Hats All We Know: Recent Episodes
Chris and David
If you are looking to learn both hat related trivia, and non-hat related trivia, the search algorithm has brought you to the correct place. Each week, starting with our "Hat-Fact of the Week", we discuss four (very) different topics we found interesting and hope you will as well, before cap-ing off with a pun.Our hosts, Chris - connoisseur of occult mythologies, and David - proud owner of over of over 170 hats, are brim-ing with excitement to share what they find interesting, and we hope you will too.
We are back with four more random facts. First we start with a court ruling that labeled bees as fish, then we move on to how a Pope possibly caused the Black Plague in Europe. In the second half, we start with fast the US managed to launch an object towards space, and finally why we don't know anything about the Old Kingdom in Egypt. Enjoy!
In a minor miracle, we are back to the every other week schedule, and it's the 4th of July so what better way to celebrate than talking about America's pastime Baseball! We start with how pitchers and catchers talk to each other during games, followed by the first person to achieve a no hitter. In the second half, we stick with throwing sports and how softball got it's name, before ending on one of the hardest Tour de France's in history. Enjoy!
We are back with four more random facts. First, David brings us a hat fact about types of fur while Chris gets distracted by Stranger Things. Second, we go back to cryptids and the legend of Mothman in West Virginia. In the second half we start with how the Normandy region of France got its name and finally two French pilots that attempted to cross the Atlantic Ocean before Charles Lindbergh. Enjoy!
Back after a month off, we start with a fashion fact about tying ties, then Chris has a fact that may or may not be true and also one that is definitely true. In the second half we talk about why not to gas light and the origin of the term, and lastly how many calories are in a stamp. Enjoy
At some point we will figure out our schedule again. But we are back with four more interesting facts. We start off the science of Oreos, then we go to Chris's other obsession besides cryptids, WWII. In the second half David sticks with the WWII theme, and we finish up on how Chicago was raised 14 ft. Enjoy
Only a few hours late this week, but we are still here with four more random facts. First we start with sunglasses being kept safely on your hat, before transitioning into what not to wear to job interviews. In the second half we discuss a general lack of sleep for one of us and then the origins of giving a toast. Enjoy!
Life got a little busy so this is a week late but we are back with 4 random sports facts. First, what happens to the losing teams merchandise after the championships? Then we discuss March Madness. In the Second half we discuss, pool which is not billiards, and then baseball and fast baseball players. Enjoy
Join us for another 4 random facts. This week we start out with hat pins and how long they are allowed to be in Chicago, then we talk about an artist that got the exclusive rights to for a color. In the second half we nerd out as David talks Pokémon's and Chris talks Nessie and forgets which month it is. Enjoy!
Join us for another 4 facts. We first discuss the purpose of the holes on hats, not the movie, second we discuss how an Indiana University professor got a research grant to study memes. In the second half we start with glasses as David chose the theme of eyes, and Chris decided to learn the reported namesake for Bloody Mary's. Enjoy!
Join us for another 4 random facts. We return to a normal episode this week. First we talk about the origins of Fedora, then we discuss why exactly are bananas curved? In the second half we start off with the science of ice and why it floats before wrapping it up with a little chat on the Trans-Siberian Railway. Enjoy!
We are back with some more facts, and this week it's sports. First we discuss the slime hats seen on the Nickelodeon Wild Card NFL game, second we discuss the ongoing African Cup of Nations. In the second half we change it up a bit and discuss sports in 2021 and make some predications that may or may not be wrong already for sports in 2022. Enjoy!
We are back in 2022, Join us as we prepare for national hat day. First we discuss the origins of such a wonderful day, then just how many people are like David and wear a hat everyday. In the second half we start with the Legos and somehow get on fairy tales, and lastly just how much body heat so you lose out of your head. Enjoy!
