Half as Interesting Season 2017, Episode 15: Why the UK Runs Trains to Nowhere

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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.

5 min

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.

5 min

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.

5 min

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.

5 min

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.

5 min

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.

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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.

5 min

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.

5 min

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.

5 min

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.

5 min

11

Why the US' Land is Blocky

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

5 min

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.

5 min

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.

5 min

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.

5 min

15

Why the UK Runs Trains to Nowhere

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

5 min

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.

5 min

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.

5 min

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.

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