Let Me Google That show

Let Me Google That

Summary: Fascinating fodder to fuel your next trip down a Wikihole. New episode every Sunday! Brought to you by Water Cooler Trivia (watercoolertrivia.com). *Content Warning* Language, comic mischief, & weird stuff! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

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Podcasts:

 Expiration Dates Don’t Exist | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 564

Except on infant formula. Those dates on your food - sell by, use by - aren’t about food safety.

 The Meaning of Car VINs | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 470

Your car’s vehicle identification number (VIN) isn’t just random alphanumeric characters. They have meaning and you can discern it - if you like math and ciphers.

 Phantom Time Hypothesis | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 387

There’s a theory that 300 or so years during the Middle Ages never happened. And that many historical figures central to them never existed.

 Doomsday Seed Vault | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 437

An abandoned mine on a Norwegian island are hundreds of thousands of seed samples we could use to regrow the Earth after the apocalypse.

 Herbs vs. Spices | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 467

Also, is allspice really ALL OF THE SPICE?

 Charley Ross Kidnapping | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 667

This case is why we tell our kids to never take candy from a stranger.

 Why Do We Wink? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 316

It’s actually one of the more subtle human expressions - if you can do it at all, that is.

 Will-‘o-the-wisps! | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 429

Spooky hell fire lights or a spooky chemical reaction!?

 Sailor’s Superstitions | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 553

Their tattoos were messages to God.

 OCTLANTIS | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 433

New study reveals octopuses are messy bitches who live for drama!

 Humans Wearing Clothes | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 427

When did we start wearing clothes anyway? Well...ask pubic lice.

 So long, Cassini. | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 926

Goodnight, sweet prince.

 Karen Wetterhahn | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 480

Chemist Karen Wetterhahn's needless death in the 1990s forever changed our understanding of mercury poisoning.

 Silica Gel Packet Magic | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 410

Why do they exist? What is their purpose? What happens if you DO eat them?

 Are Cough Meds Opioids? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 550

The FDA is cracking down on cough syrup with codeine - cuz like, maybe we shouldn't give kids codeine.

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