Six Pack of Facts Alex Skjong
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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
As 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 Links
Cookies
Mashed — The Strange History Of The Oreo And Hydrox Cookie Rivalry
History — The Surprising Origins of the Fortune Cookie
PBS — The History of Gingerbread
The Spruce Eats — The History of Gingerbread
Cocoa
The Spruce Eats — An Abridged History of Hot Chocolate
Chocolate: Food of the Gods — Cornell University
Mentalfloss — 13 Things You Might Not Know About Hot Chocolate -
Comets & The Oort Cloud
The "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.
Comets
The Planets — Comet Facts
Space.com — Halley’s Comet: Facts About the Most Famous Comet
Guiness World Records — Longest measured comet tail
Oort Cloud
NASA — Oort Cloud
Phys.org — What is the Oort Cloud?
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Halloween Fact Flight! (Spooky Suite #4)
In 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 Links
Smithsonian Magazine — The History of Trick-or-Treating Is Weirder Than You Thought
History — Samhain
National Retail Federation — Halloween
IMDB — Hocus Pocus Trivia
Good Housekeeping — 25 Fun and Scary Halloween Facts to Trick (or Treat) Your Friends
History — Halloween 2021 -
Candy Corn & Pumpkins (Spooky Suite #3)
In the third episode of our Spooky Suite, we're getting sweet, savory, and (of course) a little spoooooky. 🎃
Research Links
Candy Corn
Better Homes & Gardens — The History of Candy Corn: A Halloween Favorite
Always a Treat — All About Candy Corn
Pumpkins
History — How Jack O’Lanterns Originated in Irish Myth
PBS — History of Pumpkins and Recipe Round-Up
Discover — Ancient Pumpkins Were Nothing Like the Fall Fruit We Know Today -
Lunacy & Werewolves (Spooky Suite #2)
In 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 Links
Lunacy
NASA — Moon in Motion
The Washington Post — Dear Science: Does a full moon really change human behavior?
Scientific American — Lunacy and the Full Moon
Werewolves
History — Werewolf Legends
The Conversation — The Ancient Origins of Werewolves
Forbes — Here Is What Happens To Werewolves On The Moon, According To Geophysics
University of Pittsburgh — The Saga of the Volsungs
BBC — Who was Peter the Wild Boy? -
Mummies & The Mummy's Curse (Spooky Suite #1)
Our 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 Links
Mummies
Smithsonian Magazine — What Have the World’s Oldest Mummies Kept Under Wraps?
Smithsonian — Egyptian Mummies
The Atlantic — Were the Mysterious Bog People Human Sacrifices?
The Mummy’s Curse
National Geographic — Curse of the Mummy
Live Science — What is the ancient Egyptian 'mummy's curse'?
Independent — Curse of Tutankhamun exposed: The archaeologists lived into their seventies