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Join Alex, Mike, and Pat for a weekly Fact Off ~ a (mostly) friendly competition in which the three elaborate on different facts and then debate on what fact is the best.
The Facts: First, you will discover the humble origins of the NFL draft. Then, you'll hear about an iconic comic book cover featuring Captain America delivering a punch to Hitler's face. Finally, you'll find out how a popular city in Oregon got its name.
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First, we learn about the origin of the income tax in America, which was first introduced during the Civil War to raise funds for the Union Army. Then, we dive into the origin of the word "boycott," which originated during the Irish Land War in the late 1800s to protest unfair treatment by landlords. Finally, we take a deep dive into the 1.5 billion pounds of government-owned cheese that is stored in converted mines just outside of Springfield, Missouri. We explore how the government's efforts to support dairy farmers led to a massive cheese surplus and the logistical challenges of storing and distributing such a large quantity of cheese.
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The Facts: First, we delve into the fascinating history of the Stone of Scone and its journey from Scotland to Westminster Abbey. Next, we discuss the surprising problem of defective purple LED stop lights, and the safety concerns they pose on the roads. Finally, we discover the ancient Roman practice of Poena Cullei, a gruesome punishment where criminals were sewn into a leather sack and thrown into the river. Join us for a thought-provoking and eclectic mix of topics.
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The Facts: First, we delve into the phenomenon of poverty parties during the Gilded Age in America, where wealthy elites would throw extravagant parties themed around poverty and destitution.
Next, we turn to the Cadaver Synod, a bizarre event that took place in 9th century Rome. This macabre spectacle involved the exhumation of the corpse of a deceased pope and the posthumous trial and condemnation of his remains.
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The Facts: we delve into the fascinating origins of the names of the seasons, from the ancient Greeks to modern-day astronomers. We also explore the surprising story of the patron saint of television and how she came to be associated with this modern technology. Finally, we uncover the little-known tale of the 1910 Haley Comet scare, a moment in history when the world thought the end was nigh. Join us as we uncover the curious and often strange stories behind some of the world's most intriguing facts.
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The Facts: First, we delve into the mystery of the buried Atari ET games in the New Mexico desert and how it became one of the most infamous moments in video game history. Then, we revisit the Lindbergh baby kidnapping and the media frenzy that surrounded it. Finally, we look at the history of Hormel spam, its role in feeding American soldiers during World War II, and its ongoing popularity in many parts of the world today.
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The Facts: How Robert L. May and Montgomery Ward created the classic Christmas character, Rudolph. Why the portrayal of sonar in movies doesn’t reveal its true destructive power. And how Fort Knox became America’s gold vault.VOTE HEREFacebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpodEmail: thefactoffpodcast@gmail.comLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Facts: How baby cages became a popular commodity in large cities like London. The tragic tale of Charles Goodyear, the inventor of vulcanized rubber. And the events that led up to the violent 1229 University of Paris strike. VOTE HERE Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod Email: thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Facts: How Russia sent the first creature into orbit, the unlikely death of an ancient Greek tragedian, and Robert F. Broussard’s preposterous proposal to end the American meat shortage. VOTE HERE Send us your facts: thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Twitter/Facebook/Instagram: @factoffpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Facts: How bats became Halloween icons, the horrifying murders that inspired werewolf legend, and the historical manual on how to discover and annihilate witches. VOTE HERE
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This week's facts: how the massive ocean liner, the Queen Mary, became a haunted hotel. Find out the troubled backstory of the University of Texas tower shooting. And learn how one trick-or-treating incident sparked an unfounded fear of candy tampering. VOTE HERE
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The Facts: How Betty Crocker rose to fame to become the most trusted source for cooking tips, advice, and recipes. And how Hennig Brand made an unlikely discovery in his quest to find the Philosopher’s Stone. VOTE HERE Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod Email: thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Facts: Why the world believed the tomato was a poisonous fruit, the family that brought on Cincinnati’s lizard invasion, and Bill Fong’s legendary Texas bowling record. VOTE HERE
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The Facts: Find out why it’s unfashionable to wear white after Labor Day, why the movie the Conqueror haunted Howard Hughes’s career, and just how far back the war on Christmas goes. VOTE HERE
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The facts: the unbelievable Erfurt latrine disaster, the convoluted history of the sandwich, and how the Happy Birthday song became America’s favorite tune. VOTE HERE
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Alex shares the mythical origin of the word’s narcissist and echo. Mike tells the tale of a long-forgotten automaton chess player nicknamed the Mechanical Turk. Pat reveals the strange history behind the rapid population growth in New France (Canada). Link to Vote Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod Email: thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Pat shares how a string of mysterious deaths was associated with the excavation of Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb. Mike tells the tragic tale of Hitchbot, the hitchhiking robot sensation that traveled the globe. Alex reveals the origin story of the beloved toy, Mr. Potato Head. VOTE HERE Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod Email: thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Alex tells the exhaustive history of the Liberty Bell. Pat shares about a Garth Brooks concert that registered on the Richter scale. Mike reveals how a widow, Silence Dogwood, catfished an entire newspaper. VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE FACT Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Pat explains how a girl’s rare chromosome condition removed her feelings of pain, hunger, and tiredness. Mike tells the odd story of the forgotten Teddy Bear rival, the Billy Possum. Alex shares the strange tale of how the London Bridge ended up relocating to a small town in Arizona. Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod Email: thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote here: Alex explains how the watermelon evolved in it’s uses and became the summer treat we know and love. Mike shares about an uptick in goiters in the Mid-west that brought about the implementation of iodized salt. Pat reveals the story of a little-known war in Alberta, Canada that was waged against foreign rat invaders. Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod Email: thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote Here: Alex shares the rich history of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Mike tells the miraculous tale of plane crash survivor, Juliane Koepcke. Pat describes the deadly process of building the world’s first underwater tunnel, the Thames Tunnel. Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod Email: thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote Here: Mike shares the troubling history of the song, “Buffalo Gals”. Pat explains how the Qwerty keyboard became our default typing choice. Alex reveals the origin of the fake holiday, Christmas in July.
