Half as Interesting

Half as Interesting

5m Documentary

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 1. South Korea Built a Mediocre New Capital in the Middle of Nowhere2024-01-04 · 6m
  2. 2 2. Why There’s a Giant Barcode In The Middle of the Mojave Desert2024-01-11 · 6m
  3. 3 3. The Special Design That Makes Library Books Indestructible2024-01-16 · 7m
  4. 4 4. How the US Transports Its Nuclear Weapons2024-01-19 · 7m
  5. 5 5. How Tokyo Made Itself Earthquake-Proof2024-01-25 · 7m
  6. 6 6. Why a Big Box Store Started Solving Violent Crimes2024-01-26 · 7m
  7. 7 7. The Very Real Australian Colleges with No Students2024-01-31 · 7m
  8. 8 8. The Logistics of White House State Dinners2024-01-31 · 7m
  9. 9 9. The Tiny Alaskan Town with the US’ Highest Taxicab Density2024-02-05 · 7m
  10. 10 10. How This Michigan Town Accidentally Buried Itself in Sand2024-02-19 · 7m
  11. 11 11. Why the FBI and the CIA Keep Lying to Each Other2024-02-25 · 6m
  12. 12 12. Why It’s So Difficult to Build Subways in Rome2024-02-28 · 7m
  13. 13 13. Why We’re Building a 790-Mile Wire From Kansas to Indiana2024-02-29 · 6m
  14. 14 14. Why the North Korean Government Has a Tiny Office in NYC2024-03-19 · 8m
  15. 15 15. Why So Many Trains Get Robbed in this One Spot2024-03-22 · 9m
  16. 16 16. The Logistics of Prescribed Fires2024-03-27 · 9mVideo written by Ben Doyle
  17. 17 17. Why Don’t Planes Carry Parachutes?2024-03-31 · 8m
  18. 18 18. How the US Tests Nukes (Without Blowing Them Up)2024-04-06 · 8m
  19. 19 19. The Man Who Stole an Entire Hotel2024-04-16 · 8m
  20. 20 20. The Obscure System That Syncs All The World’s Clocks2024-04-23 · 8m
  21. 21 21. How Storing Movies on Vinyl Lost RCA $650 Million2024-05-01 · 9m
  22. 22 22. Why All Pro Basketball Players Shoot Free Throws Wrong2024-05-09 · 9m
  23. 23 23. The One Company That Owns 2,390 Colors2024-05-14 · 10m
  24. 24 24. The 517,431 Emails That Trained Siri2024-05-17 · 8m
  25. 25 25. Why There’s a Pacific Ocean Port in Idaho2024-05-24 · 9m
  26. 26 26. Why the Ocean Looks So Fake on Google Maps2024-06-03 · 9m
  27. 27 27. Why the US Drops 14.7 Million Worms On Panama Every Week2024-06-06 · 8m
  28. 28 28. Why Nobody Knows What 彁 Means2024-06-13 · 9m
  29. 29 29. The Weird, Terrible Smartphones They Only Have in North Korea2024-06-25 · 8m
  30. 30 30. Mumbai’s Crazy-Efficient, 99.9999% Accurate Food Delivery System2024-07-01 · 8m
  31. 31 31. How the UN Translates Everything in Real-Time2024-07-08 · 9m
  32. 32 32. How this Oklahoma Town Became Completely Uninhabitable2024-07-15 · 9m
  33. 33 33. How America’s Largest, Most Secure Embassy Works2024-07-19 · 9m
  34. 34 34. How the US Gov’s Riskiest Labs Contain Deadly Viruses2024-07-30 · 8m
  35. 35 35. The One Long Wire Ruining America’s Most Important Train2024-08-01 · 8m
  36. 36 36. The Super-Complex Security of the Paris Olympics2024-08-09 · 9m
  37. 37 37. The Logistics of Mount Everest’s Base Camp2024-08-20 · 8m
  38. 38 38. The $190 Million Tunnel Built for Just 1200 People2024-08-26 · 8m
  39. 39 39. The Worst Mistakes We Made This Year2024-09-03 · 8m
  40. 40 40. The Massively Bureaucratic System for Confirming a “Miracle”2024-09-07 · 9m
  41. 41 41. The Board That Decides Every Place Name in the U.S.2024-09-18 · 8m
  42. 42 42. Why 1% of the Stock Market is Tied to 11 Random Americans2024-09-26 · 7m
  43. 43 43. How Ski Resorts Store Snow Over the Summer2024-09-30 · 8m
  44. 44 44. Why Only One US City Doesn’t Add Fluoride to Its Water2024-10-10 · 9m
  45. 45 45. How They Dug the Deepest Hole on Earth2024-10-17 · 8m
  46. 46 46. How This Card Game Accidentally Became a Stock Market2024-10-25 · 9m
  47. 47 47. How This Single 'M' Almost Ruined a US Presidency2024-10-30 · 9m
  48. 48 48. How The USA’s Only Car-Free Village Works2024-10-31 · 9m
  49. 49 49. Why Hawaii's H-3 is the Most Expensive Interstate Ever2024-11-12 · 9m
  50. 50 50. The Crazy-Complex Process of Organizing a Container Ship2024-11-19 · 9m
  51. 51 51. How This Waffle Restaurant Mastered Hurricanes2024-11-26 · 8m
  52. 52 52. How Istanbul Moved Its Airport in Just 45 Hours2024-11-30 · 8m
  53. 53 53. The US’ Surprisingly Busy Nuclear Emergency Team2024-12-12 · 9m
  54. 54 54. How a Whole Country Got Cut Off From The Internet for 38 Days2024-12-17 · 9m
  55. 55 55. How This Tunnel Accidentally Created an Immigration Loophole2024-12-24 · 7m
  56. 56 56. The $18.8 Bil, Borderline Useless Bridge Between Hong Kong and Macau2024-12-26 · 8m

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