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Half as Interesting is a documentary TV series from Nebula. It has 10 seasons and 485 episodes so far and is still airing new episodes. The latest episode, Season 2026 Episode 26 "The Tests to Determine If AI Is Smarter Than a Person", aired on July 14, 2026.

Half as Interesting is an entertaining, fact-based, educational series covering diverse topics of general interest presented in a somewhat humorous, quirky style. Topics range from curious to weird and are rarely important to know unless you're looking for some lunch room or coffee break conversation starters.

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485 episodes · 10 seasons

Season 2017

2017 · 18 episodes · Last episode: 8 years ago

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  1. E18

    18. The US Government's Secret Airline

    If you're a normal person, this is a super-interesting episode about a secret airline that brings secret people to secret places within the US. If you're a US governmental official or anyone else that could be peeved by me spreading semi-secret facts, this episode is about bricks.

  2. E17

    17. What Your Name Decides About Your Life

    There are plenty of very legitimate studies linking your name to your life. In this episode you will learn more about this.

  3. E16

    16. Why Some AM Radio Stations Don't Work at Night

    For all you hip millennial AM radio listeners, you may have noticed something. A lot of AM radio stations shut down at night, and a lot of other ones can be heard from further away, and there's a good reason for that. In this episode, you will find why.

  4. E15

    15. Why the UK Runs Trains to Nowhere

    In this episode you will learn why the United Kingdom runs trains to nowhere.

  5. E14

    14. The 30 Mile Zone That Explains Why Hollywood Exists

    An intersection, home to a hotel, a gas station, a CSV, a mall and this U-Haul is one of the most significant locations in the motion picture industry, but nothing's really here. In this episode, you'll find out why this place is so important.

  6. E13

    13. The Country with No Territory

    Let's see, a super secret, sovereign, international organization with ties to governments worldwide that dates back to the 11th century? Find out about this organization in this episode.

  7. E12

    12. The Secret Protocol for When the Queen Dies

    Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis will die. In this episode, you will learn about how the world will react to her death.

  8. E11

    11. Why the US' Land is Blocky

    In this episode, you will learn why US' Land is blocky.

  9. E10

    10. How to Read Barcodes

    So, when you stop in a store and scan a soda, the beiber beams laser and the bar cpde becomes numbers. How does this happen? Find out on this episode of Half as Interesting.

  10. E9

    9. The Not-So-Simple Process of Deciphering Hieroglyphs

    Hello and welcome to the hieroglyoph episode of Half as Interesting where I head to a museum in Britain to talk to people from France about a language from Egypt to plug a game from Canada.

  11. E8

    8. How Fast Can You Circumnavigate the World on Commercial Flights?

    So, here's the question: how fast can you circumnavigate the world on regularly scheduled, commercial flights? Find out on this episode.

  12. E7

    7. Why Photos of the Eiffel Tower at Night are Illegal

    Why can you find photos of the Eiffel Tower at the day and never at night? Find out on this episode.

  13. E6

    6. The Enormous Spreadsheet that Runs the World's Mail

    How do you know who to pay so your mail gets delivered. This is the episode who will answer this question.

  14. E5

    5. What's the Northernmost Town in the world?

    If you ask an American, the northernmost town in the world is probably Toronto, Canada. If you ask a Brit, it's Edinburgh, Scotland, but for everyone else, the northernmost town is not these places. Sticka round so you will find out on this episode of Half as Interesting.

  15. E4

    4. The $40 Internationally Standard Cup of Tea

    Let's see, guidelines for information and communication technology supply chain securty, preparation and characterization of Charpy V-notcj test pieces for indirect verification of pendulum impact machines, methods for the assessment of departure from roundness, this is going to be a good episode because it's about standardization, or rather, more specifically, ISO standard 3103, the internationally standard way of preparing a cup of tea.

  16. E3

    3. The 64 Day Longest Flight in History

    As long as an early flight to Orlando with 10 screaming babies behind you might seem, it's not the longest flight in history.

  17. E2

    2. Why You Can Claim Islands for the US if They Have Bird Poop

    What is the connection between a bunch of islands, the United States of America and bird poop? This episode will answer this question.

  18. E1

    1. What's the Longest Drivable Distance on Earth?

    What is the single longest drivable distance between two points on Earth? Find out in this episode of Half as Interesting.

Season 2018

2018 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 7 years ago

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  1. E53

    53. Why It’s (Sometimes) Illegal to Use These Colors

  2. E52

    52. Centralia: The Town That's Been on Fire Since 1962

  3. E51

    51. What's the Shortest International Border in the World?

  4. E50

    50. The 32-Hour Longest Commercial Flight in History

  5. E49

    49. The Secret Train Station Under New York City

  6. E48

    48. Why This Island Might be in Canada or Might be in the US

  7. E47

    47. Why NASA Tried to Launch Big Bird to Space

  8. E46

    46. The Man Who Was Stuck in Paris Airport for 18 Years

  9. E45

    45. How This Island Near Australia Was Undiscovered

  10. E44

    44. How Polar Bears Ruined Halloween in Northern Canada

  11. E43

    43. Why It's Illegal to Resign from the British House of Commons

  12. E42

    42. How A Massive Dam in China Slowed the Earth's Rotation

  13. E41

    41. Bouvet Island: The Most Isolated Piece of Land on Earth

  14. E40

    40. The Baboon That Controlled a Railway for 9 Years

    In this episode of Half as Interesting you will learn about the baboon that controlled a railway for nine years.

