First Ever FACT OFF

Summary

You Betcha Radio: First Ever FACT OFF - Detailed Summary

Release Date: April 14, 2025
Host/Author: You Betcha
Podcast Title: You Betcha Radio
Episode Title: First Ever FACT OFF

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Introduction to the Fact Off

The episode kicks off with Jared, Jake, and Dave setting the stage for a friendly competition titled the "Fact Off." The premise involves Jared and Jake exchanging fun facts, with Dave moderating the challenge. The goal is to present the most intriguing and accurate facts, allowing the audience to decide who wins the "Fact Off."

Notable Quotes:

• Jared [00:00]: "We're gonna do a fun fact off between me and Jake, and you're gonna decide who has the better fun facts."
• Jake [00:04]: "So you each got one in the chamber?"

The Blink Rate Fact

Jared initiates the competition with an interesting fact about human physiology: the average person blinks 14 to 17 times per minute. This leads to a deeper discussion about the implications of blinking rates in human behavior.

Notable Quotes:

• Jared [00:26]: "The Average person blinks 14 to 17 times per minute."
• Jake [01:37]: "Yeah. No wonder we have to sleep at night. Give those lids a rest."

Blinking and Deception

Jake expands on the initial fact by exploring the connection between blinking rates and deception. He references online information suggesting that increased blinking may indicate lying or nervousness, while a lack of blinking could signify manipulation, particularly in high-stakes situations like police interrogations of serial killers.

Notable Quotes:

• Jake [01:49]: "If someone is blinking a lot, they're lying or trying to deceive or... hiding something."
• Jared [02:04]: "Well, if you worked a full workday of 24 straight hours, it would be 21,000."

Calculations and Clarifications

The trio engages in a humorous yet informative discussion to calculate the total number of blinks per day, factoring in sleep hours. This segment showcases their chemistry and ability to break down complex information in an engaging manner.

Notable Quotes:

• Jake [02:26]: "Times 16. 16,000."
• Jake [02:42]: "I blinked 16,320 times today, so I'm pretty shot."

Geographical Extremes Fact

Dave introduces a new fact concerning Earth's geographical extremes, stating that the distance from the highest mountain to the lowest point in the ocean is only 11 miles. This sparks a nostalgic yet informative exchange about Mount Everest and ocean depths.

Notable Quotes:

• Dave [03:34]: "My fun fact is, is from the highest point on earth, the highest mountain all the way to the lowest point in the Ocean is only 11 miles."
• Jake [04:19]: "Did you know that from sea level down to the lowest portion of the ocean, it's actually a longer distance than Mount Everest is?"

Miscellaneous Fun Facts

The fact-off progresses with a series of diverse and quirky facts presented by Jared and Jake. These include historical tidbits like the Statue of Liberty being a gift from France and pop culture references such as Buzz Lightyear's original name.

Notable Quotes:

• Jared [06:37]: "Neil Armstrong's hair was sold in 2004 for $3,000."
• Jake [06:44]: "Do you know there's two Resolute desks? Is that your next one?"

Multi-Sport Draft Fact

Dave shares an impressive athletic achievement by Minnesota native Dave Winfield, the only athlete in history drafted into four different professional sports leagues: MLB, NFL, NBA, and ABA. The discussion touches on the rarity of such versatility in modern sports.

Notable Quotes:

• Dave [04:55]: "Minnesota native Dave Winfield is the only athlete in history to be drafted into four different professional sports leagues."
• Jake [06:13]: "I mean, that would be Joe Mauer."

Neil Armstrong's Hair Auction

Jared presents a fascinating piece of history about Neil Armstrong's hair being sold for $3,000 in 2004. The conversation delves into the origins of the hair, its significance, and the peculiarities of auctioning such memorabilia.

Notable Quotes:

• Jared [06:37]: "Neil Armstrong's hair was sold in 2004 for $3,000. Cut during a routine haircut in 1966 by barber Samuel O'Neill."
• Jake [07:17]: "So, yeah, it wasn't even like, it wasn't even post moon hair."

