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Robert Recorde invented the equals sign (=) because he got HECKIN' TIRED of having to write "is equal to" over and over again when he was creating mathematical texts for non-Latin reading folk in the 16th century England. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

13 works worth $500 million were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Their empty frames still hang in the museum as placeholders. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

Could you have the rarest blood type in the world? If you have the golden blood type, all the more reason to become a blood donor. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

Not saying these caverns turned out to be a portal to hell or another dimension, but... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

This week we're discussing italic font (which is not the same as ~oblique) with typography designer Brian Willson.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

It’s #CephalopodWeek! Have some giant squid content! Not big enough for ya? Have some COLOSSAL SQUID CONTENT!!! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

Stars are bright, right? And there's a lot of 'em. So why isn't the night sky lit up!? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

Pre group chat = party lines. In the 1980s, a bunch of Swedish teens used one to plan IRL meetup that went viral. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

The term “trigger warning” gets thrown around and mocked, but at the most basic level, it’s an attempt at self-preservation. But is there an opposing force to a trigger? That’s the idea behind “glimmers.” Additional reading: The blog post mentioned in this episode: The Nervous System, Triggers & Glimmers! More about the Polyvagal Theory. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

Um, best name for a volcano ever??? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

These bugs are millions of years old and have too many damn legs! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

The optimum number of Os (of which there are *4* different sizes) per can is 1,750. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

An arrest was made in the Golden State Killer case on April 24, 2018—some 30 years after the serial rapist & murderer went quiet. Aside from dying or getting caught, do serial killers ever just. . .stop? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

What does it take to get rid of an infectious disease forever? Could we ever eradicate COVID? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support

Plants do have senses—in a sense. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support