  15. E39

    39. Why Iceland Imports Ice

    In this episode you will learn why Iceland imports ice.

  16. E38

    38. The Fake Neighborhoods on Google Maps

    In this episode of Half as Interesting you will learn about the fake neighborhoods that exist on Google Maps.

  17. E37

    37. The Island That Switches Countries Every Six Months

    In this episode of Half As Interesting you will learn about the island that switches between Spain and France every six months.

  18. E36

    36. Every Mistake We’ve Ever Made

    In this episode of Half as Interesting, (almost) every mistake we have ever made on previous episodes will be corrected.

  19. E35

    35. The Crazy Time When the US Delivered Mail by Missile

    In this episode of Half as Interesting you will learn about a time of American history when mail was delivered by missile.

  20. E34

    34. The Secretive Book That Names All the Cheaters in Vegas

    In this episode of Half As Interesting you will learn about the secretive book that names all the cheaters in Las Vegas.

  21. E33

    33. The Time China Had a 12 Day Long Traffic Jam

    In this episode of Half as Interesting you will learn about this super long traffic jam that happened in China.

  22. E32

    32. The Country That Used to Exist Between the US and Canada

    In this episode of Half as Interesting you will discover the country that used to exist between the US and Canada

  23. E31

    31. Why There's an American High School in Communist Cuba

    In this episode of Half as Interesting, you will learn why there's an American High School in Communist Cuba.

  24. E30

    30. The Somewhat Secret Subway System Under the US Capitol

    In this episode of Half as Intresting we will dig (not so deep) on the secret subway system under the United States Capitol.

  25. E29

    29. Why Heathrow Airport Had Empty Flights to Nowhere

    In this episode of Half as Intesresting you will discover why London Heathrow Airport had empty flights to nowhere.

  26. E28

    28. Why Wifi is Illegal in Green Bank, West Virginia

    In this episode of Half as Interesting you will learn the reasons behind the illegaligality of Wifi on Green Bank, West Virginia.

  27. E27

    27. The Italian Town That's Not in Italy (or the EU... kind of)

    In this episode of Half as Interesting you will learn about the unique city of Campione d'Italia, a place that belongs to Italy, but it is not there, and it sort of isn't part of the EU.

  28. E26

    26. The 53 Second, 22 Dollar Shortest Flight in the World

    In today's episode of Half as Interesting you will learn about the shorted flight on the world, that lasts 53 seconds and costs 22 dollars.

  29. E25

    25. Why the World's Smallest Country Has a Railroad

    In this episode you will learn why The Vatican has a railroad.

  30. E24

    24. How an Island Lost Its Fortune Making a Terrible Musical

    In this episode of Half As Interesting how an island lost its fortune making a terrible musical.

  31. E23

    23. That Time When 3 Astronauts Went on Strike in Space

    In this episode of Half As Interesting you will learn about the strike 3 Astronauts initiated.

  32. E22

    22. Two Islands in Two Countries, Two Miles and 21 Hours Apart

    Today you learn the story about the two Diomede Islands and their eccentricities.

  33. E21

    21. How the US Government Kept a Town of 75,000 Secret

    In this episode of Half As Interesting you will learn how the US Government kept a town of 75,000 people in Tennessee a secret.

  34. E20

    20. Why 11 Babies Have Been Born in Antarctica

    In today's episode of Half as Interesting, you will learn the reason behind the 11 births that happened in Antarctica.

  35. E19

    19. Why One Road in the US Uses Metric (Because of Pirates)

    Today you will learn why one road in the United States uses metric.

  36. E18

    18. The $289,500 New York Hot Dog Stand License

    Today you will learn about New York's Hot Dog Stand License expensive fee.

  37. E17

    17. Why There Are Thousands of Giant Arrows Across the US

    In this episode you learn the reason behind the thousands of giant arrows that exist across the United States.

  38. E16

    16. Why Diplomats Can't be Arrested

    In this episode you will learn the reasons behind diplomatic immunity.

  39. E15

    15. The 3,713 Page Document That Makes or Breaks Economies

    Today you will learn abou this 3,713 page document that makes or breaks economies.

  40. E14

    14. How to Make an Emoji

    In this video you will learn what you will need to do if you want to make a new emoji.

  41. E13

    13. Why These Words are Illegal

    In this episode of Half As Interesting, you will learn why these words and phrases are illegal.

  42. E12

    12. How Real Mind Control Works

    Today you will learn how real mind control works.

  43. E11

    11. How 29,000 Lost Rubber Ducks Helped Map the World's Oceans

    In this video you will learn how 29,000 lost rubber ducks helped map the world's oceans.

