This Podcast may contain traces of the Peanut Podcast
Summary
In this "Little Fish" episode, James Harkin, Daniel Schreiber, and Andrew Hunter-Murray discuss viewer-submitted facts, including the production of crunchy peanut butter and the origin of the "yacht rock" genre. They also explore why American highway junctions are numbered by mileage rather than sequence, and how smartphones contain animal-derived stearic acid. Other topics include the giant squid's brain location, the history of water balloons, and the inability to type French accents on standard keyboards.
Topics discussed
Sponsors: Fresh Cleansing Jelly Balm and Salesforce
Fact: Making crunchy peanut butter requires smooth first
Banter: Peanut preferences and poodle grooming slings
Facts: Misnamed beaches and US highway junction numbering
Fact: Kidney growth after donation and renal humor
Fact: Origin of Yacht Rock and the Yacht Rock podcast
Sponsor: McDonald's Monopoly promotion
Fact: Blind masseurs in South Korea and legal controversy
Fact: Saying 'nanocentury' takes a nanocentury
Fact: Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell originally for Peter Pan
Fact: Smartphones contain animal-derived stearic acid
Custodian Facts: Silent discos banned in Lausanne
Custodian Fact: Giant squid brain wrapped around throat
Custodian Fact: Planned 50-foot robot Michael Jackson
Custodian Facts: Hedgehogs and Herbert Spencer's suit
Custodian Fact: Spider-Man's required foot size
Custodian Fact: Water balloons invented from socks
Custodian Fact: French keyboards and AZERTY layout
Outro: Credits and final jokes
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