Episodes

  • 31: Tea

    31: Tea
    Sep 14 2025
    What is that scum on the top of your tea? Why were the first automatic tea-making contraptions so dangerous? Are you a MIFFY or a TIFFY?
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    38 mins
  • 30: Microwaves

    30: Microwaves
    Sep 7 2025
    How did squirrels help invent the microwave? Why don't ants mind microwaves? What's the big problem with microwave clocks?

    Dedicated to Nigella <3
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    38 mins
  • 29: Beer

    29: Beer
    Aug 31 2025
    Why shouldn't you tilt your glass when you pour a pint? Which city has an underground beer pipeline? Why did the Ancient Egyptians drink their beer through straws?
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    41 mins
  • 28: Salt

    28: Salt
    Aug 24 2025
    What’s the saltiest place on Earth? How can salt win a war? And why does some salt taste like egg?!
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    48 mins
  • 27: Cheese

    27: Cheese
    Aug 17 2025
    How do they put the holes in swiss cheese? Who eats the world's hardest cheese? Why would you put Parmesan in a bank?
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    47 mins
  • 26: Vanilla

    26: Vanilla
    Aug 10 2025
    Which 12-year-old boy do we have to thank for all the vanilla we have today? What links vanilla to a beaver's anus? What hack lets you use your vanilla pods more than once?
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    34 mins
  • 25: Butter

    25: Butter
    Aug 3 2025
    How did butter cause the Catholic Reformation? Where does extra-yellow butter come from? Who wants a buttershag?
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    40 mins
  • 24: Sandwiches

    24: Sandwiches
    Jul 27 2025
    Why would you eat a cotton wool sandwich? What is an earth sandwich made of? Who once ate a $275 sandwich containing over 8000 calories?
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    41 mins