  44. E10

    10. Why It's Illegal to be Named Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116

    Today you will learn why some countries have strict laws on names.

  45. E9

    9. Why Literally (Almost) Every Price Ends in 99 Cents

    Today you will lean why literally almost every price ends in 99 cents

  46. E8

    8. The Warehouses That (Sort Of) Aren't in Any Country

    In this episode you will learn about Free Ports.

  47. E7

    7. What’s the Longest Train in the World?

    In this episode you will not learn about the longest physical train, but about the longest train line, which is a far more interesting concept.

  48. E6

    6. How This Pacific Island Got 10% of Their Money by Chance

    Tuvalu is an incredibly small and isolated nation that got 10% of their money by chance. In this episode you will learn more about this.

  49. E5

    5. Why Humans Have More Than Five Senses

    You don't have five senses. Well, you do, you just have more than five. In this episode we will dig deeper on this topic.

  50. E4

    4. The 809 Objects Left on the Moon

    Today you will learn about the 809 objects left on the moon and the list that documents them all.

Season 2019

2019 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 6 years ago

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  1. E58

    58. How to Celebrate New Year's Eve Six Times in One Night

  2. E57

    57. The Only Town in the US With a Population of One

  3. E56

    56. The Nazi Weather Station in North America

  4. E55

    55. What's the Most Expensive Single Thing?

  5. E54

    54. Why Saudi Arabia Imports Sand

  6. E53

    53. The Time a Senator Spoke for 24-Hours Straight

  7. E52

    52. Who Owns New Islands?

  8. E51

    51. What's the Longest Possible Commercial Flight?

  9. E50

    50. The US Government's Trillion Dollar Coin

  10. E49

    49. The Secret Behind the Huge, Windowless Skyscraper in NYC

  11. E48

    48. Why the Dutch King Works as a Pilot for KLM

  12. E47

    47. Why North Dakota Wasn't Technically a State Until 2012

  13. E46

    46. The Bit of East Germany That Might Still Exist

  14. E45

    45. The Tree That Owns Itself

  15. E44

    44. How the Queen Travels

  16. E43

    43. How Much is the US President Paid?

  17. E42

    42. Why This Parrot is in Witness Protection

  18. E41

    41. Why There's a Completely Russian Town in Norway

  19. E40

    40. The Cruise Ship That People Live On

  20. E39

    39. The Global Restaurant Chain Run by North Korea

  21. E38

    38. The $250,000 Unlimited Flight Pass: A Terrible Mistake

  22. E37

    37. The Places Where Sneaking Over the US-Canada Border is Legal

  23. E36

    36. The Tiny Building Where 285,000 Businesses are Based

  24. E35

    35. Every Mistake We've Ever Made (2 Fast 2 Spurious)

  25. E34

    34. The US' Terrible Mistake of Selling $1 Coins for $1

  26. E33

    33. Why There’s Less Gravity in Hudson Bay, Canada

  27. E32

    32. North Korea's Tiny, Terrible Airline

  28. E31

    31. The Island Invented to Scam a Rich Guy

  29. E30

    30. Quarter as Interesting: The Topics That Weren't Good Enough

  30. E29

    29. The US Government's Airline for Prisoners

  31. E28

    28. The $14.3 Million World's Most Expensive License Plate

  32. E27

    27. How Australia Printed a Typo 46 Million Times

  33. E26

    26. Why There's Only One American Cruise Ship

  34. E25

    25. The Secret Codes that Printers Put on Every Paper

  35. E24

    24. How a Boeing 727 Was Stolen (And Never Found)

  36. E23

    23. How a Manhole Cover Became the Fastest Manmade Object Ever

  37. E22

    22. The Law That Lets You Legally Steal Houses

  38. E21

    21. Why South Korea Will be Silent on November, 14, 2019

  39. E20

    20. Why This Capital City Has a Population of Zero

  40. E19

    19. Why the World's Fastest Elevator Exists

  41. E18

    18. How an Australian Prime Minister Disappeared Without a Trace

  42. E17

    17. Why Berlin's 15 Year-Old Airport has Never Had a Flight

  43. E16

    16. How Ireland Accidentally Legalized Drugs for Two Days

  44. E15

    15. What's the Most Isolated City in the World?

  45. E14

    14. The Secret Radio Stations Used to Communicate with Spies

  46. E13

    13. Why Every Map of China is Just Slightly Wrong

  47. E12

    12. The 30 Year-Old Airline That's Never Flown

  48. E11

    11. What Is the Shortest-Lived Country in History?

  49. E10

    10. How Kim Jong-un Travels

  50. E9

    9. How a Missing Comma Cost a Company $5 Million

Season 2020

2020 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 5 years ago

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  1. E77

    77. Why Bananas Will Taste Different in a Few Years

  2. E76

    76. How the QWERTY Keyboard Broke the Chinese Language

  3. E75

    75. Why This Color Doesn't Actually Exist

  4. E74

    74. What Was in the Message Earth Broadcast for Aliens?

  5. E73

    73. We Use AI to Write the Best HAI Video Ever (HAI #200)

  6. E72

    72. Why Living on the Left Side of a Timezone is Dangerous

  7. E71

    71. How an Earthquake in Japan Made Days 1.8 Microseconds Shorter

  8. E70

    70. Why Bern is Not Actually the Capital of Switzerland

  9. E69

    69. How a Cartel Built Their Own Cell Phone Network

  10. E68

    68. Why 200-ish Americans Live in North Korea

  11. E67

    67. How Astronauts Vote from Space

  12. E66

    66. Why Nevada Created a County With No People, Buildings, or Roads

  13. E65

    65. Why Trading Onions on Financial Markets is Illegal

  14. E64

    64. Why the World's Sixth Ocean is Forming in Africa

  15. E63

    63. Why the Smallest Piece of Land in NYC Exists

  16. E62

    62. The IRS' Plan to Collect Taxes After Doomsday

  17. E61

    61. Why the European Siren is Scientifically Proven to be Better

  18. E60

    60. Why a Book of 1 Million Random Numbers Sells for $68

  19. E59

    59. The Farmer That Lives in the Middle of Tokyo Narita Airport

  20. E58

    58. Why the US Military Has a 26-Page Brownie Recipe

  21. E57

    57. Why the US is Having a Shortage of Coins

  22. E56

    56. Why an NFL Team Secretly Moved Cities Overnight

  23. E55

    55. The Strange Reason Why the US Owes London £12,598,845

  24. E54

    54. The 639 Year Longest Song Ever

  25. E53

    53. How Belgium Has Gone 621 Days Without a Government

  26. E52

    52. Every Mistake We've Ever Made #3: Tokyo Grift

  27. E51

    51. How a Cereal Box Toy Hacked AT&T's Phone Lines

  28. E50

    50. Why UPS Trucks Almost Never Turn Left

  29. E49

    49. Why Japan and Russia are Technically Still Fighting WWII

  30. E48

    48. The Underground City of 1 Million Beneath Beijing

  31. E47

    47. How a Video Game Predicted the Collapse of Venezuela's Economy

  32. E46

    46. The Seven People Who Can Turn Off the Internet

  33. E45

    45. Why (Almost) Nobody Lives in China's $161 Billion City

  34. E44

    44. Why Iceland's Airline Briefly Relocated to Scotland

  35. E43

    43. Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo

  36. E42

    42. The Mathematical Loophole that Broke the Lottery

  37. E41

    41. How Poland Accidentally Invaded the Czech Republic

  38. E40

    40. The Man Who Time Travelled 0.2 Seconds

  39. E39

    39. Why Australia is Legally an American Corporation

  40. E38

    38. The $300 Million Cable Between New York and Chicago

  41. E37

    37. The Twice-Weekly Flight That Got a United CEO Fired

  42. E36

    36. Why Japan Spent $600 Million Protecting Two Rocks

  43. E35

    35. The Terrible Mistake of Choosing 'Null' as a License Plate

  44. E34

    34. Texas' Embassy in Washington DC

  45. E33

    33. Why Canadian Lottery Winners Must Answer a Math Question

  46. E32

    32. The Island That Keeps Appearing and Disappearing

  47. E31

    31. The 1,088 Passenger Busiest Flight Ever

  48. E30

    30. The $22 Million Party that Overthrew an Empire

  49. E29

    29. Why This Coin is Illegal to Own

  50. E28

    28. Why There's a Single, Tiny Wire Encircling Manhattan

Season 2021

2021 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 4 years ago

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  1. E81

    81. Who Officially Decides What Time It Is?

  2. E80

    80. The Real Reason NYC Is Always Covered In Scaffolding

  3. E79

    79. Why Almost Every Town In America Has a Thai Restaurant

  4. E78

    78. Why Sweden Is Moving Its Northernmost Town 2 Miles East

  5. E77

    77. Why Blackcurrant Flavor Doesn’t Exist in the US

  6. E76

    76. Why Planes Fly Over The North Pole But Not The South Pole

  7. E75

    75. How One Guy Bankrupted One Of England's Oldest Banks

  8. E74

    74. Bougainville: A New Country Coming in 2027

  9. E73

    73. Why These Remote Islands are Technically Part of Tokyo

  10. E72

    72. Why Terrible Movies Always Come Out In February

  11. E71

    71. How Blink 182 violated the Geneva Conventions

  12. E70

    70. Why 17 Million Telegrams Are Still Sent Every Year

  13. E69

    69. Why there are Zero Bridges Over the Amazon

  14. E68

    68. Canada's 100-Foot Freight Railway To Nowhere

  15. E67

    67. Why Guinness Stopped Giving These World Records

  16. E66

