What The Factual?

Facts The Way I Like It! is back with yet more lesser-known facts and stories from history... This week Gill and Pete cover such subjects as the perils awaiting keen geologists who insist on popping rocks or indeed objects that resemble rocks into their mouths. They also discuss a manuscript which is a complete mystery, the first ever electric taxis in New York and London and Pete delves into who dropped the ball the night Abraham Lincoln was shot.Finally, Gill brings a new angle to the phrase "No news is Good News"... Follow us on Social Media:Threads:   @WhatTheFactualpodInstagram:  @whatthefactualpodEmail us..:  whatthefactualpod@gmail.comYoutube...:  https://www.youtube.com/@whatthefactualpodFacts The Way I Like It! is written and presented by Gill Smith & Pete Moor.Subjects & Research by Gill Smith & Pete Moor.Sound, Editing & Music by Pete Moor.

It's That Factual Time again... when every Friday, Gill Smith and Pete Moor slug it out whilst socking each other, metaphorically, over the head with fact after fact until only Facts are the winner.This week sees the etymology of well known phrases like "Flying off the handle" and "Oooh that's naughty" and Pete shares a couple of mad stories again including one that warns of the perils of a good afternoon nap. Finally, Gill can't resist clearing up a good old fashioned Roman conspiracy!!Follow us on Social Media:Threads:   @WhatTheFactualpodInstagram:  @whatthefactualpodEmail us..:  whatthefactualpod@gmail.comYoutube...:  https://www.youtube.com/@whatthefactualpodFacts The Way I Like It! is written and presented by Gill Smith & Pete Moor.Subjects & Research by Gill Smith & Pete Moor.Sound, Editing & Music by Pete Moor.

Episode 14 of Facts The Way I Like It! is here and Gill and Pete bring out even more mad and interesting facts from all walks of life. This week they look at a tall love story from the 1860s, Audrey Hepburn's secret ballet performances for the Second World War resistance effort and a few separate fan boy stories involving Pete, Stephen Hawking, Charles Dickens and Hans Christian Anderson.Finally, an Australian Javelin thrower decides to post himself from Britain to Australia and hopefully... he has his fairytale ending.Follow us on Social Media:Threads:   @WhatTheFactualpodInstagram:  @whatthefactualpodEmail us..:  whatthefactualpod@gmail.comYoutube...:  https://www.youtube.com/@whatthefactualpodFacts The Way I Like It! is written and presented by Gill Smith & Pete Moor.Subjects & Research by Gill Smith & Pete Moor.Sound, Editing & Music by Pete Moor.

Another Friday, another Facts The Way I Like It! This week Gill and Pete look at some breaking news from Egypt that is actually three and a half thousand years old, Pete looks into the world of sub atomic particles and almost comes out unscathed and Gill gives away that she has put way too much thought into how to rob a bank. Plus, we learn that we probably shouldn't go over a waterfall in a barrel and we definitely shouldn't leave Gill in a room with some butter, a metallic wrapper and a microwave.Follow us on Social Media:Threads:   @WhatTheFactualpodInstagram:  @whatthefactualpodEmail us..:  whatthefactualpod@gmail.comYoutube...:  https://www.youtube.com/@whatthefactualpodFacts The Way I Like It! is written and presented by Gill Smith & Pete Moor.Subjects & Research by Gill Smith & Pete Moor.Sound, Editing & Music by Pete Moor.

Another episode of Facts The Way I Like It! sees Gill and Pete flinging facts around like there is no tomorrow. This time they share stories of possible mistaken death, how to disappear completely in Japan and a dance craze that literally noone could keep a lid on.They also consider the best time of day to satisfy height restrictions in order to get on a fairground ride and also, Gill threatens to help Pete jump out of a plane.Follow us on Social Media:Threads:   @WhatTheFactualpodInstagram:  @whatthefactualpodEmail us..:  whatthefactualpod@gmail.comYoutube...:  https://www.youtube.com/@whatthefactualpodFacts The Way I Like It! is written and presented by Gill Smith & Pete Moor.Subjects & Research by Gill Smith & Pete Moor.Sound, Editing & Music by Pete Moor.

Another Facts The Way I Like It! sees Gill and Pete trade more facts and random stories. Gill has breaking news about a case that has remained unsolved for over 130 years and Pete has the story of the Tipton Brothers and how they really believed in the idea that "you make your own luck". They look into how a persistent assassin followed George III around but the encounter still ended in a draw and finally Pete falls down a rabbit hole of the preservation of living things after they die... even if the result doesn't necessarily do them justice.Follow us on Social Media:Threads:   @WhatTheFactualpodInstagram:  @whatthefactualpodEmail us..:  whatthefactualpod@gmail.comYoutube...:  https://www.youtube.com/@whatthefactualpodFacts The Way I Like It! is written and presented by Gill Smith & Pete Moor.Subjects & Research by Gill Smith & Pete Moor.Sound, Editing & Music by Pete Moor.