Fun Fact

Arik Devens and Allen Pike

Once a month, Arik Devens and Allen Pike take turns sharing fun facts. Practical, historical, technical, and trivial facts all deserve their fair shake.

  1. 10/12/2024

    Final Fact

    Arik shares buttloads, Allen has too many facts, oxygen is heavy, strangeness is strange, moons cause issues, and we hit max fact capacity. This show has gone as all good things do. Thank you so much to all the Factors, we love you! You can follow Allen’s work and Arik’s. ❤️

    42 min

  2. 05/26/2024

    Dinosaur In a Wingsuit

    Arik uncovers what things are really named after, Allen goes subatomic, Arik marvels at astronomical coincidence, and Allen considers extraterrestrial flight. Titan Do subatomic particles have a colour?

    36 min

  3. 04/22/2024

    Solar Stands for Solar

    Allen dives in to diodes, Arik explores the origin of taxis, and Allen reveals an unsavoury fact about zygotes. Steve Mould on LEDs and solar panels Why blue LEDs were almost impossible Thornton Blackburn

    40 min

  4. 03/25/2024

    Back Door Fact

    Arik throws peanuts, Allen tries to cook vegetables, photographers try to prompt a good pose, and the earth’s magnetic field threatens to cause trouble. High-altitude cooking Say cheese Geomagnetic reversal

    36 min

  5. 02/29/2024

    Suffered for Science

    Scientists discover where birds go, the trouble with coin flips, the limits of the human body, and what exactly you can find in the Perseus Molecular Cloud. The majestic Pfeilstorch XCKD’s What If: What if Nascar had no rules? The Perseus Molecular Cloud

    39 min

  6. 01/22/2024

    Raspberry Dust

    Science discovers our galaxy’s flavor, machinists discover precision measurements, and Arik discovers why you shouldn’t rent a car in Germany. Galaxy’s centre tastes of raspberries and smells of rum, say astronomers What Does Space Taste Like and Why Does It Matter? Thousandth of an inch

    38 min

  7. 12/18/2023

    That Doesn’t Seem True

    We check in on platypi and Polaris, consider zero’s parity, and make a decision about booby traps. Polaris Parity of zero Legality of booby traps

    33 min

  8. 11/20/2023

    Gelatinous, Delicious, Terrible

    Allen thinks about cans, Arik thinks about governance, and everybody thinks about the Roman Empire. Why are cranberry sauce cans upside down? Roman Dictator Why do bees make honey?

    43 min
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Once a month, Arik Devens and Allen Pike take turns sharing fun facts. Practical, historical, technical, and trivial facts all deserve their fair shake.

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  • Creator
    Arik Devens and Allen Pike
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2024
  • Episodes
    82
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Arik Devens and Allen Pike
  • Show Website
    Fun Fact