    66. Why the World's Biggest Metro Only Runs 7 Days a Year

  17. E65

    65. The Weird Debate Over Whether There are 4 or 5 Oceans

  18. E64

    64. Why Nobody's Sure What the Northernmost Piece of Land Is

  19. E63

    63. Why Looking at the Sun Makes 1/4th of People Sneeze

  20. E62

    62. Why the World's Largest Land Vehicle Exists

  21. E61

    61. Why The US Government Values Your Life at $10,041,645

  22. E60

    60. A Huge Mistake: Paying People to Use Clean Energy

  23. E59

    59. Why Nobody Knows Who Owns 15% of England

  24. E58

    58. The Weirdly Big Problem of Being Declared Dead Accidentally

  25. E57

    57. Why Ashgabat, Turkmenistan is the World's Most Expensive City

  26. E56

    56. How Michelin Inspectors Stay Secret

  27. E55

    55. How London's Tallest Tower was a State Secret

  28. E54

    54. The US Military's Real(ish) Zombie Apocalypse Plan

  29. E53

    53. Why This 25,000 Foot Mountain Has Never Been Climbed

  30. E52

    52. The Ocean is Getting Less Salty (And That's Bad)

  31. E51

    51. Every Mistake We've Ever Made IV: A New Nope

  32. E50

    50. Hooters' Very Real Airline

  33. E49

    49. Why Traffic Scientists Want You to Cut People Off

  34. E48

    48. Why Singapore Purposefully Releases 5 Million Mosquitos a Week

  35. E47

    47. Why Humans Are Supposed to Sleep in Two 4-Hour Phases

  36. E46

    46. The Tiny Boat With Its Own Postal Code

  37. E45

    45. How to Decode Credit Card Numbers

  38. E44

    44. The Math Problem With a $1 Million Prize for Solving

  39. E43

    43. Why the Stock Market Lost $1 Trillion for 36 Minutes

  40. E42

    42. Why You Can Only Have 150 Friends (According to Science)

  41. E41

    41. Why Women are Legally Banned From This Peninsula

  42. E40

    40. The Math That Proves Your Friends are More Popular Than You

  43. E39

    39. What Happens if the Mail Can't Read Your Handwriting?

  44. E38

    38. Why 7% of Montreal is Moving Today

  45. E37

    37. Why Alberta is the World's Only Rat-Free Place (With Humans)

  46. E36

    36. Why 2016 Had an Extra One Second

  47. E35

    35. How North Korea Made the Perfect Counterfeit $100 Bill

  48. E34

    34. Why There are 1.5 Million Small Metal Markers Across the US

  49. E33

    33. The CIA’s Very Real Experiments into Psychic Powers

  50. E32

    32. How the US' 100% Inescapable Prison Works

Season 2022

2022 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 3 years ago

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  1. E76

    76. How the US Sends Top Secret Information Around The World

  2. E75

    75. Why Cardboard Cops Work (Even If You Know They’re Fake)

  3. E74

    74. The Weirdly Massive Problem of Blocked Public Land

  4. E73

    73. Toki Pona: The Language You Can Learn in a Day

  5. E72

    72. Spotify’s Mathematical System For Determining Your Music Taste

  6. E71

    71. Roosevelt Island’s Pneumatic Trash System

  7. E70

    70. The McDonald’s McPizza: A Huge Failure

  8. E69

    69. Why One Company Technically Owns Every Stock in the US

  9. E68

    68. The NFL’s Secret Plan For If All The Players Die

  10. E67

    67. All The Very Real Passports Not Issued By Countries

  11. E66

    66. Why This is The World’s Most Dangerous Dam

  12. E65

    65. Why DC's Shaped Like That

  13. E64

    64. Somaliland Is Independent. So Why Does No One Recognize It?

  14. E63

    63. Why There Are No Ambulances In Jerusalem

  15. E62

    62. Why US Signs Look Different Than The Rest Of The World’s

  16. E61

    61. The US Army’s Universal Camouflage: A Terrible Mistake

  17. E60

    60. Why It Was Illegal For 47 Days to Slice Bread in the US

  18. E59

    59. Why No One’s Sure If This Is Part Of The US Constitution

  19. E58

    58. Why It Takes Pixar 3 Years To Render A Movie

  20. E57

    57. Why The Ringling Bros. Operated A Secret Spy Agency

  21. E56

    56. Why National Parks Can’t Figure Out What To Do With Your Poop

  22. E55

    55. How To Design A Completely Unbreakable Encryption System

  23. E54

    54. The Man Who Owns All The Bread In Israel For Eight Days A Year

  24. E53

    53. Why You Don’t Want To Live On the US-Canada Border

  25. E52

    52. The Science Behind Why Friends Smell Like Each Other

  26. E51

    51. We Ranked Every Mistake We Made This Year

  27. E50

    50. The Shoe So Good the Olympics Declared It Cheating

  28. E49

    49. Why Chess Strategy Changes Every Year

  29. E48

    48. Why The Vatican Has A Giant Research Telescope in Arizona

  30. E47

    47. Why The London Underground Makes Itself Hotter Every Year

  31. E46

