List of episodes that I have
14-44
51-56
58-81
1
Sheldrake- Morphic Resonance
2
carrots dont help your eyes. its world war two propaganda. John Cat Eyes Cunningham and his miraculous night vision
3
The McDonalds Shake story
Thickened with some kind of potato product, but it used to be much better for you
They couldn't legally say "milkshake"
The McDonalds Egg White story
According to the name, one would expect a single ingredient. However it actually had 11 ingredients!
Super Dogs
Whale hunting, ass cancer sniffing
Diagnosing the Fat Albert Gang
Apples are from Afghanistan
They are mostly spitters, bad tasting apple trees. Grafting is used to improve them
"Mankind has conquered the apple!"
Johnny appleseed was not at the Alamo
4
gross ingredients in cosmetics
5
Superstitions
Practical origins and ridiculous origins
Ladders- things could fall and hurt you,
but also because a ladder was used to get Christ down from the cross
all criminals used to be forced to walk under a ladder before hanging
Bless you after sneezing- a virus killed people very quickly, the pope ordered people to say bless you so peasants didn't die without a final blessing
Unlucky 13?- It comes from Loki and Norse myth. 12 gods were invited but he snuck in
The crazy fly voice makes a long appearance
6
JFred Muggs
edumacorrections
are people more paranoid because of more surveillance?
one fifth of all the active cameras are in London (for traffic)
cocaine tooth powder
heroin was a cough remedy, invented by the Bayer company
hair of the dog, an ancient rabies cure
antimony, a hand me down pill that rockets through you
Inventing the British Guys
HOAXES
Rabbit woman
the hundredth monkey effect
Deja Vu
Talking shit about Carl Jung
Dolpihns keep lifelong social memories
7
Barney blockers- Beta blockers are a type of pill to help some to stay calm, McEl's dad was on them but it was incredibly difficult for him to exerciset
ESP vs Microexpressions
Kato and the OJ trial
10
Star wars knowledge.....
meowsic
"Sacres the bejabbers out of me" --- a reference to castrating bulls
Robot and Frank--- Robutt...
11
Robot bees
The southamerican catfish that all penises fear
The squids confusing weapon
Paul Shaffer, its raining fun
The Big bang might not have happened
Gender neutral in Germany
Testicle Size and fatherhood
Wide faces are evil
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12
Misheard lyrics are called "mondegreens"
Songs stuck in your head are called
Sci
Toxoplasmosis- the fearless mice
Sneezing into the crook of the arm
Various other sneezing conditions
Why
Bermuda Triangle Theories
Sudden release of methane changes the density of water or air
Boats or planes would suddenly drop beneath the sea
Rogue waves, poor Tom Green's fishing story
AUTECH theory- a testing area for advanced technology
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24
There are many other funny mineral names. Vaginaton in particular.
Tyco Brahe had a gold nose and a pet moose who he got drunk
Sci
New part of the human body have been discovered, a ligament and a part of the cornea.
extra set of nostrils way in the back
class up your garbage
women can have ribs removed. Apparently Cher is rumored to have it done. Rachel Welsch did do it.
Fi
The Science of Batman
Physical Abilities from Scientific American
Strength and Conditioning (3-5 years), Martial Arts (8years), nonlethal MA (12-15 years)
training must constantly continue.......
cumulative effects of the beatings are wildly unreal....
ability to handle ten opponents--BS
The gadgets are almost all nonsense, but it is conceivable that in the future....
Why
Fart science..... chicken and eggs have sulfur in them
Around a pint of gas a day is the personal average, 14 times a day
Could holding one in hurt you? Almost certainly not.
(Changing the names of years once society loses faith in God
Imagine signing our checks "dick trickle")
Bye
3d food printer
The Mars Murder Conspiracy-- Driving a van off the side of a cliff.
