Let Me Google That

We have to announce some stuff. Follow us on Instagram for updates! LMGT: https://www.instagram.com/letmegooglethat/ Abby's personal IG: https://www.instagram.com/abbymnorman/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

Fed up with "monobosom," Caresse Crosby (aka Mary Phelps Jacobs/Polly Jacobs) received the first U.S. patent for the "brassiere" in early November of 1914. She also ghostwrote porn, founded the press that published Bukowski, & had a dog named "Clytoris." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

"Word fossils" are words that we don't really use anymore, except as part of an idiom or expression: "What in 𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣?!" "Good 𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚!" & "Moral 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚." But how do words become "fossilized" & how long does it take? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

Thanksgiving is coming and it's a great time for infection-prevention trivia to share 'round the table? So, we wanted to know: can sterling silver really keep itself germ-free? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

Like many great inventions, Silly String was an accident: it was meant to be spray-on casts. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

So, when did humans start in with the whole "rinse, lather, repeat" nonsense? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

Why do we do this THING with our ONE EYE (that is ... those of us who can wink). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

Will you get ice cubes faster if you fill the tray with hot water? 🤔 Learn more: http://www1.lsbu.ac.uk/water/mpemba_effect.html --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

The entire colony of Roanoke ghosted over 430 years ago, and we still don't know what happened to them. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

The phenomenon of "angel's glow"—a centuries-old mystery—was solved by...a group of high schoolers. 💅✨ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

Turns out yellow school buses have quite a history. And only require seat belts in one state! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

7UP wasn't just ANY lemon-lime soda, it wanted to be *the* lemon-lime soda. Adding lithium probably helped. As did the enduring mystique around its name. Oh, and the whole "upside down" thing in the early 2000s. . . --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

The #atomicbomb gave radiation a bad name, so scientists made "gamma gardens" a thing. ☢🌻 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

Since August is #NationalCrayonCollectionMonth this seems like a good time to talk about FICTIONAL COLORS. 🖍 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

The optimum number of Os (of which there are *4* different sizes) per can is 1,750. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

Wobbegong sharks ("wobbies") are also known as carpet sharks because they literally just chill on the ocean floor like a rug. A rug with an extremely powerful jaw, lurking in the shadows . . . waiting. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

You could hire them to attend a funeral & metaphorically eat your loved one's sins. Let Me Google That is sponsored by ⁠⁠Water Cooler Trivia⁠⁠! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

Trapped in a black hole? If you're at the edge of the Cauchy horizon, maybe you could hitch a ride on a space elephant. Let Me Google That is sponsored by ⁠⁠Water Cooler Trivia⁠⁠! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

Even when you aren't looking for snakes your brain is looking for snakes. Let Me Google That is sponsored by ⁠⁠Water Cooler Trivia⁠⁠! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

Humans crave intimacy . . . but not like, *too much* Let Me Google That is sponsored by ⁠⁠Water Cooler Trivia⁠⁠! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support