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Vote here: Alex explains why each month’s full moon has a different moniker. Mike unravels the mystery of the Midwest mango pepper. Pat reveals that apple pie may not be as American as pop culture wants you to believe.
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Tap to Vote: Alex explains why the Echidna is one of the most fascinating creatures around. Mike tells the horrible tale of a coronation celebration turned deadly. Pat reveals how a Persian King’s mother ended up assassinating the Queen. Facebook/Twitter/Instagram: @factoffpod Email: thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tap to Vote: Pat tells the explosive history of the firework. Mike shares how the invention of kitty litter made house cats in vogue. Alex explains why the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest is synonymous with America’s Independence Day celebrations. Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod Email: thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tap to Vote: Pat tells the horrifying tale of a Rhode Island vampire incident. Mike shares the strange method the Empire State Building used to steal the world’s tallest building moniker from the Chrysler Building. Alex explains the origin of the Guinness Book of World Records. Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Alex shares how the crossword puzzle became a New York Times staple. Pat tells the story of the MLB’s slow adoption of night games. Mike reveals that there are historical books that were found to be bound in human skin. Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod+ thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Pat shares the strange history behind outlawing Pinball machines. Alex tells the origin story of a beloved game time snack, the cracker jack. Mike reveals that Top Gun is a real-life naval training program. Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Pat explains how you could shuffle a 52-card deck for eternity and still get different combinations. Alex shares the origin story of everyone’s favorite bath toy, the rubber ducky. Mike tells the tale of the Russian’ domesticated fox program. Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Mike tells the tragic story of why black olives are not available in jars. Alex shares the tale of the first cross country road trip. Pat covers the story of one of Hollywood’s largest blockbuster bombs. Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Pat shares about the odd one-person town of Monowi, Nebraska. Alex tells the tale of a man who incubated premature babies and turned them into an amusement park sideshow. Mike explains about the various types of bizarre bezoars. Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Alex shares the epic backstory of the modern-day marathon. Mike proves that the brown note is a farce, but discovers there is a sound that will make you puke. Pat explains that the Supreme Court is not the stable and unchanging institution that we imagine it to be. Instagram/Facebook/Twitter: @factoffpod thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Pat explains how a family that helped establish Mother’s Day eventually became its greatest detractors. Mike shares how breakfast vacillated between being the most overlooked meal, to the most important meal of the day. Alex tells the origin stories of the 4 largest balls of twine. Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod Email: thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Alex shares the strange tale of a missing Sri Lankan handball team. Mike tells the tragic origin of the turnspit dog. Pat uncovers the mystery behind the Post-it Note invention. Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Pat unravels the mystery behind a stolen corpse that was found incased in wax and plaster. Did the culprit, Carl Tanzler, take his love obsession too far? Mike shares about the early successes and failures involving the world’s oldest submarines. The first rudimentary sub, the Drebbel, even carried King James I. Alex explains how you can tell the difference between real and fake pearls. A Filipino fisherman found the largest known pearl, The Pearl of Puerto, and kept it under his bed, ignorant of its real value. @factoffpod on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Pat tells the quirky story of how a small University in Michigan became world famous for its Unicorn hunting tradition. Mike reveals how Roman concrete has stood the test of time, even besting the modern formulas we use. Alex shares how Noah Webster shaped and standardized the English language in America. @factoffpod on FACEBOOK/INSTAGRAM/TWITTER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Alex digs deep into the MLB glossary and shares the origin of the term, a “Texas Leaguer”. Pat shares the reason the NBA has leaned so heavily into the 3-point shot in recent years. Mike tells the tale of a French ménage à trois that ended in a tragic hot air balloon duel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Mike separates the Daylight Saving Time (DST) facts from fiction. Pat reveals the horrific backstory of the Sadie Hawkins dance. Alex tells the origin story of the Nation’s Station, 700 WLW. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote here: Pat shares the strange origin of Lucky Charms and its various iterations. Alex reveals the history of how green beer became synonymous with Saint Patrick's Day. Mike explains why antibacterial soap contributes to the larger problem of antibiotic resistance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote here: Alex reveals the origins of Blackjack card counting tricks. Mike shares some of the long-forgotten uses for the pneumatic tube. Pat explains why the painting, Prometheus Bound, made such an impact on him as a child. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Pat shares 5 shockingly true animal defense mechanisms. Mike tells the origin story of the beloved Ziploc bag. Alex explains how the lowly Shamrock Shake was used for good in the community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Choose your Favorite Fact: Alex shares the origin story of the iconic heart shaped chocolate boxes. Mike explains how a phrasing mix-up sparked a debate over the legitimacy of thousands of baptisms. Pat tells how karate crept its way into American culture. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @factoffpod Vote: https://factoffpodcast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Alex complains about the recent trend of car companies implementing subscription plans for customer’s access to trivial features on their vehicle. Pat delivers a message that may be hard to swallow, ratings are down everywhere, it's not because of controversial ideologies. Mike opines over the lack of social media diversity, and the gaping hole left in the music scene when Myspace shuttered its social media platform. Follow us @thefactoffpod on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How do Pat's facts make you feel? Vote Pat has a new quick facts segment, and he releases some frustrations about saving a parking spot after a snowstorm. Mike briefly talks about the world's obsession with royals, the episode then has some technical difficulties. Alex's fact is lost to time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Pat reveals the mystery behind our limited Banana selection. Mike explains an overlooked facet of the earth's tides. Alex explores the improbable origin of America's favorite appliance, the microwave. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Alex explains the origin of the popular New Year's trend, the Polar Bear Plunge. Mike tells the tale of the unluckiest man alive. Pat expounds on how Isaac Newton stole full acclaim for inventing Calculus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Pat paints a picture of how the first musical succeeded despite its horrible reputation. Alex unravels the mysterious absence of row I, U, O, and Q at the theater. Mike explains how sometimes it’s best to not have Hitler in the title of a movie. Bonus Twitter Poll: https://twitter.com/factoffpod/status/1478902025874198529 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Mike reveals where the F in F5 tornado came from. Pat tells the tale of a journalist who willingly locked herself up in a madhouse. Alex regales us with the origin story of Times Square and the New Year's ball drop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Alex digs into the candy cane' folklore and some of the symbolic stories that are tied to it. Pat shares about the strange Spanish holiday tradition of beating the festive poop log to release tasty treats. Mike tells of a time when pole sitting took America by storm and how the Great Depression fizzled it out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Pat reveals that Abraham Lincoln's spat as a wrestler was more than just political legend. Mike explains the origin of a popular 50's haircut called the Duck's Ass. Alex tells the quirky origin of the Lee Maxwell Washing Machine Museum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Mike brings a stranger than fiction fact about a town plagued by dancing. Alex settles the argument once and for all, is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable? Pat tells the tale of the Confederados and the bigoted festival that celebrates their heritage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Pat tells a relaxing story about the Swedish tradition Fika. Mike reveals how America broke its disgusting spitting habit. Alex covers the legendary origin of the cornucopia and why we associate it with Thanksgiving. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: https://factoffpodcast.com/?p=116 The Facts: Alex reveals the origin of a simple myth, why do we wear wedding bands on our left hand? Pat tells the unlikely tale of how Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Philadelphia received its name. Mike uncovers a myth about the legendary Thunderbird and stumbles upon some absurd myths that cropped up many years later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Facts: Pat regales us with a tale about a dolphin that falls a little too hard for his trainer. Mike questions the origin of a bizarre Corn Flake's myth. Alex tells the tale of the first NFL superstar. An Erotic Dolphin Tale - Pat Corn in These Flakes - Mike The Galloping Ghost - Alex Vote: https://factoffpodcast.com/?p=110 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week’s facts: Alex reveals that an island off the coast of Norway has a vault with over a million seeds. Mike drops a shocking fact about the Sandbox Tree, one of the world’s most deadly plants. Pat talks about a carnivorous plant with a big appetite. Vote: https://factoffpodcast.com/?p=106 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Facts: Stingy Jack - Pat Burn it Down! - Alex History of the Lobotomy - Mike Vote: https://factoffpodcast.com/?p=103 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Facts: Don't Cap My Knee. - Alex Bears Don't Run Downhill. - Mike It's Slinky! - Pat Vote: https://factoffpodcast.com/?p=94 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Facts: Who Were You Wearing? - Pat The UFO Cult - Mike The Smiting of the Buffalo - Alex Vote: https://factoffpodcast.com/?p=84 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Facts: The World's Largest Urinal is Earth- Mike Bananas are Trying to Kill You- Pat Don't Kick the Can- Alex Vote: https://factoffpodcast.com/?p=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices