Let Me Google That

When it was invented in the 1880s, ChapStick just wanted to soothe your chapped lips. How then, about a century later, did it find itself with a starring role in the Watergate scandal? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

A chemistry teacher figured out Young was behind the murders…because he’d left poison in his desk. ☠️ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

25 years ago, the idea of live-streaming your child’s birth didn’t really exist—then TLC started airing a show called “A Baby Story.” --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

Bobby Dunbar disappeared. The boy found, returned to his family, and raised as their son — was not him. Check out the episode of This American Life I reference here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

Here's the history of the "frozen confection of attractive appearance" which was *accidentally* invented by an 11-year-old boy in 1905. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

There's so much to love about Les Horribles Cernettes: 1. A doo-wop parody girl group of CERN scientists 2. Songs had titles like "Collider" and "Daddy's Lab" 3. In 1992 this promo photo became the first pic uploaded to the internet. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

You should know the difference between heat exhaustion versus heatstroke because heat-related illness kills! ☀️ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

In the 1940s, researchers burned the hands of women in labor to try to come up with an objective way to measure pain. And yes, I did write a book and this was in it! (And yes, to answer your other question: I am ready to die because Gillian Anderson blurbed it) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

Since her debut in 1959, Barbie has had many looks, jobs, and amassed quite an impressive collection of friends and extended family. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

It’s not officially #sharkweek until we talk about the bajillion year old Greenland shark. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

Since it’s #4thofJulyweekend in the U.S., let’s talk about what makes fireworks so beautiful and loud. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

If you scorned a weatherman circa 1967 you probably got a hurricane named after you. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

Why did we stop calling laundromats "washaterias?!" --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

Who do we have to thank (or blame?) for the mouth-staining marvel that is BLUE RASPBERRY? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

Eyelashes are in the growing phase of the hair cycle for about a month while head hair can be there for 6 years! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

From scripting to recording and editing, every part of this episode was made with AI. DEAR GOD WHAT HATH I WROUGHT?! Also, now you have to google Roko's Basilisk. Sorry. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, sinking 2 days later. Over the next 87 days, millions of barrels of oil leaked into the ocean — the economic & environmental impact of which many are still reeling from today. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

If you live in a country where access to the Internet is a part of your daily life, you might not have considered what it would mean to lose that access—or never have had it at all. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

Is #MercuryRetrograde a thing or do we just want to believe it's a thing? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

#KentuckyDerby racehorses are majestic & expensive beasts worthy of our admiration — and yet we give them names like "Tit'n Your Girdle." Here's how (not) to name your thoroughbred. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support