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Six Pack of Facts
Hosted by Alex Skjong · EN
Six Pack of Facts is a quick, informative, and fun podcast featuring two topics and — you guessed it — six facts about them every week. From the mysteries of cosmos to historical trips back in time to simple science that happens right in your own kitchen, you’ll learn tons of cool stuff in 10 minutes or less. Stay thirsty.
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Cookies & Cocoa
Nov 10, 202100:11:35Tap to summarizeAs Six Pack of Facts comes to an end (for now!), it's time to get a little cozy. It's time for some cookies and cocoa.Thanks for listening!Research LinksCookiesMashed — The Strange History Of The Oreo And Hydrox Cookie RivalryHistory — The Surprising Origins of the Fortune CookiePBS — The History of GingerbreadThe Spruce Eats — The History of GingerbreadCocoaThe Spruce Eats — An Abridged History of Hot ChocolateChocolate: Food of the Gods — Cornell UniversityMentalfloss — 13 Things You Might Not Know About Hot Chocolate
Transcribe →Comets & The Oort Cloud
Nov 3, 202100:10:41Tap to summarizeThe "dirty snowballs" of the sky have dazzled humans with their tails for centuries, and some of them have traveled quite a distance to put on the show.CometsThe Planets — Comet FactsSpace.com — Halley’s Comet: Facts About the Most Famous CometGuiness World Records — Longest measured comet tail Oort CloudNASA — Oort CloudPhys.org — What is the Oort Cloud?
Transcribe →Halloween Fact Flight! (Spooky Suite #4)
Oct 27, 202100:07:21Tap to summarizeIn the final episode of our Spooky Suite, we're digging into 6 (...66) Halloween facts that are sure to scare the heck out of you. Or just mildly entertain you until the big night.Happy Halloween!Research LinksSmithsonian Magazine — The History of Trick-or-Treating Is Weirder Than You ThoughtHistory — SamhainNational Retail Federation — HalloweenIMDB — Hocus Pocus TriviaGood Housekeeping — 25 Fun and Scary Halloween Facts to Trick (or Treat) Your FriendsHistory — Halloween 2021
Transcribe →Candy Corn & Pumpkins (Spooky Suite #3)
Oct 20, 202100:10:56Tap to summarizeIn the third episode of our Spooky Suite, we're getting sweet, savory, and (of course) a little spoooooky. 🎃Research LinksCandy CornBetter Homes & Gardens — The History of Candy Corn: A Halloween FavoriteAlways a Treat — All About Candy CornPumpkinsHistory — How Jack O’Lanterns Originated in Irish MythPBS — History of Pumpkins and Recipe Round-UpDiscover — Ancient Pumpkins Were Nothing Like the Fall Fruit We Know Today
Transcribe →Lunacy & Werewolves (Spooky Suite #2)
Oct 13, 202100:11:03Tap to summarizeIn the second episode of our Spooky Suite, we're gazing upward at the sky to indulge in a bit of lunar delight. Let me hear you howl... 🌕Research LinksLunacy NASA — Moon in MotionThe Washington Post — Dear Science: Does a full moon really change human behavior?Scientific American — Lunacy and the Full MoonWerewolvesHistory — Werewolf LegendsThe Conversation — The Ancient Origins of WerewolvesForbes — Here Is What Happens To Werewolves On The Moon, According To GeophysicsUniversity of Pittsburgh — The Saga of the Volsungs BBC — Who was Peter the Wild Boy?
Transcribe →Mummies & The Mummy's Curse (Spooky Suite #1)
Oct 6, 202100:13:18Tap to summarizeOur Spooky Suite of Six Packs kicks off with a look into the arid sands of Egypt, the humid regions of ancient Peru and Chile, and the peaty bogs of Cheshire, England, followed by the bone-chilling afterlife revenge of the mummy's curse. Research LinksMummiesSmithsonian Magazine — What Have the World’s Oldest Mummies Kept Under Wraps?Smithsonian — Egyptian MummiesThe Atlantic — Were the Mysterious Bog People Human Sacrifices?The Mummy’s CurseNational Geographic — Curse of the MummyLive Science — What is the ancient Egyptian 'mummy's curse'?Independent — Curse of Tutankhamun exposed: The archaeologists lived into their seventies
Transcribe →Rainbows & Unicorns
Sep 28, 202100:01:21Tap to summarize💀
Transcribe →Chess & Checkers
Sep 15, 202100:08:47Tap to summarizeCan you survive the blitzkrieg?Research LinksChessChess.com — ChaturangaMedium — What is an ELO Rating?Wired — Did a Computer Bug Help Deep Blue Beat Kasparov?CheckersCheckershistory.com — The Checkered History of CheckersThat’s — Explainer: The Origin of 'Chinese Checkers' CNN — Karate, Wonton, Chow Fun: The end of 'chop suey' fontsNew York Times — Marion Tinsley, 68, Unmatched As Checkers Champion, Is Dead
Transcribe →Pickles - Fact Flight!
Sep 8, 202100:05:51Tap to summarizeGet ready for a quick and acidic six pack of pickle facts.Research LinksPBS — History in a Jar: The Story of PicklesPickle Science: How to Master the Preserving Power of Acids — SeriousEatsHistoric UK — James ‘Paraffin’ YoungThe Atlantic — The Mason Jar, RebornWilliam Shakespeare: The Complete Works — The Tempest
Transcribe →Cotton Candy & Ferris Wheels
Sep 1, 202100:09:17Tap to summarizeSchedule a cleaning from your dentist now (or should you?) and get ready to go 'round and 'round and 'round.Research Links Cotton CandyNational Geographic — The Sticky-Sweet Story of Cotton CandyWordnik — A Brief History of Cotton Candy NamesFerris WheelsSmithsonian Magazine — The Brief History of the Ferris WheelThe Press of Atlantic City — Look back: Atlantic City's almost famous 'Somers Wheel'Mental Floss — 8 Amazing Ferris Wheels from Around the World
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