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Christmas Podcast (near 18)
1. Christ wasn't born on Christmas
2. The names of the wise men relate to the little drummer boy
3. Christmas was illegal in Boston for many years
4. The first congress deliberately worked on Christmas
5. Washington Irving wrote a book of Christmas stories which created the fervor in America.
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Solos in the Silos 22
snopes quiz 48 minutes in
RFIDs in students
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number 30 swipers existential crisis
Taste can be manipulated.... around 50 minutes in.r Ham tastes more salty when its cold. Cold things cannot be tasted as distinctly as warm... cold beer vs warm beer and bitterness. Drinks in a blue cup were rated as more refreshing than drinks in other colors. The Blind Wine Taste Test.... One is expensive. One is cheap. Surprise they are the same. We enjoy things more with great adjectives in front of them. The discussion of savory is a highlight.
ruth's cris steakhouse
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number 34 Garfield for President
The origins of nursery rhymes. Humpy Dumpty (a cannon). Mary Mary Quite Contrary (torturing opponents). Scientists who experimented on themselves: Albert Hoffman, Jonas Salk, the speed guy.
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number 36- Manhattan mongoose
Invasive species, the starlin importation to America (Shakespeare related), the lionfish, the burmese python, the mongoose
Snopes quiz
Et games really were in a landfill
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number 40
Dogs are both left pawed and right pawed.....
In humans it is 10 percent left handed.... dogs are even.
It is possible to tell if your dog is left or right handed.... the dominant paw is the one the dog will shake with...
number 46
The photographic memory dilemma
One person had promise in one experiment. The professor who ran the experiment married her and never had her tested again.
Some people like Marylu Henner have great autobiographical memory. They can't apply that to books.
Noone has been apply to use photographic memory in court.
Jackie Gleason- amazing memory for scripts...
The Fear Strength Issue
One prof says normals go from 60-72 percent of muscle capacity.
Trained athletes go from 80-92 percent. The professor was FSU kinesthesiology
Under extreme fear/adrenaline people can access 100 percent of the potential....
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Edumacation 52
metal is in our blood
metal is in our bones
"Head Game Hunters"
Grocery store marketing tricks
type and tempo of music
tile size variation
narrow checkout isles to avoid putting away stuff
large carts---more buying
people only remember four prices---
milk, bread, eggs, bananas
bread in paper bags vs plastic bags
most items in the circular are not on sale.... people think they are
10 for ten sale 89 cent tuna marked at 10 for 10 flew off the shelves
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edu number 53
Head games hunters
do bees have emotions? put a can of bees in a paint agitator
do hamsters and mice love running on wheels--- the forest wheels experiment
robotic cockroaches
the joyless mouse without dopamine
transportation fears are discussed
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54 Guardyloo
That's what people used to say when they were emptying out champerpots in olden times.
number 55
Smiling in pictures, when did it start and why did it start?
Mind Game Hunters- ideas for a show
Distractify article about timelines- Cleopatra was closer to the Iphone than the pyramids.
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number 56 barbara hershey
regional accents are important because talking in that accent makes it easier to understand the speech in that area.
why do we call only one liquid a gas?
A pill that makes farts smell like chocolate
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58
53 minutes closing your eyes to improve memory
police bonding with witnesses...
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number 59
Cognitive biases/Recovered memories/Facial Feedback Hypothesis/ Invisible Gorilla
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Live at the Ice house 2
miracle fruit and why sharks are safer that anything. Vending machines kill 13 people per year.
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ugh Math
Fake drugs vs Real Drugs "Anafranil" "Bacta" The Harvey Rant
at the moment of death human beings do not lose weight...
Do ostriches put their heads in the sand out of fear?- checking eggs
Deck of Cards have infinite orders
23 people have a 50 percent change of shared birthday, 75 people have 99 percent.
Why do people like bubble wrap?
Kevin's I am no doctor seuss rant. Fatwa
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Facts from unknown episodes
Fuck was first used in a hater poem from 1537
(which means that anyone who is a fan of dirty talk is also a fan of poetry)
Slang terms for lady parts. He includes lots of them. Here is a highlight
AM- "The parenthesis"
KS- "They should have called it the exclamation point."
AM- "As long as you don't call it the period."
AM-"The goat milker"
KS- (isn't it obvious where he will go with this one)
Blowjob first appeared in print in the 1960s. The source is that blow was a synonym for "come" for many years.
probably from 59
Bader-Meinhoff Phenomena
Hindsight Bias
Forer Effect- (horoscope trickery)
Monday, April 27, 2015
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