Pat shares how a string of mysterious deaths was associated with the excavation of Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb. Mike tells the tragic tale of Hitchbot, the hitchhiking robot sensation that traveled the globe. Alex reveals the origin story of the beloved toy, Mr. Potato Head. VOTE HERE Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod Email: thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Alex tells the exhaustive history of the Liberty Bell. Pat shares about a Garth Brooks concert that registered on the Richter scale. Mike reveals how a widow, Silence Dogwood, catfished an entire newspaper. VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE FACT Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Pat explains how a girl’s rare chromosome condition removed her feelings of pain, hunger, and tiredness. Mike tells the odd story of the forgotten Teddy Bear rival, the Billy Possum. Alex shares the strange tale of how the London Bridge ended up relocating to a small town in Arizona. Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod Email: thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote here: Alex explains how the watermelon evolved in it’s uses and became the summer treat we know and love. Mike shares about an uptick in goiters in the Mid-west that brought about the implementation of iodized salt. Pat reveals the story of a little-known war in Alberta, Canada that was waged against foreign rat invaders. Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod Email: thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote Here: Alex shares the rich history of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Mike tells the miraculous tale of plane crash survivor, Juliane Koepcke. Pat describes the deadly process of building the world’s first underwater tunnel, the Thames Tunnel. Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod Email: thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote Here: Mike shares the troubling history of the song, “Buffalo Gals”. Pat explains how the Qwerty keyboard became our default typing choice. Alex reveals the origin of the fake holiday, Christmas in July. Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod thefactoffpodcast@tier1performance.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote here: Alex explains why each month’s full moon has a different moniker. Mike unravels the mystery of the Midwest mango pepper. Pat reveals that apple pie may not be as American as pop culture wants you to believe. Twitter/Instagram/Facebook: @factoffpod Email: thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tap to Vote: Alex explains why the Echidna is one of the most fascinating creatures around. Mike tells the horrible tale of a coronation celebration turned deadly. Pat reveals how a Persian King’s mother ended up assassinating the Queen. Facebook/Twitter/Instagram: @factoffpod Email: thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tap to Vote: Pat tells the explosive history of the firework. Mike shares how the invention of kitty litter made house cats in vogue. Alex explains why the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest is synonymous with America’s Independence Day celebrations. Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod Email: thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tap to Vote: Pat tells the horrifying tale of a Rhode Island vampire incident. Mike shares the strange method the Empire State Building used to steal the world’s tallest building moniker from the Chrysler Building. Alex explains the origin of the Guinness Book of World Records. Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Alex shares how the crossword puzzle became a New York Times staple. Pat tells the story of the MLB’s slow adoption of night games. Mike reveals that there are historical books that were found to be bound in human skin. Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod+ thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Pat shares the strange history behind outlawing Pinball machines. Alex tells the origin story of a beloved game time snack, the cracker jack. Mike reveals that Top Gun is a real-life naval training program. Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Pat explains how you could shuffle a 52-card deck for eternity and still get different combinations. Alex shares the origin story of everyone’s favorite bath toy, the rubber ducky. Mike tells the tale of the Russian’ domesticated fox program. Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Mike tells the tragic story of why black olives are not available in jars. Alex shares the tale of the first cross country road trip. Pat covers the story of one of Hollywood’s largest blockbuster bombs. Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Pat shares about the odd one-person town of Monowi, Nebraska. Alex tells the tale of a man who incubated premature babies and turned them into an amusement park sideshow. Mike explains about the various types of bizarre bezoars. Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Alex shares the epic backstory of the modern-day marathon. Mike proves that the brown note is a farce, but discovers there is a sound that will make you puke. Pat explains that the Supreme Court is not the stable and unchanging institution that we imagine it to be. Instagram/Facebook/Twitter: @factoffpod thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Pat explains how a family that helped establish Mother’s Day eventually became its greatest detractors. Mike shares how breakfast vacillated between being the most overlooked meal, to the most important meal of the day. Alex tells the origin stories of the 4 largest balls of twine. Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod Email: thefactoffpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Alex shares the strange tale of a missing Sri Lankan handball team. Mike tells the tragic origin of the turnspit dog. Pat uncovers the mystery behind the Post-it Note invention. Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @factoffpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Pat unravels the mystery behind a stolen corpse that was found incased in wax and plaster. Did the culprit, Carl Tanzler, take his love obsession too far? Mike shares about the early successes and failures involving the world’s oldest submarines. The first rudimentary sub, the Drebbel, even carried King James I. Alex explains how you can tell the difference between real and fake pearls. A Filipino fisherman found the largest known pearl, The Pearl of Puerto, and kept it under his bed, igno...
Vote: Pat tells the quirky story of how a small University in Michigan became world famous for its Unicorn hunting tradition. Mike reveals how Roman concrete has stood the test of time, even besting the modern formulas we use. Alex shares how Noah Webster shaped and standardized the English language in America. @factoffpod on FACEBOOK/INSTAGRAM/TWITTER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Alex digs deep into the MLB glossary and shares the origin of the term, a “Texas Leaguer”. Pat shares the reason the NBA has leaned so heavily into the 3-point shot in recent years. Mike tells the tale of a French ménage à trois that ended in a tragic hot air balloon duel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Mike separates the Daylight Saving Time (DST) facts from fiction. Pat reveals the horrific backstory of the Sadie Hawkins dance. Alex tells the origin story of the Nation’s Station, 700 WLW. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote here: Pat shares the strange origin of Lucky Charms and its various iterations. Alex reveals the history of how green beer became synonymous with Saint Patrick's Day. Mike explains why antibacterial soap contributes to the larger problem of antibiotic resistance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote here: Alex reveals the origins of Blackjack card counting tricks. Mike shares some of the long-forgotten uses for the pneumatic tube. Pat explains why the painting, Prometheus Bound, made such an impact on him as a child. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Pat shares 5 shockingly true animal defense mechanisms. Mike tells the origin story of the beloved Ziploc bag. Alex explains how the lowly Shamrock Shake was used for good in the community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Choose your Favorite Fact: Alex shares the origin story of the iconic heart shaped chocolate boxes. Mike explains how a phrasing mix-up sparked a debate over the legitimacy of thousands of baptisms. Pat tells how karate crept its way into American culture. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @factoffpod Vote: https://factoffpodcast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Alex complains about the recent trend of car companies implementing subscription plans for customer’s access to trivial features on their vehicle. Pat delivers a message that may be hard to swallow, ratings are down everywhere, it's not because of controversial ideologies. Mike opines over the lack of social media diversity, and the gaping hole left in the music scene when Myspace shuttered its social media platform. Follow us @thefactoffpod on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Please rate ...
How do Pat's facts make you feel? Vote Pat has a new quick facts segment, and he releases some frustrations about saving a parking spot after a snowstorm. Mike briefly talks about the world's obsession with royals, the episode then has some technical difficulties. Alex's fact is lost to time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Pat reveals the mystery behind our limited Banana selection. Mike explains an overlooked facet of the earth's tides. Alex explores the improbable origin of America's favorite appliance, the microwave. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vote: Alex explains the origin of the popular New Year's trend, the Polar Bear Plunge. Mike tells the tale of the unluckiest man alive. Pat expounds on how Isaac Newton stole full acclaim for inventing Calculus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