Mary Magdalene's Finger Mystery

Towards the end of the transcript, Dave shares a mysterious and somewhat eerie fact about a decomposed human finger housed in a church, purported to be Mary Magdalene's. However, DNA tests have revealed it to be male, adding a layer of intrigue and questioning the authenticity of such relics.

Notable Quotes:

• Dave [10:35]: "There's this church in France, or maybe it's Italy, but they have like a finger that's all decomposed."
• Jake [10:50]: "Is this your fun fact?"

Conclusion and Reflections

While the transcript provided does not cover the entirety of the episode, the "First Ever FACT OFF" episode of You Betcha Radio showcases the hosts' camaraderie, humor, and passion for sharing knowledge. Through a mix of scientific facts, historical anecdotes, and pop culture references, Jared, Jake, and Dave create an engaging and informative dialogue that entertains and educates their Midwest-centric audience.

Overall Notable Themes:

• Humor and Banter: The hosts maintain a light-hearted tone, often teasing each other and engaging in playful calculations.
• Educational Content: Each fact is accompanied by explanations or discussions that add depth and context.
• Midwest Charm: True to the podcast's description, the hosts' down-to-earth and relatable manner reflects their Midwest roots.

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For listeners who enjoy a blend of comedy, nostalgia, and insightful discussions about culture and everyday phenomena, "First Ever FACT OFF" offers a delightful episode that exemplifies the essence of You Betcha Radio.

Transcript

[Jared]

We're gonna do a fun fact off between me and Jake, and you're gonna decide who has the better fun facts.

[Jake]

So you each got one in the chamber?

[Dave]

We got three in the chamber.

[Jake]

Okay.

[Dave]

By the way, I would just. Before this even starts, I would like to let you know that mine are completely.

[Jake]

You can't prime the pump.

[Dave]

I'm prime.

[Jake]

No, you can't. I didn't. You can't do that. This is. I'm gonna be objective.

[Jared]

All right, I'll go first.

[Dave]

Okay.

[Jared]

The Average person blinks 14 to 17 times per minute.

[Jake]

It's a good fact. I would have liked to know how many times per day.

[Jared]

I didn't foresee that.

[Jake]

You should have foreseen that. I like that fact. 14 to 17. So I saw something online that if someone is blinking a lot, they're lying or trying to deceit or. Yeah. They're nervous and, like, are hiding something and all of that. What if they don't blink? They're trying to manipulate you. So if you watch the, like, serial killers getting interrogated by the police, they oftentimes don't blink for a long time because they're trying to manipulate the situation, because that's what they're good at.

[Dave]

Interesting.

[Jake]

So I always try and make sure that I'm blinking 14 to 17 times per minute, even if I am trying to manipulate Jake.

[Dave]

You're. You're mentally counting 17 times per minute, too?

[Jake]

Then I'm like, oh, I'm supposed to be manipulating him. This whole thing.

[Jared]

Manually blinking.

[Dave]

You are now manually blinking.

[Jared]

So that would be 21,600 times a day.

[Jake]

Really? Holy smokes. That's a great fact. 21,000 times.

[Dave]

That's crazy.

[Jake]

Yeah. No wonder we have to sleep at night.

[Dave]

I.

[Jake]

Give those lids. Give those lids a rest.

[Dave]

Yeah. How many calories a day am I burning from blinking?

[Jared]

I didn't foresee that.

[Jake]

That one that's. You should have seen coming.

[Jared]

Damn.

[Jake]

I'm gonna do that, though. I'm like. I'm tired. I blinked 21, 000 times today. So is that in 24 hours, or is that like 12?

[Jared]

24 hours.

[Jake]

Okay, well, I. I'm asleep for eight hours.

[Jared]

That's a great point.

[Jake]

So that was misinformation. Well, so out of 16 hours, how many.

[Jared]

So divide this by 16, then. Yeah, no, that's not right.

[Jake]

That's how many per hour divided by.

[Dave]

24 and multiply the number by 16.

[Jake]

So 17 times 60.

[Jared]

17 times 60. Got it.

[Jake]

Times 16.

[Jared]

Time. Oh, my God. Okay, 17 times 60 times 16. 16. 16,000.

[Jake]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Well, 16 three.

