A riddle: What runs over fields and woods all day, under the bed at night sits not alone with its tongue out, waiting for a bone? This is part of a complete episode.
The idiom thrown for a loop most likely derives from boxing and the image of someone knocked head over heels. This is part of a complete episode.
For the math lovers out there: Listeners on our Facebook page recommend Fermat’s Enigma by Simon Singh, and In Pursuit of The Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed The World by Ian Stewart. This is part of a complete episode.
How did the first person to say a dirty word know it was a dirty word? Geoffrey Hughes’ Encyclopedia of Swearing is a great source on this. This is part of a complete episode.
In parts of the South, it’s not uncommon to end a sentence about a dilemma with the word one, short for one or the other, as in “I’m going to quit my job or get fired, one.” This is part of a complete episode.
Why do so many Americans think British accents automatically connote intelligence? This is part of a complete episode.