Episode 088 - Typewriters, Thunder & Transformation
Do you know which author claimed to have been the first to write an entire novel's manuscript on a typewriter? Do you know which common phrase traces its origin to the indignant utterance by a wronged...
28 Okt 202449min
Episode 087 - Good Sign, Bad Sign & Exit Sign
Do you know how the song 'Bad Sign Good Sign' composed by Monty Norman is permanently etched in pop culture? Do you know which word first mentioned in Liber Medicinalis was written by Londoners on the...
19 Okt 202457min
Episode 086 - Word Smash, Concert Pitch & Arrow Stork ft. Hari Krishna
Do you know which place is mentioned in Rang De Basanti, famous for a train robbery and for kebabs - SMASH - do you know which name change happened on 24th May 2011 to better reflect the cultural iden...
10 Okt 202452min
Episode 085 - Music, Museums & Mathematicians
Do you know which mathematician invented nyctography so that they could write in the dark without the benefit of a light? Do you know why around 1500 Jewish families cannot ride the London Underground...
30 Sep 202448min
Episode 084 - Genes, Games & Geography
Do you know what software error which we all face, caused names of genes to be reported erroneously in multiple studies? Do you know which party game invented in Russia in the 1980s was based on the f...
23 Sep 202455min
Episode 083 - Johns, Jerry & James
Do you know how in 1951 at Johns Hopkins Hospital, a young black woman suffering from cervical cancer changed the face of modern medicine? Do you know what is the Indian equivalent of a Nepali Jerry? ...
16 Sep 20241h 2min
Episode 082 - Potatoes, Poets & Primates
Do you know which famous 18th century racehorse was named after a misheard version of a root vegetable? Do you know which famous movie derived its name from an Alexander Pope poem called 'Eloisa to Ab...
8 Sep 20241h 2min
Episode 081 - Vibing, Vexillology & Vaudeville ft. Aishwarya
Do you know which iconic snack was popularised by an Indian political party? Do you know which country has infamously committed multiple political faux pas when it comes to the flags of other countrie...
1 Sep 202456min