[Jake]

Well, I'm going to hit the hay. I blinked 16,320 times today, so I'm pretty shot.

[Jared]

Well, if you worked a full workday of 24 straight hours, it would be 21,000.

[Jake]

That's true. Spins on.

[Dave]

And also Jared, it's 16,321. Cuz sleeping is just one really long blink.

[Jake]

Well, the 20th is the last.

[Dave]

Once you hit 19, number 20 is your longest blink of the day.

[Jared]

That's not a blink though. It's just, that's nothing.

[Dave]

I don't know. I think sleeping counts as one long blink.

[Jake]

What's your fact? We just don't have time to dive into that?

[Dave]

Or should Jared just go all three in a row and then.

[Jake]

No, we'll ping pack, ping pong.

[Dave]

We don't have time to dive into that. My fun fact is, is from the highest point on earth, the highest mountain all the way to the lowest point in the Ocean is only 11 miles.

[Jake]

I already knew it, Jake. Huge misstep for you. Huge misstep. Did you know, did you know that from sea level down to the lowest portion of the ocean, it's actually a longer distance than it is than Mount Everest is? And that was what your, was that your follow up? No, I, I, I mean, talk about basic cable facts over here.

[Dave]

Oh my God.

[Jared]

Did you know the Statue of Liberty was a gift from France?

[Dave]

Really?

[Jake]

Do you know there's two Resolute desks? Is that your next one?

[Dave]

What? You just watch National Treasure?

[Jake]

You did?

[Jared]

Actually, Buzz Lightyear's original name was Lunar Larry.

[Jake]

Really? Lunar Larry? Yeah. Buzz Lightyear is much better.

[Jared]

So much better.

[Jake]

So much better. I wonder what, what point in the process they said, let's get rid of Lunar Larry? No. Nothing. Okay.

[Jared]

I just thought it was a fun fact.

[Jake]

So there's a fun fact, Jake.

[Dave]

Minnesota native Dave Winfield is the only athlete in history to be drafted into four different professional sports leagues.

[Jake]

Mlb.

[Dave]

Yep.

[Jake]

NFL.

[Dave]

Yep.

[Jake]

NBA.

[Dave]

Yep.

[Jake]

MLS and the aba.

[Dave]

Before they merged the, before the NBA and the ABA merged into the current NBA, he was drafted into all four leagues and he went and played baseball.

[Jake]

And should he have played baseball or should he done the other ones?

[Dave]

No, he should have played. He was a Hall of Famer. Baseball. He's one of the greats. Yeah. Played baseball for the Gophers. Played baseball for the Yankees.

[Jake]

I mean, that record is going to hold up forever because the ABA no longer exists.

[Dave]

Well, you could be now drafted into the mls or you could be drafted into Another overseas league.

[Jared]

Yeah, or hockey.

[Dave]

Yep, or hockey.

[Jake]

But also. What year was this?

[Dave]

1970. Something.

[Jake]

Yeah, they didn't. They didn't know how to be athletes back then, so I guess you just get one that's really good. I mean, kind of. I mean, like in half of those leagues, half of the people playing were like mechanics from down the road.

[Dave]

Well, I don't know. I mean, like, Russell Wilson was drafted in the NFL.

[Jake]

Two Bagger.

[Dave]

Jameis Winston. Two of them.

[Jared]

Two Bagger.

[Dave]

Yeah, Two Bagger.

[Jake]

I mean, that would be Joe Mauer.

[Dave]

Two Bag.

[Jake]

Crazy to do NFL, NBA and the mls.

[Jared]

I mean, that athlete doesn't exist.

[Jake]

Doesn't exist.

[Jared]

Body. That body type would be insane.

[Dave]

Just does not exist.

[Jared]

Yeah, yeah.

[Dave]

To let alone even play two of them, like Dion or Bo did too. Anyways.

[Jared]

Yeah, yeah.

[Dave]

Crazy.

[Jared]

Neil Armstrong's hair was sold in 2004 for $3,000.

[Jake]

What do you mean his hair was sold?

[Jared]

Okay.

[Jake]

You know, is he alive?

[Jared]

He's dead.

[Jake]

Yeah. So they just scalped him when he died and then just like sent it. Sold his bolt. Like, it like. Like a bald cap but with his hair toupee.

