Fun 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 [https://allenpike.com/follow] and Arik’s [https://danieltiger.com/]. ❤️

Arik uncovers what things are really named after, Allen goes subatomic, Arik marvels at astronomical coincidence, and Allen considers extraterrestrial flight. * Titan [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_(moon)] * Do subatomic particles have a colour? [https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/do-subatomic-particles-have-a-colour]

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 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WGKz2sUa0w] * Why blue LEDs were almost impossible [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF8d72mA41M] * Thornton Blackburn [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornton_Blackburn]

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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-altitude_cooking] * Say cheese [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Say_cheese] * Geomagnetic reversal [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_reversal]

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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfeilstorch] * XCKD’s What If: What if Nascar had no rules? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcXpCyPc2Xw] * The Perseus Molecular Cloud [https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/spitzer-studies-a-stellar-playground-with-a-long-history]