Well, we have almost made it to 2022. Why not wrap up 2021 with some more facts. First we discuss Runescape and their holiday time hat, then we stick with New Years and the country that gets to celebrate first is said about 100 times incorrectly. In the second half we start with how to stick to your resolutions and finally how does Hallmark make so many Christmas movies. Enjoy!
Join us as we go through another 4 facts. We start off with a Star Wars character on the National Cathedral in Washington, then we discuss a new species of animal that was discovered in New York City in the last decade. In the second half we start with a study to see the effects of alcohol on what people think of themselves, and finally we discuss the highest IBU beer brewed. Enjoy!
Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone. Join us as we go through four more Thanksgiving facts. First we start with the buckle on the Pilgrims hats, followed by the mother of Thanksgiving. Then we get a little high pitched with the helium needed for the Macy's day parade, and finally how a mistake lead to a 1.2 billion dollar industry. Enjoy!
Join Us for another episode of 4 random facts, we first start with which US President was responsible for the downfall of the hat industry, then we talk about how smart Americans are with basic science questions. In the second half, we go more complex science with how sap moves up trees, and how you can tell the difference in tears based on their composition. Enjoy!
Join us for our Halloween special. We first start off by discussing the hat of a Robinhood costume. Chris gets the spooky started off with an island that black plague victims were sent to, David brightens the mood with popular pet costumes that people buy and finally, just Chris just wants to make sure David is caught up on his unsolved axe murders. Enjoy!
Sorry about no episode last week, but we are back with another sports episode. First we discuss the golfer Ben Hogan and his hat, followed by just how aggressive are baseball pitchers in the heat. In the second half, David discusses the lovely sport of shin kicking and its origins, and Chris just couldn't keep F1 out of it, and their cars can drive upside down! Enjoy!
Join us for another round of four amazing facts. First we talk about a hot new fashion item in the bucket hat and its origins, second Chris discusses how the hilarious city of Portland, Oregon got its name. In the second half of the episode, David goes back to math and stats, with how we store data as DNA, and finally just how much lying we do about the fish that we buy. Enjoy!
Join us for another round of 4 facts. This week we start off with the Disney Sorcerer's hat and just how big it truly was. Then Chris learned about a poisonous bird that actually isn't on Australia. In the second half, we talk about how efficient the beeps were for Morse code, and we wrap it up with a happy little fact about Bob Ross. Enjoy!
Join us for another 4 facts this week, first we discuss yankee doodle, next we move on to a topic Chris holds close to home in the great lakes. In the second half David starts us off with another nursey rhyme and Chris responds with a fact about alcohol, Enjoy!
Join us for another four random facts. As promised we start with a hat fact about blues clues and Steve, Chris then brings us to discuss movies that had a ridiculous budget. In the second half we start with the pain of kidney stones, warning that might be hard to listen to, and finally Chris pulls a David and forgets what question he is asking about the Okapi. Enjoy!
Join us for another 4 random facts. This week we discuss the classic Dr. Seuss book the cat in the hat, followed by an fact about the lovely state of Ohio and a certain river that likes being on fire. In the second half, David starts us off with a miracle, like it's a miracle one of us is writing this description, and finally Chris wraps us up with country names but mainly Blues Clues. Enjoy!
Join us for another sports episode. With college football coming back and NFL starting this week, we needed to talk about sports. First we talk about the brim on baseball hats, before moving on to former Cleveland Cav and NBA champion JR Smith's recent college choice. In the second half of the episode, we only talk about football, David discusses why we call it the pigskin and Chris talks about the worse college blowout and randomly Bishop Sycamore. Enjoy
Join us for another round of fun facts. First we discuss the rules of the National Park Service Ranger hats, we then discuss why one company sued Apple of the use of iPhone. David then talks about helium and balloons, thankfully he didn't buy helium for the episode, and finally a beef between two South American countries and BBQ. Enjoy
Join us for a special episode as we have a guest host joining us, We first talk about the Fez hat that is totally unrelated to Pez, them we talk about saving the bees and how many eyes they have. Also, how a bee can balance after having a few. In the second half of the episode, Chris starts us off with an undiscovered island that was on google maps, and finally just how bad can one be at Scrabble and win. Enjoy!
