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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 A Brief History of Riddles | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 319

The poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it you'll die. Riddles are believed to be universal and have a long history, but why do we tell them?

 Assassin Bugs (feat. My Aunt) | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 480

Little big bros hiding in lint, hunting bedbugs.

 Leap Seconds | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 660

You've heard of LEAP YEARS now get ready for LEAP SECONDS!

 Common Foods That Can Kill You | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 499

Maybe rethink that slow cooker recipe with red kidney beans.

 Immortal Sharks | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 499

The Greenland Shark can live for like 300 years whaaaaaaat.

 Atomic Gardening | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 397

The atomic bomb gave radiation a bad name after WWII, so scientists gave people mutated seeds and told them to grow "gamma gardens" at home. And send their data in, of course.

 You Could Help Solve a Murder | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 509

The Murder Accountability Project uses data from unsolved homicides and a computer algorithm to help solve murders. The best part? It works. The second best part? You can help.

 Why do we use shampoo? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 485

Do you have to LATHER RINSE REPEAT on an infinite loop until you die?

 Baking soda v. Baking powder | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 383

Not the same and not interchangeable - but if you've ever totally fucked up a batch of cookies you already knew that.

 Italics feat. Brian Willson | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 1035

Type designer Brian Willson explains why italic fonts are not just slanted regular fonts (that would be ~obliques~).

 Why are jeans blue? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 695

You have chemistry to thank for your "distressed" Calvin's, Levi's, & Lee's (also: why are jean brands named after dudes?)

 The Rarest Blood Type | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 810

Not even 10 people in the world have it, and in the event one of them should need a transfusion they have each other's lives in their hands.

 How do chip cards work? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 480

That gold plated square on your MasterCard is hiding a microprocessor

 Grapefruit + meds = ☠️ | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 508

If you take certain medications you might want to rethink grapefruit juice as your breakfast beverage.

 Why don't eyelashes grow long? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 790

The various hairs on your body all follow the same three step growth cycle, just not all at the same rate.

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