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Hosts:
Marc Cabot, Richard Gray, Andy McMullen, Nuchtchas, The Clockwork Doctor
Description:
Marc, Rich, Andy, Nuchtchas, and Tek talk about some mind blowing (and some not so mind blowing) facts.
Epic Words
“The reason why certain people turn to philosophy, why I became a philosopher, since I was a little boy, I always felt that existence as such was weird. I mean, here we are. Isn’t that odd?”
– Alan Watts
Some Things We Speak Of:
Did the brain name itself?
Image from memegenerator.net
Amazing Facts to Blow Your Mindz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ni5HOdGtzM
World of Minecraft – Best of 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0jsVJZI8YI
How long has the earth been here?
http://jersey.uoregon.edu/~mstrick/AskGeoMan/geoQuerry16.html
Here’s Why So Many Crazy Russian Car Crashes Are Caught On Camera
http://www.businessinsider.com/why-russian-drivers-have-dash-cams-2012-12
Extincton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction (Secondary Source)
Image from nationalgeographic.com
Methane Seeps From Arctic Sea Bed
http://www.americanscientist.org/science/pub/-59
Just Declassified: Spy Satellite KH-9 Hexagon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQq9KcEw7nk
Who Invented Mountain Dew
http://wanttoknowit.com/who-invented-mountain-dew/
Image from Joystiq.com
Canada Dry – Tales of a Wonderful Canadian Beverage
http://www.canadadry.ca/history.html
Graham crackers were introduced to suppress sexual urges!
http://www.omg-facts.com/Sex/Graham-Crackers-Were-Introduced-To-Suppr/50672
Delicious QWERTY
image from cSlacker.com
Big Stupid S’More
Image from Epic Meal Time (epicmealtime.com)
McMuffin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMuffin (Secondary Source)
Image from McDonalds.com
Top 10 Failed McDonald’s Products
http://listverse.com/2009/05/30/top-10-failed-mcdonalds-products/
Mouse Meat in McRib
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=4661
Image from huffingtonpost.com
Laetiporus mushroom image from Wikipedia.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laetiporus
Will We Ever Visit Other Stars?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD08CuUi_Ek&feature=share&list=UU6nSFpj9HTCZ5t-N3Rm3-HA
A Man Exposed to a Total Vacuum During Spacesuit Testing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5HOtNcDiCs
Moon Machines: Apollo Guidance Computer NASA (Part 1 of 3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7sMe52fEAc
ENIAC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAnhFNJgNYY
Are the flags left on the moon still there?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS4gpRCjIbE
Mythbusters Moon Hoax Flag Flapping
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhab86KoVjU
Apollo Video Cameras Explained
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKl8g_Su880
7 Minutes of Terror
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2I8AoB1xgU
What American English sounds like to non-English speakers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZXcRqFmFa8
Credits:
- HostsOpening/Closing Music: “Cheezee Lab” by Kevin MacLeod via Incompetech.com
- Marc Cabot (@MarcCabot)
- Richard Gray (@epicrich1)
- Joel Richard (@joelarichard)
- Nuchtchas (@nuchtchas)
- Tek, The Clockwork Doctor (@The_Clock_Doc)
- Intro Sketch By: The Clockwork Doctor
- Post Production: Marc Cabot
- Epic is produced in partnership with CHSR 97.9 FM in Fredericton, New Brunswick
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