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Commute | The Podcast Commute - The Podcast
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5.0 • 103 Ratings
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The average person spends 20-25 minutes per day commuting to and from work - why not learn while getting there? Join Dave & Jay every Monday to learn about three fascinating things that'll make you the most interesting person in the room.
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The Museum of Failure. | Where Lost Luggage Goes. | (Un)limited Breadsticks.
We’ve all failed. Most of us would rather not talk about it, but the Museum of Failure does more than talk about failures. It celebrates them.
U.S. airlines lose millions of pieces of luggage annually. Most of them don’t just vanish, they end up in the same place. (It’s not the landfill.)
It’s been a calling card of the dining experience at Olive Garden for decades - unlimited breadstick and salad refills. But even unlimited things have their limit.
Sources:
https://www.npr.org/2023/11/24/1214841411/luggage-lost-airlines-resale-unclaimed-baggage-alabama
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Christmas Creep. | The Turkey Pardon.
Do retailers put out Christmas stuff earlier and earlier every year, not giving Thanksgiving fair respect, or is it all in our heads?
A presidential pardon forgives a crime and clears the record of the offender. So why does a turkey (yes, an actual turkey) receive this treatment every Thanksgiving?
Sources:
https://www.newsweek.com/countdown-christmas-creep-earlier-every-year-1631978
https://www.npr.org/2019/11/26/782716688/i-beg-your-pardon-the-strange-history-presidents-sparing-turkeys
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Now & Then. | No Tip? It could cost you. | Hitler Money.
Although the Beatles put out their last record in 1970, a demo originally recorded a few years later has been cleaned up and released thanks to technological advances - and features John Lennon more than 40 years after his death.
To tip or not to tip, that is the question. And these days it’s asked more than ever. Not tipping is still an option, tho, right? Not if DoorDash has anything to say about it.
Mein Kampf, the autobiographical, anti-Semitic hate manifesto written by Adolf Hitler, is one of the most controversial books of all time - which means that it’s also sold a lot of copies. Who’s getting that cash?
Sources:
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7015861
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/02/business/doordash-tip-warning.html
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/11/nobody-wants-royalties-hitlers-book/
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On the Internet, no one knows you’re a dog. | Rotting Pumpkins. | Porta-Potties, Explained.
More than three decades ago, the New Yorker Magazine printed a cartoon about the internet that is just as accurate today as it was then, setting records for reprints. It’s still setting records.
It’s after Halloween. What happens to all the pumpkins?
Porta potties - everyone uses them; no one wants to. We’ll tell you more than you ever expected to know, including how often, if ever, they’re cleaned.
Sources:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-most-reprinted-new-yorker-cartoon-breaks-record-at-auction-for-a-single-panel-comic-180983135/#:~:text=In%201993%2C%20the%20New%20Yorker,cartoon%20in%20the%20magazine's%20history
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/11/where-pumpkins-go-after-halloween/601699/
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/642730/how-are-porta-potties-cleaned
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Say, “Cheese!” | Halloween’s Classic Catchphrase. | That Creepy Michael Myers Mask.
How did “cheese” become the universal smile word used by photographers? You’ll never guess what word it replaced!
It’s the official slogan of Halloween, but where and when did it begin? And what did cabbage have to do with the whole thing?
The most terrifying mask of all time has one of the most bizarre backstories.
Sources:
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/04/the-origin-of-say-cheese-and-when-people-started-smiling-in-photographs/
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/630861/why-we-say-trick-or-treat-at-halloween
https://screenrant.com/halloween-michael-myers-mask-origin-story/#:~:text=Michael%20Myers%20first%20acquired%20the,the%20face%20of%20the%20franchise
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Coca-Cola Didn’t Change its Price - for 7 decades. | Iceland Tries Not to Keep it in the Family. | Banksy (figuratively) Unmasked. Maybe.
For almost 70 years a glass of Coca-Cola cost a nickel.
In Iceland, it’s easy to accidentally marry your cousin. Luckily, there’s an app for that.
Legendary anonymous street artist Banksy may have finally been unmasked. Or maybe not.
Sources:
https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/11/18/456410327/episode-416-why-the-price-of-coke-didnt-change-for-70-years
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/04/18/new-app-helps-icelanders-avoid-accidental-incest/2093649/
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/who-is-banksy-mystery-street-artist-bristol-identity-graffiti-b1063267.html
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Customer Reviews
Fun and informative
Fun facts that are interesting and informative, good way to start the week!
Great random fact show!
I love this as a random fact show that I can rely on every week. Definitely wish they would have multiple episodes per week (I’d be smarter when I get there every day), but at least we have the one.
Love this show
Fun, informative, interesting. Excellent for learning stuff I’ve never heard about on the go.
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