Join us for another fun week. We start with the carroting process in the making of hats, then what the first vending machine dispense and why humans invented them. In the second half we start with a dye that was started by an alchemist and influenced art, and finally the oldest roller coaster that still has riders today. Enjoy!
Join us for one chaotic episode. There was a hazmat issue where we work so this is a something. David starts us with a pork pie hat and we get sidetracked. Chris decides that we haven't talked about ghosts in a while and needed to show people do believe in ghosts. The chaos continues with a quick four question quiz that Chris attempts to answer, and finally how much a dinosaur fossil sold for last year. Hopefully you enjoy!
Join us for some more random facts. First we discuss a WWII major and his choice of hat wear and how he made sure everyone knew he was British, we then shift to the dangers of nutmeg spice and how to avoid it. Then is you ever want to get away from people, we discuss just how isolated in the ocean you can get on an island, and finally Chris found the most dangerous nut in the world in pistachios. Enjoy!
Join us for our 1 year celebration. We first discuss how cheese head hats became a thing in Wisconsin, followed by the amazing former Olympic sport of solo synchronized swimming. David follows the Olympic theme with Finnish baseball, and we wrap it up with a running fact where David does better research the Chris. Enjoy!
Join us as we stumble through 4 more facts this week. David gets us started with a hat fact the Chris maybe knows about sombreros, then we get some Ricky Bobby and want to go fast as we discuss the first person to get a speeding ticket. In the second half, we talk about a security system that could stop ninjas as well as assassins. Finally we wrap it up with some lovely shark week talk. Enjoy!
Join us for another 4 truly random facts. First we discuss an animal hat that isn't beaver and is famous in American history, the we discuss when Indiana decided the pi should be 3.2 instead of pi. In the second half David starts us off with why polar bears are stealth bear, and finally if you are capable of driving the speed limit what song you can hear on a New Mexico highway. Enjoy!
Join us for another new episode. This week, we are recovering from the Fourth of July. David starts us off with what on Earth a 10 gallon hat is. Chris then talks about the Isabella Stewart Garner Museum heist and we definitely do not think about planning one. In the second half, we discuss the Declaration of Independence, and 'Merica. Finally, the most chill church of all time. Enjoy
Join us for another episode where we go through 4 fact based questions. David starts us off with a fedorable question of the origin of fedora, Chris moves us onto the totally mature region Grand Teton came to be known as that. In the second half, we discuss the upcoming 2020 Olympics and the old Olympic sport of competitive art. Finally we wrap this one up with a quick discussion about how the Eifel Tower was once described as a vegetable. Enjoy!
Join us fir another round of 4 random facts. We first discuss hats on Easter Island and a guest makes an appearance, then Chris talks about a monument known as Scotland's Disgrace. We take a hard shift to discuss graphene and who has the weirdest thing on their desk. Finally in sticking with science, the reason why cellophane was invented. Enjoy
Join us this week as Chris guesses David's hat fact before he can ask it which leads us to realizing Chris doesn't pay attention to the important things in all the WWII documentaries he watches. Then Chris talks about how affordable it actually is to rent out Liechtenstein (along with your 899 closest friends)! To start off part 2, David talks about animals that control the water supply in some areas of Poland and Minnesota as well as explaining how the human brain works. Chris wraps it up by talking about the only unsolved plane hijacking, what D.B. Cooper actually wanted to go by, and how much he "made away" with. Enjoy!
Join us for another new episode. This week, we start off with the largest exporters of hats in the world followed by the name that Uranus was known as for 70 years after it was discovered. David then talks about a nice library initiative where you can get rid of late fees, and finally a fact about chainsaws that has David asking why and is definitely distributing.