    46. Why There’s a Massive Runway in the Middle of Florida’s Swamplands

  32. E45

    45. Russia’s Terrible New Offbrand McDonald’s

  33. E44

    44. The Single Australian Farm That’s Bigger Than 49 Countries

  34. E43

    43. Why the US Keeps Trying To Buy Greenland

  35. E42

    42. The ATM Glitch That Gave Out Infinite Money

  36. E41

    41. The CIA’s Manual on How to be Annoying

  37. E40

    40. The High Five Was Invented in 1977 (Yes, Really)

  38. E39

    39. Why the United Nations Runs Its Own Airline

  39. E38

    38. How an Australian Senator Won With 0.51% Of The Vote

  40. E37

    37. Why GPS Automatically Shuts Itself Down Above 1,200 mph

  41. E36

    36. Why The NYPD Has An Office in Singapore

  42. E35

    35. Minitel: France’s Alternate Internet That Survived Until 2012

  43. E34

    34. Why All U-Hauls are Registered in Arizona

  44. E33

    33. How Coca Cola (Actually) Keeps Its Secret Recipe Secret

  45. E32

    32. Why Almost Every Microwave is Made by the Same Company

  46. E31

    31. Why Thousands of Chinese Tourists Started Coming to a Random British Village

  47. E30

    30. How Sommeliers Can Taste Which Year Wine is From

  48. E29

    29. Why Cancun is the Mathematically Perfect Vacation Destination

  49. E28

    28. How New Cars Trick You With Pre-Recorded Engine Noise

  50. E27

    27. ⍼ - Why Nobody Knows What This One Unicode Character Means

Season 2023

2023 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 2 years ago

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  1. E76

    76. Why China Took the US’ Pandas

  2. E75

    75. The Super-Secure Delivery Service That Only Diplomats Can Use

  3. E74

    74. What Exactly Happens When You Check a Bag

  4. E73

    73. The Controversial Machine That’s Ruining Bowling

  5. E72

    72. The Vault That Holds 5% of the World’s Gold

  6. E71

    71. NASA’s Year-Long, Totally Fake Mission to Mars

  7. E70

    70. The Arctic Vault That Protects Data from the Apocalypse

  8. E69

    69. Why the US Gov Pays $10 Million a Year for This Yacht

  9. E68

    68. The 128 Airlines So Dangerous They’re Banned in the EU

  10. E67

    67. Why The US is in 42 Different National Emergencies

  11. E66

    66. How This Utah Hotel Legally Became a Town

  12. E65

    65. How 70% of Britain’s Cash Went Missing

  13. E64

    64. Why Qatar Airways Flies An Almost-Empty Flight to Adelaide

  14. E63

    63. Why China Built an Antenna Bigger Than NYC

  15. E62

    62. How Submarines Survive at 36,201 Feet Below

  16. E61

    61. Australia’s Huge Mistake of Selling All Their Water

  17. E60

    60. The Design Flaw That Made Hyundais Absurdly Easy to Steal

  18. E59

    59. Why Venice’s New €8 Billion Flood Barrier Only Kinda Works

  19. E58

    58. How The President’s Official Vacation Home Works

  20. E57

    57. How to Fail a Kitchen Inspection

  21. E56

    56. The Only River That Flows Into Both the Atlantic and the Pacific

  22. E55

    55. Why It Takes 7+ Years to Shut Down a Nuclear Plant

  23. E54

    54. The 3100-Mile Longest Official Running Race in the World

  24. E53

    53. Every Mistake We’ve Ever Made VI: Return of the Jed-lie

  25. E52

    52. The Surprisingly Complex Logistics of Product Returns

  26. E51

    51. How The Pentagon Became The World’s Most Secure Building

  27. E50

    50. The Remote Town Where 13.2% of People are Millionaires

  28. E49

    49. Why Only 24 Pilots Are Allowed to Land at This Airport

  29. E48

    48. Chicago’s $10 Billion Street Parking Mistake

  30. E47

    47. The Weirdly Lucrative Business of Searching for Old Jeans

  31. E46

    46. Why the US Government Has No Idea How Many Buildings It Owns

  32. E45

    45. How Porsche Owns Volkswagen and Volkswagen Owns Porsche

  33. E44

    44. Trains’ Weirdly Massive Problem with Leaves

  34. E43

    43. Why This Airline Only Has One Commercial Flight Per Month

  35. E42

    42. Why The US Navy Really Needs This One Forest in Indiana

  36. E41

    41. We've Made 400 Videos for the Internet. Here are the Worst Ones.

  37. E40

    40. How Argentina Accidentally Gave Germans 40% Off Everything

  38. E39

    39. Why the US and China Are Squabbling Over This One Wire

  39. E38

    38. The Intense Logistics of Truffles

  40. E37

    37. How the World’s 4 Cryogenics Companies Actually Work

  41. E36

    36. How the Fake Meat Industry Saved Dippin’ Dots

  42. E35

    35. Why Tape Storage is Making a Sneaky Comeback

  43. E34

    34. How Planes Forecast Turbulence

  44. E33

    33. Dyson’s Disinformation War with Big Paper Towel

  45. E32

    32. The Website Where You Can Order The Bubonic Plague

