Fascinating fodder to fuel your next trip down a Wikihole. 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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Thanksgiving is coming and it's a great time for infection-prevention trivia to share 'round the table? So, we wanted to know: can sterling silver really keep itself germ-free? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support
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Is this creepy abandoned park full of presidential busts in Virginia a symbol for our crumbling democracy?! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support
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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://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support…
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Anatoli Bugorski stuck his head in a particle accelerator and LIVED — but that's not even the strangest part of this story. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support
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What IS the difference between 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘦𝘵 and 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘦𝘵? Well, it depends on where you live. Oh, and it's not *SHER𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏* (you can thank the Big Band ditty "Shoot the Sherbet to Me Herbert" for that mispronunciation).--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support
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Even when you aren't looking for snakes your brain is looking for snakes. Let Me Google That is sponsored by Water Cooler Trivia! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support
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Pre group chat = party lines. In the 1980s, a bunch of Swedish teens used one to plan IRL meetup that went viral. Let Me Google That is sponsored by Water Cooler Trivia! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support
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Research has shown that more daylight means MORE TIME FOR CRIME. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support
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January 24th is #NationalPeanutButterDay! On this week's episode find out why NASA’s peanuts & which U.S. coast prefers crunchy over smooth. Let Me Google That is sponsored by Water Cooler Trivia! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support
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You can sing a tipsy rendition of it with your friends tonight to ring in the #newyear but elsewhere in the world, Auld Lang Syne pops up at funerals and...closing time at your local watering hole. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support
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Well, it's been another shitty year so it's probably fine that we didn't end up making Undecember, the 13th month of the year, a thing. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support
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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. --- Suppor…
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