"There was malice in the thrust," — NYT report c. 1906 on aggressive confetti throwing. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support
Did an experimental treatment really save a teenage girl from rabies - or was it just a coincidence? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support
We have to announce some stuff. Follow us on Instagram for updates! LMGT: https://www.instagram.com/letmegooglethat/ Abby's personal IG: https://www.instagram.com/abbymnorman/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support
"Master keys" are actually part of a much larger hierarchal system of keying. Master keys can be "Grand" or "Great Grand" (like grandpas) depending on how many lower key systems they can unlock. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support
A product's "lifetime warranty" refers to its expected lifetime — not yours. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support
Fed up with "monobosom," Caresse Crosby (aka Mary Phelps Jacobs/Polly Jacobs) received the first U.S. patent for the "brassiere" in early November of 1914. She also ghostwrote , founded the press that published Bukowski, & had a dog named "Clytoris." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support
"Word fossils" are words that we don't really use anymore, except as part of an idiom or expression: "What in 𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣?!" "Good 𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚!" & "Moral 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚." But how do words become "fossilized" & how long does it take? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support
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
Like many great inventions, Silly String was an accident: it was meant to be spray-on casts. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support
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
In 1924, a pair of sailors died aboard the S.S. Watertown and were buried at sea. Then, the crew started seeing spectral faces in the water. In response to cries of "photographs or it did not occur" the captain snapped A SPOOKY- PIC --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support
Did you brew your coffee in a paper filter this morning? You have a fed-up German housewife named Melitta to thank for that! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support
So, when did humans start in with the whole "rinse, lather, repeat" nonsense? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support
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
Why do we do this THING with our ONE EYE (that is ... those of us who can wink). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support
Will you get ice cubes faster if you fill the tray with hot water? 🤔 Learn more: http://www1.lsbu.ac.uk/water/mpemba_effect.html --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support
The entire colony of Roanoke ghosted over 430 years ago, and we still don't know what happened to them. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support
The phenomenon of "angel's glow"—a centuries-old mystery—was solved by...a group of high schoolers. 💅✨ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support
Turns out yellow school buses have quite a history. And only require seat belts in one state! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support
7UP wasn't just ANY lemon-lime soda, it wanted to be *the* lemon-lime soda. Adding lithium probably helped. As did the enduring mystique around its name. Oh, and the whole "upside down" thing in the early 2000s. . . --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support
Santiago Angel
Hi I really like your show. A constructive suggestion; consider turning down your background sound to a lower level. I consistently have found it too loud, getting I. The way of your voice and diverting attention for the episode it self. Thanks for your work and Keep up the interesting episodes and fun writing, Santiago