Episode 090 - Mars, Marine Biology & Mandela Effect ft. Berty Ashley
Do you know which two celestial bodies are missing from Gustav Holst's orchestral suite 'The Planets', which had iconic pieces like 'Mars'? Do you know what landmark pop culture staple is the marine b...
12 Nov 202456min
Episode 089 - Lyrics, Logos & Linguists
Do you know the early draft of which iconic song was supposed to be 'Mongolian' and was later changed? Do you know which famous company has GI tagged products with the logo of a lion with the head of ...
2 Nov 202449min
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
