
Half as Interesting
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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- 1 1. How France Bought 2,000 Trains That Were Too Wide2020-01-04 · 5m
- 2 2. Why North Korea's 30 Year-Old Hotel Never Opened2020-01-08 · 5m
- 3 3. The Secret Tunnel Under the White House2020-01-10 · 5m
- 4 4. The Guy Who Was (Maybe) President for One Day2020-01-16 · 7m
- 5 5. The Nonexistent Train Station that Legally Exists2020-01-21 · 6m
- 6 6. The Highway Where Cars are Banned2020-01-23 · 6m
- 7 7. How Someone Stole a Plane Without Breaking Federal Law2020-01-31 · 6m
- 8 8. The CIA's 638 Attempts to Assassinate Castro2020-02-04 · 6m
- 9 9. How a Grandma Broke All of Armenia's Internet2020-02-06 · 6m
- 10 10. Why it Was Legal to Mail Babies2020-02-13 · 6m
- 11 11. How Harry Potter Movies Technically Lost Money2020-02-18 · 6m
- 12 12. Why Antarctica Has Its Own Accent2020-02-20 · 6m
- 13 13. Lawnchair Larry: The Man Who Flew in a Lawnchair2020-02-27 · 5m
- 14 14. Zyzzyx Road: The Lowest-Grossing Film of All Time2020-03-03 · 6m
- 15 15. The Airport Where Planes go to Die2020-03-05 · 7m
- 16 16. The Country That You Can Rent for $70,000 a Night2020-03-13 · 6m
- 17 17. How One Woman Scammed Her Way Into the 2018 Olympics2020-03-18 · 6m
- 18 18. The American Town Ceded to Mexico in 19702020-03-20 · 6m
- 19 19. The Accidental Virtual Pandemic in World of Warcraft2020-03-26 · 6m
- 20 20. How Scientology Got 5,000 Secret Agents in the Government2020-03-31 · 6m
- 21 21. How a Fitness App Revealed Secret Military Bases2020-04-02 · 5m
- 22 22. The Conspiracy Theory that the Middle Ages Never Happened2020-04-09 · 7m
- 23 23. United Airlines' Men-Only Flights2020-04-14 · 5m
- 24 24. The Road Owned Simultaneously by Spain and France2020-04-16 · 5m
- 25 25. A Terrible Mistake: 1 Vacuum = 1 Free Flight2020-04-23 · 7m
- 26 26. Who Owns the Rain?2020-04-28 · 6m
- 27 27. How Global Oil Prices Were Raised $1.50 by a Drunk Trader2020-05-01 · 7m
- 28 28. Why There's a Single, Tiny Wire Encircling Manhattan2020-05-07 · 5m
- 29 29. Why This Coin is Illegal to Own2020-05-12 · 6m
- 30 30. The $22 Million Party that Overthrew an Empire2020-05-15 · 6m
- 31 31. The 1,088 Passenger Busiest Flight Ever2020-05-21 · 6m
- 32 32. The Island That Keeps Appearing and Disappearing2020-05-26 · 5m
- 33 33. Why Canadian Lottery Winners Must Answer a Math Question2020-05-28 · 6m
- 34 34. Texas' Embassy in Washington DC2020-06-04 · 6m
- 35 35. The Terrible Mistake of Choosing 'Null' as a License Plate2020-06-09 · 6m
- 36 36. Why Japan Spent $600 Million Protecting Two Rocks2020-06-11 · 6m
- 37 37. The Twice-Weekly Flight That Got a United CEO Fired2020-06-18 · 6m
- 38 38. The $300 Million Cable Between New York and Chicago2020-06-23 · 6m
- 39 39. Why Australia is Legally an American Corporation2020-06-25 · 5m
- 40 40. The Man Who Time Travelled 0.2 Seconds2020-07-02 · 6m
- 41 41. How Poland Accidentally Invaded the Czech Republic2020-07-07 · 6m
- 42 42. The Mathematical Loophole that Broke the Lottery2020-07-10 · 7m
- 43 43. Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo2020-07-16 · 6m
- 44 44. Why Iceland's Airline Briefly Relocated to Scotland2020-07-21 · 6m
- 45 45. Why (Almost) Nobody Lives in China's $161 Billion City2020-07-23 · 6m
- 46 46. The Seven People Who Can Turn Off the Internet2020-07-30 · 6m
- 47 47. How a Video Game Predicted the Collapse of Venezuela's Economy2020-08-04 · 6m
- 48 48. The Underground City of 1 Million Beneath Beijing2020-08-06 · 6m
- 49 49. Why Japan and Russia are Technically Still Fighting WWII2020-08-13 · 6m
- 50 50. Why UPS Trucks Almost Never Turn Left2020-08-18 · 6m
- 51 51. How a Cereal Box Toy Hacked AT&T's Phone Lines2020-08-20 · 6m
- 52 52. Every Mistake We've Ever Made #3: Tokyo Grift2020-08-28 · 8m
- 53 53. How Belgium Has Gone 621 Days Without a Government2020-09-01 · 7m
- 54 54. The 639 Year Longest Song Ever2020-09-03 · 7m
- 55 55. The Strange Reason Why the US Owes London £12,598,8452020-09-10 · 6m
- 56 56. Why an NFL Team Secretly Moved Cities Overnight2020-09-15 · 6m
- 57 57. Why the US is Having a Shortage of Coins2020-09-17 · 5m
- 58 58. Why the US Military Has a 26-Page Brownie Recipe2020-09-25 · 6m
- 59 59. The Farmer That Lives in the Middle of Tokyo Narita Airport2020-09-29 · 6m
- 60 60. Why a Book of 1 Million Random Numbers Sells for $682020-10-02 · 6m
- 61 61. Why the European Siren is Scientifically Proven to be Better2020-10-13 · 6m
- 62 62. The IRS' Plan to Collect Taxes After Doomsday2020-10-15 · 6m
- 63 63. Why the Smallest Piece of Land in NYC Exists2020-10-20 · 5m
- 64 64. Why the World's Sixth Ocean is Forming in Africa2020-10-22 · 5m
- 65 65. Why Trading Onions on Financial Markets is Illegal2020-10-27 · 6m
- 66 66. Why Nevada Created a County With No People, Buildings, or Roads2020-10-29 · 7m
- 67 67. How Astronauts Vote from Space2020-11-03 · 6m
- 68 68. Why 200-ish Americans Live in North Korea2020-11-10 · 6m
- 69 69. How a Cartel Built Their Own Cell Phone Network2020-11-13 · 6m
- 70 70. Why Bern is Not Actually the Capital of Switzerland2020-11-20 · 5m
- 71 71. How an Earthquake in Japan Made Days 1.8 Microseconds Shorter2020-11-25 · 6m
- 72 72. Why Living on the Left Side of a Timezone is Dangerous2020-12-05 · 6m
- 73 73. We Use AI to Write the Best HAI Video Ever (HAI #200)2020-12-09 · 8m
- 74 74. What Was in the Message Earth Broadcast for Aliens?2020-12-13 · 7m
- 75 75. Why This Color Doesn't Actually Exist2020-12-17 · 7m
- 76 76. How the QWERTY Keyboard Broke the Chinese Language2020-12-22 · 7m
- 77 77. Why Bananas Will Taste Different in a Few Years2020-12-26 · 7m
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