  46. E31

    31. Why It Took 13 Years to Engineer The Taco Bell Crunchwrap

  47. E30

    30. Why We're Reaching the Theoretical Limit of Computer Power

  48. E29

    29. The Super Obvious Ways to Get Around Campaign Finance Laws

  49. E28

    28. How Much Happiness Can Money Buy?

  50. E27

    27. How the White House Reads Every Letter it Gets

Season 2024

2024 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 1 year ago

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  1. E56

    56. The $18.8 Bil, Borderline Useless Bridge Between Hong Kong and Macau

  2. E55

    55. How This Tunnel Accidentally Created an Immigration Loophole

  3. E54

    54. How a Whole Country Got Cut Off From The Internet for 38 Days

  4. E53

    53. The US’ Surprisingly Busy Nuclear Emergency Team

  5. E52

    52. How Istanbul Moved Its Airport in Just 45 Hours

  6. E51

    51. How This Waffle Restaurant Mastered Hurricanes

  7. E50

    50. The Crazy-Complex Process of Organizing a Container Ship

  8. E49

    49. Why Hawaii's H-3 is the Most Expensive Interstate Ever

  9. E48

    48. How The USA’s Only Car-Free Village Works

  10. E47

    47. How This Single 'M' Almost Ruined a US Presidency

  11. E46

    46. How This Card Game Accidentally Became a Stock Market

  12. E45

    45. How They Dug the Deepest Hole on Earth

  13. E44

    44. Why Only One US City Doesn’t Add Fluoride to Its Water

  14. E43

    43. How Ski Resorts Store Snow Over the Summer

  15. E42

    42. Why 1% of the Stock Market is Tied to 11 Random Americans

  16. E41

    41. The Board That Decides Every Place Name in the U.S.

  17. E40

    40. The Massively Bureaucratic System for Confirming a “Miracle”

  18. E39

    39. The Worst Mistakes We Made This Year

  19. E38

    38. The $190 Million Tunnel Built for Just 1200 People

  20. E37

    37. The Logistics of Mount Everest’s Base Camp

  21. E36

    36. The Super-Complex Security of the Paris Olympics

  22. E35

    35. The One Long Wire Ruining America’s Most Important Train

  23. E34

    34. How the US Gov’s Riskiest Labs Contain Deadly Viruses

  24. E33

    33. How America’s Largest, Most Secure Embassy Works

  25. E32

    32. How this Oklahoma Town Became Completely Uninhabitable

  26. E31

    31. How the UN Translates Everything in Real-Time

  27. E30

    30. Mumbai’s Crazy-Efficient, 99.9999% Accurate Food Delivery System

  28. E29

    29. The Weird, Terrible Smartphones They Only Have in North Korea

  29. E28

    28. Why Nobody Knows What 彁 Means

  30. E27

    27. Why the US Drops 14.7 Million Worms On Panama Every Week

  31. E26

    26. Why the Ocean Looks So Fake on Google Maps

  32. E25

    25. Why There’s a Pacific Ocean Port in Idaho

  33. E24

    24. The 517,431 Emails That Trained Siri

  34. E23

    23. The One Company That Owns 2,390 Colors

  35. E22

    22. Why All Pro Basketball Players Shoot Free Throws Wrong

  36. E21

    21. How Storing Movies on Vinyl Lost RCA $650 Million

  37. E20

    20. The Obscure System That Syncs All The World’s Clocks

  38. E19

    19. The Man Who Stole an Entire Hotel

  39. E18

    18. How the US Tests Nukes (Without Blowing Them Up)

  40. E17

    17. Why Don’t Planes Carry Parachutes?

  41. E16

    16. The Logistics of Prescribed Fires

    Video written by Ben Doyle

  42. E15

    15. Why So Many Trains Get Robbed in this One Spot

  43. E14

    14. Why the North Korean Government Has a Tiny Office in NYC

  44. E13

    13. Why We’re Building a 790-Mile Wire From Kansas to Indiana

  45. E12

    12. Why It’s So Difficult to Build Subways in Rome

  46. E11

    11. Why the FBI and the CIA Keep Lying to Each Other

  47. E10

    10. How This Michigan Town Accidentally Buried Itself in Sand

  48. E9

    9. The Tiny Alaskan Town with the US’ Highest Taxicab Density

  49. E8

    8. The Logistics of White House State Dinners

  50. E7

    7. The Very Real Australian Colleges with No Students

Season 2025

2025 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 10 months ago

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  1. E52

    52. The Time the US Sent 813 Soldiers to Cut Down One Tree

  2. E51

    51. Why It Was Illegal to Sell All Your Raisins Until 2015

  3. E50

    50. How This Country Overestimated Their Population by 7 Million People

  4. E49

    49. The US Military’s Fast Food Division

  5. E48

    48. Why It’s So Hard To Know Where the Utility Pipes Are

  6. E47

    47. How FEMA’s Doomsday Radio System Works

  7. E46

    46. The US Military’s Really Big, Really Controversial Radar System

  8. E45

