a 1989 movie is made by an unnamed character who appears on screen only for a few seconds in the entire film? Do you know which very appropriate songs are pla...

6 Okt 20251h 8min

Do you know how the word for 'white water' in Ngbandi was corrupted in French, and eventually gained prominence in an entirely different context, in the early 2010s? Do you know which logo is designed...

25 Aug 20251h 1min

Do you know which attraction at the Rockefeller Plaza, opened in 2023, allows visitors to relive an iconic New York moment from history? Do you know how specifically is the telling of Ramayan differen...

3 Aug 20251h 3min

Do you know which are the largest militaries in the world (with a whole lot of tangential questions and caveats)? Do you know which legendary hero in Persian mythology, whose life and work was immorta...

28 Jul 20251h

Do you know a whole bunch of trivia related to Bollywood, including which director wanted to make 'Ek' an expensive, ambitious international project and which was the first film to kickstart the film ...

14 Jul 20251h