Fourth Fact starts at 28:00 of the episode if you wish to skip
Enjoy!
Join us for another fascinating new episode. We start off with the new hats from New Era that were listed on their website for under 24 hours, followed by how the sands of Normandy will always have lasting effects from D-Day, for everyone on the east coast there has been a buzz in the air from lovely cicadas, and finally how to not accept responsibility if you are in Canada. Enjoy!
Join us as on our latest adventure. We start with the average human head circumference, then a lovely "town" in Kentucky which elects good boys as mayors. We then discuss how blue is made in nature and somehow talk a lot about Animal Crossing, and finally we wrap it up with how the US military helped with the invention of the drive thru. This episode was legitimately recorded at 7:30 am on a weekday, so if either of us sound like we just woke up, we did. Enjoy!
Join us for another sports episode and our longest episode. First we learn about why casino dealers have green tinted hats, and then get very distracted by not sports. Due to the pandemic Chris has gotten in racing again so we discuss F1 and just dominant Lewis Hamilton is in the sport. David somehow found a research paper about handball, as we gear up for the 2020 Summer Olympics, and finally the lovely story of AFC Wimbledon in third tier English Football. Enjoy!
Join us on a delightful journey where we discuss why are chefs hats white before moving on to the Great Molasses Flood of 1919 and the "engineering" that caused it. We then actually talked about recent news in which Belgium annexed part of France and Chris has some bad suggestions and guesses. Finally we wrap it up with a light-hearted conversation about Kingsford charcoal. Enjoy!
Join us as this episode of Hats All We Know, where we first talk about the Kentucky Derby hats and we make our bets on which horse will win, then we discuss the reason for having safety seals on medicines in stores. Apparently non-humans can author a paper, as we learn how a cat once did, and finally how much did the auction to buy New Zealand get up to on Ebay which somehow turns into Brittany Spears talk at the end. Enjoy!
Join us as we go through four more facts. First we talk about one of Scotland's three loves unfortunately for Chris it's the one he knows nothing about, Chris then decides we should talk about stonks and when not to invest in the stock market, but mainly to get to a side fact. David goes all science in knot theory, which isn't related to tying shoes. We wrap it up with a lovely discussion about a childhood treat in popsicles. Enjoy!
Join us as we start our week off by talking about berets, but not the green berets. The occasional "French" accent comes out. Then Chris watches to many documentaries so he talks about the largest tsunami wave, David talks about a soda that was developed in Germany during WWII, and finally just how many people have a gym membership that they are totally going to use. Enjoy!
Join us for another wonderful episode of Hats All We Know! This week we start off by discussing how Pokémon is something one of us knows little to nothing about, then we move onto how a children's toy was banned at the headquarters of the NSA in America in the 1990s. David asks a question about spelling bonobos and Chris attempts to get him to watch the National Spelling Bee, and finally how long has the US known about a lost nuclear bomb and how prepared will Chris be when going Bigfoot hunting. Enjoy!
Join us on this Easter Monday as we talk through more facts. First, we discuss why some people leave stickers on their hats when they buy them, then Chris talks about Discovery+ yet again with different types of king crabs, David for some reason brings up the legendary Loch Ness Monster and what was discovered in a search for it, and finally some good ol' gambling with the table game craps. Enjoy
Key and Peele Hat Sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pKt4gaErvU
Join us as we work through four more random facts. First we discuss the origin of propeller hats, how we can be David Blaine and Chris completely switches the plots of two movies. Then Chris talks about a very special prisoner that served time in Eastern State Penitentiary, then we fly to the flattest place on Earth to stay in the hotel there, and finally what aircraft is banned from landing in Chateauneuf du Pape region in France. Enjoy
Join us as we start this episode at a drop of a hat, as Chris doesn't know what that means, followed by the legendary swindler Charles Ponzi, we don't recommend you do what he did. David talks a little engineering with the leaning tower of Pisa while Chris just keeps making bad jokes and suggestions, and finally exactly why did the roller coaster get invented? Enjoy!