    45. The Design of the World’s Most Secure Banknote

  9. E44

    44. How Do They Choose the Spelling Bee Words?

  10. E43

    43. How They Just Discovered a New 14,000 Foot Mountain

  11. E42

    42. How Indonesia Is Accidentally Sinking Their Capital

  12. E41

    41. The Risky Logistics of Alaska’s Food Supply Chain

  13. E40

    40. Why This Car Basically Only Exists in NYC

  14. E39

    39. Why Does the World’s Biggest Ship Exist?

  15. E38

    38. France Sent Their Dumbest Spies to Blow Up This Boat in NZ

  16. E37

    37. Why There’s a 61-Mile Conveyor Belt in the Sahara Desert

  17. E36

    36. All The Non-Passenger Trains in the NYC Subway

  18. E35

    35. The Worst Mistakes We Made This Year (Again)

  19. E34

    34. The Decades-Long Fight Over The Font on Highway Signs

  20. E33

    33. The Multimillionaire Feud Over Horse Clones

  21. E32

    32. The Insane Production Schedule of Love Island

  22. E31

    31. The Fake Countries the US Fights Fake Wars Against

  23. E30

    30. Detroit’s Tiny, Terrible Metro System

  24. E29

    29. The Most Controversial Half-Acre in NYC

  25. E28

    28. The Insane Logistics of Pro Baseball

  26. E27

    27. Why The QWERTY Keyboard Actually Sucks

  27. E26

    26. Why the US’ 2nd-Busiest Passenger Railway Is Doomed

  28. E25

    25. Why Isn’t There Public Transit from the Airport to the Vegas Strip?

  29. E24

    24. The CIA’s Secret Star Wars Fan Blog

  30. E23

    23. How Much of the Moon Is On Earth?

  31. E22

    22. The Absurd Science Behind Really Good Bowling Balls

  32. E21

    21. The 467 Rules You Have to Follow to Put an Animal in a Movie

  33. E20

    20. The Absurd Lengths Billionaires Go to Not “Live” in NYC

  34. E19

    19. The Scam That Hit Every Adult in Canada

  35. E18

    18. Why You Need Sand from This Town to Make a Computer

  36. E17

    17. The Frank Lloyd Wright Skyscraper That Sold for $10

  37. E16

    16. Why Isn’t There Public Transit From the Airport to Disney World?

  38. E15

    15. All The Loopholes to Travel from Europe to Russia

  39. E14

    14. How The Largest Human Gathering In The World Works

  40. E13

    13. The Decades-Long Battle Over Low-Flow Toilets

  41. E12

    12. How to Design the Perfect F1 Track

  42. E11

    11. The Algorithm Running Up French Fry Prices

  43. E10

    10. The 19 Year Process of Inventing a New Apple

  44. E9

    9. 500 Terrible Topics We Didn’t Make Videos About

  45. E8

    8. The Fake Currency That Saved Brazil’s Economy

  46. E7

    7. Brooklyn’s Only Interstate Is Doomed

  47. E6

    6. The Unspoken Rules of LEGO Sets

  48. E5

    5. The Swimsuit So Good They Banned It

  49. E4

    4. This 2-Mile Long Gondola Cost $52 Million

  50. E3

    3. The Nuke-Proof US Military Base in a Mountain

Season 2026

2026 · 26 episodes · Last episode: 3 months ago

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  1. E26

    26. The Tests to Determine If AI Is Smarter Than a Person

  2. E25

    25. Why This Giant Bag of CO2 is Actually Useful

  3. E24

    24. Why This NYC Skyscraper Has Been Half-Finished Since 2018

  4. E23

    23. New Jersey’s Big Fight with FIFA

  5. E22

    22. What’s The World’s Longest Domestic Flight?

  6. E21

    21. Russia’s Weird, Bad Alternative Internet

  7. E20

    20. Why They Built The World’s Longest Rail Tunnel

  8. E19

    19. The Seven Landlocked Countries That Have Navies

  9. E18

    18. How Forensic Linguistics Works

  10. E17

    17. How the Nuclear Football Works

  11. E16

    16. Why This River Doesn’t Reach the Ocean

  12. E15

    15. The Logistics of 911

  13. E14

    14. The Ancient, Strange Coding Language that 95% of ATMs Use

  14. E13

    13. Why Amtrak’s Most Important Tunnels Are Doomed

  15. E12

    12. The International Airport That Can Only Send Flights to Turkey

  16. E11

    11. The Crazy-Fast Logistics of Flower Distribution

  17. E10

    10. Nobody Knows How Tylenol Works

  18. E9

    9. The Highway Loophole That Created The Worst Town in America

  19. E8

    8. The Terrible Design of the US Mail Truck

  20. E7

    7. The Debacle Behind The 2026 Olympic Hockey Rink

  21. E6

    6. Why The US Government Put 480 Million Needles Into the Sky

  22. E5

    5. The Weirdly Specific Science Behind Ship Camouflage

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  23. E4

    4. The Debate Over the Best Parking Garage Design

  24. E3

    3. The Messy Science of Escalator Etiquette

  25. E2

    2. This Is The Worst Cell Phone of All Time

  26. E1

    1. How Iran Smuggles 777 Airplanes

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