[Jared]

Yeah, his hair. Sold $3,000 2004. Cut during a routine haircut in 1966 by barber Samuel O'Neill. After O'Neill's passing, his family auctions the hair, attracting collectors due to Armstrong's iconic status.

[Jake]

So, yeah, it wasn't even like, it wasn't even post moon hair.

[Dave]

It was pre moon hair. Not even. Not even hair that was on the moon. It was just like he was just a guy at that point.

[Jake]

But would funny though, if they did it right after his honeymoon. So technically it is moon hair, but it's just honeymoon hair. Like in the advertising to try and sell it, they just put moon hair. But then honey is like really small letters. Neil Armstrong's honeymoon hair.

[Dave]

And that's not even from his actual honeymoon. It's just from the honeymoon phase in his relationship with his wife.

[Jared]

Well, I see three grand, though. That's kind of a lot. I can't imagine his post moon hair. How much that would go for.

[Jake]

Imagine explaining that to your friends that come over and you got his hair on display. Like, oh, what's this? That's Neil Armstrong. Oh, shit. That hair's been to the moon. Well, been to the honeymoon.

[Jared]

Pretty recognizable follicles here.

[Dave]

Is that. Take a wild guess.

[Jake]

Pretty recognizable strands of hair. Like, how would you even just. Well, here's the next question. How do you display it? Do you. Do you display it in like just a clump, you know, like, do you just like strategically clump it up so it displayed nicely? Do you. Do you line it up in a row just, you know, and like put. So it sticks up and it's just a row of his hair?

[Dave]

Or like, or like, you know how like people will buy a full bust to put their NFL helmet on? That's what you do. You just buy a full bust, then insert a couple of the scalp.

[Jake]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Is that the way you do it? I don't know.

[Jared]

How would I display.

[Jake]

Maybe you like, you like, you could display it in like kind of a spiraling formation that comes out of it.

[Jared]

That makes the NASA logo. That'd be sick.

[Dave]

Yeah, that is cool. I think you just lay them out.

[Jake]

Like the reason why I got a haircut cut is you got like bubble gum in his hair. So it's like you just also have this chewed bubble gum in it as well.

[Jared]

Or you bring your. It's like in a clump or whatever. You bring your buddy's loco over at it and the buddy sneezes right into it and just goes everywhere.

[Dave]

You put it on the shelf. You hit it with the duster on accident.

[Jared]

My hair? No, Armstrong's hair. Jake.

[Jake]

Who's keep. Who's keeping? Like, how did we get there? You know, why, why, why does this exist?

[Jared]

You know, creepy barber.

[Jake]

Yeah, but like, even at that point, he wasn't the man on the moon. So why was anyone keeping.

[Jared]

It was an astronaut.

[Dave]

Yeah, but, but that guy. But like, did the. Had they decided that he's going to go to the moon in 1966? Were they. Were they like Neil Armstrong? You are the one.

[Jared]

I think you would have been on the Gemini missions at that point, right?

[Dave]

Oh, yeah, probably. Yeah. So he was definitely an astronaut. He definitely was in space. He was 100 celebrity. So that does make sense.

[Jake]

Okay, that makes sense.

[Dave]

But like, there's this. There's this church in France, or maybe it's Italy, but they have like a finger.

[Jake]

Is this your fun fact?

[Dave]

This is a. No, this isn't. This is a tag on fun fact here. But they have a human finger that's like all decomposed.

[Jared]

I don't know. We'll see.

[Dave]

And they claim that it's Mary Magdalene's finger. They've said that it's like her finger. It's like, that's why you go to the churches to come look at the finger of Mary Magdalene. Well, they like ran some like, DNA tests on it and just like, it's a dude's finger. It's like. It's got male chromosomes in it.

[Jared]

Just paint a nail polish on it?

[Dave]

Yeah, they just, like, put pink. Yeah.

[Jake]

It'S like she must have got a. A pedicure right before she died. Or is that a manicure? Which one's manicure?

[Dave]

Yeah, it's a finger.

[Jared]

There's, like, little glitter nail polish on it. It's gold.