Join us as we work our way through four more sports questions. First hat rules in sports, mainly baseball and how not to catch a ball, then March Madness starts this week and Chris is obsessed so we talk about teams to never make the tournament. David likes to go fast, but not as fast as the fastest serve in tennis, and finally gamblers bet an absurd amount on money on 63 basketball games during March.
Join us this week as one of us, Chris, recovers from moonshine as we discuss flat caps and why they grew in popularity, then we discuss state tourism slogans and David learns his beloved crab state has the worst one. We then switch gears to discuss black holes in space as we are both nerds still, and Chris wraps us up with a musical performance that one has to hear to believe.
Some Links:
State Tourism: https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/412063-nebraska-releases-new-slogan-honestly-its-not-for-everyone
Music: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/07/arts/music/john-cage-as-slow-as-possible-germany.html
Join us, as we go through four more random facts. First we discuss the the bi corn hat and its origins, then sticking with history Chris decides to drink and ask amount moonshine in the colonies, then we discuss large numbers as Chris gets tipsy, and finally we learn about just what can be in food sometimes.
Some links:
Moonshine: https://americanwhiskeymag.com/2019/09/04/richmonds-bespoke-bevvys/
Food: https://www.wired.com/2015/09/cochineal-bug-feature/
Join us this week for a revolutionary adventure. First we discuss tricorne hats and how the came, then the nicest and drunkest war being fought to this day as well as puffins, David really enjoy a big boom so naturally this leads us to gunpowder, and finally how to get straight money from the US treasury.
For more information:
Tricorne Hats: https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2014/08/18/hats-off-to-the-tri-corner-hat/
Nice War: https://www.businessinsider.com/canada-and-denmark-whiskey-war-over-hans-island-2016-1
Gunpowder: https://www.brown.edu/Departments/Joukowsky_Institute/courses/13things/7687.html
Money: https://www.vice.com/en/article/aekzaa/37-reasons-actual-people-asked-the-us-treasury-for-bags-of-shredded-money
Join us as we ease you out of Valentine's Day and into half-priced chocolate day. David starts us off this week talking about a subset of Vikings that may have actually been horny, before Chris talks about why giving British tanks tea-makers gave tank operators a protection boost that tanks alone just couldn't provide. After half-time, David talks about what exactly "sentinel chickens" protect, and what they are (and no, unfortunately it does not involve chickens in flak vests and guns). Chris wraps it up by talking about the hottest and coldest temperatures on earth as well as some very aptly named locations. Also, Puppy Bowl.
Berserker Vikings and Horns: https://en.natmus.dk/historical-knowledge/denmark/prehistoric-period-until-1050-ad/the-viking-age/weapons/berserkers/
Sentinel Chickens: https://www.dvm360.com/view/chickens-an-unlikely-ally-in-disease-detection
Join us as we struggle through the Monday after the Super Bowl. First we discuss poem hats and how they are made, Chris goes back into "conspiracy" theories with a state that could pass a law allowing Bigfoot hunting licenses and shockingly won't move there, then David tries to talk about sunglasses and Chris gets a little distracted by a walrus, and finally we discuss the cover-up by the US Navy that lead to the discovery of the Titanic. Enjoy
Some Links:
Vietnamese conical poem hat: https://en.vietnamplus.vn/poem-in-the-conical-hat-the-iconic-beauty-of-hue/166115.vnp
Bigfoot: https://www.usnews.com/news/offbeat/articles/2021-01-22/oklahoma-lawmaker-proposes-bigfoot-hunting-season
Polarized Sunglasses: https://www.goodeyes.com/blog/polarized-lenses-work/#:~:text=What%20are%20Polarized%20Lenses%3F,how%20a%20window%20blind%20works.
Titanic: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/11/titanic-nuclear-submarine-scorpion-thresher-ballard/
Join Us as we nerd out this week. First discuss the mad hatter until we get sidetracked, then we discuss a the life insurance that Apollo 11 astronauts used, David learns Chris doesn't believe in every conspiracy even though Chris claims Bigfoot isn't one. We learn why David chose to go into chemistry and how dancing can power buildings, and finally how the moon is slowly social distancing from Earth.
Some Links:
Apollo 11: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2012/08/30/160267398/what-the-apollo-astronauts-did-for-life-insurance
Moon Moving: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-12311119
Join us as we go back to a topic we both know well... Sportsball! We first discuss how technology is helping with concussions in the sports, then the physically and mentally exhausting sport of chess boxing, David shares about the sport he plays competitively and we learn how not to take care of injuries with Chris, finally we wrap it up with a competition where you can win your wife's weight in beer. Enjoy!
Some links:
MIPS: https://www.forbes.com/sites/billroberson/2020/11/05/decades-of-sometimes-bizarre-research-makes-mips-equipped-helmets-a-safer-place-for-your-head/?sh=4c6c4bc36c40
Rotational Motion and Brain Injuries: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/8/eaau3460
Chess Boxing: https://chessfort.com/chess-boxing-all-you-need-to-know/
Disc Golf Courses: https://udisc.com/blog/post/how-many-disc-golf-courses-in-the-world#:~:text=So%20How%20Many%20Disc%20Golf,golf%20courses%20in%20the%20world.
Wife Carrying: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/31141/brief-history-wife-carrying-world-championships
Join us this week in our first episode in a while without a theme...but David didn't seem to get that memo. This week David starts us off with the Middle Ages and non-Latin origin of the term for someone who makes women's hats, then Chris talks about an animal that would not be great as a guest on a podcast since they can't talk. Continuing with his theme of things from the Middle Ages, David talks about the country that has the highest density of castles in the world, before Chris wraps it up with the first "service company" to trademark their uniforms.
Milliner: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/milliner
Animal Noises: https://www.wired.com/2015/09/giraffe-say-scientists-find-answer/
Castles: https://www.wales.com/about/culture/castles#:~:text=Castles%20in%20Wales,often%20in%20very%20beautiful%20places.
Welsh Castle Database: http://www.castlewales.com/database.html
European Castle Institute Database: https://www.ebidat.de/
Service Uniform: https://trademarks.justia.com/721/71/n-a-72171655.html
It only took 24 episodes but we are finally doing a hat episode! Join us as we discuss how us youngsters don't care about etiquette, Chris works a supernatural being into the episode, why David will continue to have a full head of hair while Chris could have some problems, and finally why a dunce hat is conical shaped
Hair Loss: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23629119/#affiliation-1
Join us as we roam through Chris not knowing what doff means, Chris had 24 hours to find a bigfoot fact and animal war facts so we go squatching for the first modern evidence of bigfoot, then David punches out of bigfoot talk with a number 2 pencil and finally a bomb that was researched in the US during WWII that probably a certain line with animals.
Saluting Device: https://patents.google.com/patent/US556248A/en
Bigfoot: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-so-many-people-still-believe-in-bigfoot-180970045/
Punch Cards: ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/punchcard/#:~:text=Punched%20cards%20date%20back%20to,what%20would%20eventually%20become%20IBM.
Jacquard Loom:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6NgMNvK52A
Animal Bomb: https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/237267/
Happy New Year Everyone! Join us as we discuss the New Era Hat company, just how much champagne Americans and we drink on December 31st, issues with changing the calendar system, and a dive into the origins of the ball drop in NYC.
New Era: https://www.neweracap.com/new-era-history
Champagne: https://www.ibtimes.com/new-years-eve-numbers-984512?amp=1
Ball drop: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/610519/new-years-eve-facts
Ho Ho Ho! Join us for a Christmas special where we discuss that hat of Sinterklaas, why no one should be angry about Xmas, the most played Christmas album each year, and finally that Chris knows a little too much about Charlie Brown Christmas. Enjoy!
Our favorite Christmas songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4MU3nHll7SlIeryEkzxaNZ?si=leuk8E9jRrKamGrZ9oIilQ
For More Information:
Sinterklass:https://www.stnicholascenter.org/around-the-world/customs/netherlands
Mitre hats: https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10404a.htm
Xmas: https://www.vox.com/2014/12/14/7374401/jesus-xmas-christmas
Top Christmas Songs: https://mobilesyrup.com/2020/11/20/spotify-christmas-music-2020-october/
Mere Exposure Effect: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.3758/BF03201171.pdf
Join us for a truly mind breaking episode as we talk about tin foil hats and if they help stop mind reading. Chris then just goes all in with conspiracies for most the episode. Next we discuss why the Wright brothers chose Kitty Hawk, NC for their flight, and a strange hill that they flew from. David hadn't geeked out enough recently as we talk about snowflakes, and finally a state in which you can hunt unicorns and the rules for hunting them.
For more information:
Tin Foil Hats: https://web.archive.org/web/20100708230258/http://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi/helmet/
First Flight: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-airplane-flies
Snowflakes: https://geology.com/articles/snowflakes/
https://phys.org/news/2012-09-chemists-smallest-molecules-ice-crystal.html
Unicorns: https://www.lssu.edu/traditions/unicornhunters/
Join us as we ride our way through the history of Cowboy hats, an island that was a testing site during WWII and Chris doesn't want to visit a haunted island, the video game with the most copies sold in history that David doesn't enjoy, and Chris getting distracted by clouds and we mention the one and only thagomizer. Enjoy!
For More Information:
Stetson: https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/explore/history-of-the-cowboy-hat/
Banned Island: https://www.scotsman.com/regions/inverness-highlands-and-islands/scottish-anthrax-island-poisoned-government-633739
Top Video Game: https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/bestselling-games-of-all-time/
History of Tetris: https://tetris.com/history-of-tetris
Clouds: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/49786/how-much-does-cloud-weigh
Join us for a real mystery of an episode. This week we discuss Sherlock Holmes's Hat and learn David knows as much about Sherlock Holmes as Chris does Bigfoot. Then we go through the science of airplane food, how cats learned to meow, and crazy people that catch pythons with hands.
For More information:
Sherlock Holmes (Deerstalker) Hat: https://bakerstreet.fandom.com/wiki/Deerstalker
Airplane Food: https://thepointsguy.com/2017/06/the-science-of-airplane-food/
Cat purrs and meows to get attention: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(09)01168-3#secd3810089e89
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2002/05/meow-isnt-language-enough-manage-humans
List of most owned Pets: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-most-popular-animals-owned-as-pets-in-the-us.html
Burmese Pythons in the Everglades: https://www.sfwmd.gov/our-work/python-program
Happy Thanksgiving! Join us for our Thanksgiving episode as we discuss Native American headdresses, why on Earth the US president pardons a turkey every year, deep frying turkey mishaps, and just how much Americans eat on this national holiday.
For More Information:
Native American Headdresses: http://www.native-languages.org/headdresses.htm
Presidential Turkey Pardons: https://www.history.com/news/a-brief-history-of-the-presidential-turkey-pardon
Deep Fryer Turkey Fires: https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Publications-and-media/Press-Room/News-releases/2018/Thanksgiving-is-by-far-the-leading-day-for-US-home-cooking-fires
Insurance Claims for Thanksgiving: https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/top-5-states-with-most-deep-fried-turkey-accidents
Thanksgiving Dinner Calorie Count: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/calories-americans-eat-thanksgiving/story?id=43690796
Join us for our sportsball episode. Don't worry it's not just American football and baseball questions. Instead we discuss the origins of hat tricks, why curling is the best winter Olympic sport, just how cool sepak takraw is, and Lance Armstrong not being the first to cheat during the Tour de France.
For more information:
Hat Tricks: NHL - https://www.nhl.com/news/hat-trick-traces-its-history-back-to-19th-century/c-291661800
H.H. Stephenson - https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/hat-trick-the-origins-of-the-term-197251
Curling: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/527261/10-cool-facts-about-curling
Sepak Tekraw video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MyTJopbo4Y&vl=en
Tour de France: https://mpora.com/road-cycling/history-of-cheating-tour-de-france/
Join us for a light hearted episode. We discuss jester hat's, why sending bombs in the mail is bad and Chris can't just go light hearted, how comics influence dinosaurs, and lastly constitutional amendments that fail to impress your professor.
For more information:
Jesters and Fools: https://press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/640914.html
Ted Kaczynski: https://www.history.com/topics/crime/unabomber-ted-kaczynski#section_6
Thagomizer: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/watch-out-for-that-thagomizer-98891562/
Amendment: https://www.history.com/news/the-strange-case-of-the-27th-amendment
Join us for a Halloween based episode. We discuss witches hat's, haunted dolls, a monk and the devil, and lastly demons, why 2020 has been 2020, and Ouija boards. You may not want to listen to this one alone at night.
Chapter Markings:
Witch's Hats [0:15]
Haunted Dolls [7:14]
Codex Gigas [14:16]
Ouija Board Demon [23:32]
Thank you for Listening [32:32]
Join us as we discuss the opera hat, the first presidential debate, African talking drums, and the third worst nuclear disaster.
For More Information:
Opera Hat: https://historyonyourhead.com/the-gibus/
Presidential Debates: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/app/uploads/2015/12/HANDOUT-4-HISTORY-OF-DEBATES.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiqn4-P0cvsAhVWoHIEHZaYDTMQFjAVegQICRAB&usg=AOvVaw0XYsjKYu1NkvunKUIxl5XB
African Talking Drums: https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2016/01/04/inside-africa-yoruba-culture-spc-c.cnn
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-talking-drums-29197334/
The Kyshtym Disaster: https://bellona.org/news/nuclear-issues/2017-10-the-worst-nuclear-disaster-youve-never-heard-of-celebrates-its-60th-birthday
Join us as we discuss why a hat from Ecuador is named after Panama, why a former US president changed his name, how strong Lego bricks really are, and a country that sent its military to fight a mob of birds... and lost.
For More information:
To learn more about Panama hats (sombreros de paja toquilla):
https://www.brentblack.com/pages/tour2_page_01.html
For more on Ulysses S Grant:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/grant-biography/
To learn more about how much abuse can Lego bricks take:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-much-abuse-can-a-single-lego-brick-take-343398/
For more on the Emu wars:
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2016/10/on-this-day-the-emu-wars-begin/
Join us as we discuss Bowler Hats, the roundest countries, what facial features may tip off who has narcissistic personalities, and the Jonestown "People's Temple" cult.
For more information:
Bowler Hats - https://www.lockhatters.co.uk/heritage/the-coke/
Country Roundness Scores (with python code) - https://gciruelos.com/what-is-the-roundest-country.html
IG Nobel Awards - https://www.improbable.com/ig-about/winners/#:~:text=The%202020%20Ig%20Nobel%20Prize,The%20ceremony%20was%20webcast.
Join us as we discuss Indiana Jones' hat, the most haunted city in the United States, the best selling fiction book ever, and the most expensive online purchase.
Join us as we discuss Abe Lincoln's stove-pipe hats, France's WWII defensive front and famous walls, purple flags, and prolific fast food chains.
Join us as we discuss a German demon that causes nightmare's magical hat, the most produced fruit, the amount of data that it would take to weigh the same as a feather, and the shortest commercial flight.
Join us this week as we talk about the "Hat City of the World", the first mammal to go extinct from climate change, cube poop, and how to detect ghosts.