I Learned a Thing in the Bathroom

In this edition, find out just how many steps you have to climb to get to the mist-shrouded Tiger's Nest Monastery; discover how to go on vacation inside an active volcano; and find out how to pronounce Ittoqqortoormiit (we think).

In this edition, learn how much more exercise cavemen did than you; find out why our bodies look so different to those of our ancestors; and discover the surprising place you can still see an example of the human body in its most “natural” state.

In this edition, learn how a single meteorite knocked down 80 million trees in one blast; find out how a leftover WWII ammo dump became the biggest non-nuclear explosion in human history; and discover the mind-boggling space explosion that puts supernovas to shame.

In this edition, discover the most expensive planet in the universe; find out how a planet can get as hot as 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit; and learn which planet is so awful that it literally rains rocks.

In this edition, learn which deeply unsexy animal inspired the idea of mermaids; find out why maps used to say “Here Be Dragons”; and discover why the Kraken used to have a lot fewer tentacles than it does now.

In this edition, you'll hear the shocking number of nuclear weapons that have been lost in this country alone; why there's a giant stash of Nazi nerve gas in Alabama; and why 124 tons of the deadliest chemical weapon ever created are sitting on the seabed just off the coast of New Jersey.

In this edition, discover why history's shortest war lasted slightly less than your lunch hour; find out how a war was started by angry sports fans; and learn which two countries managed to go to war over a pastry shop.

In this edition, learn why Santa's workshop might struggle to open on an ice sheet; find out what happens when Santa takes an accidental dip in the Arctic ocean; and discover the nutritional properties of reindeer meat (you know, just in case).

In this edition, discover how two cavemen ended up with $7 billion; find out why “finders keepers” isn't legally binding when it comes to buried treasure; and learn about the 54 decapitated vikings who ruined a freeway.

In this edition, learn what motivates different kinds of jerks to be the biggest jerky jerks they can be; find out why being a jerk can sometimes be addictive; and discover what you can actually do about a raging jerk-hole.

In this edition, we'll find out how soon the robot uprising will happen; hear some truly awful poetry written by a robot; and learn what the human race will do for money once robots enter the job market in force.

In this edition, we'll be talking about why blowing up your enemy's satellites is a really bad idea, and how a simple metal pole can be more dangerous than a nuclear bomb.

In this edition, we'll be seeing exactly what 571 million helpings of milk and cookies would do to Santa's waistline; figure out how many elves he'd need to employ; and take a look at the epic vastness of his sleigh.

In this edition, learn the truth about the so-called Montauk Monster; find out who the softball-sized eyeball that washed up in Fort Lauderdale belonged to; and discover why one beach in Cornwall is chock full of tiny, tiny pirates.

In this edition, you'll hear about the infamous, bowel-voiding “brown note”; how a cruise ship defended itself from pirates with a sonic weapon; and how loud a sound would have to be to make a person's head explode.

In this edition, discover how much your brain really remembers about being an infant; find out why everyone gets afflicted with “childhood amnesia”; and learn the reason you'll probably never remember anything that happened to you before you could talk.

In this edition, discover why the pain from a hot chili is all in your mind; find out what it is that makes this pain enjoyable; and learn why spicy food almost always means an unpleasant bathroom experience the next day.

In this edition, learn why you'll feel terrible when you give up carbs; find out why you should stop trying to give up fat this year; and discover what happens when you try to quit your coffee habit.

In this edition, discover why we get freckles and moles when we tan; find out what the sun's radioactive embrace is really doing to your skin; and learn why tanning only became fashionable less than 100 years ago.

In this edition, we'll be looking at what really happens to the human body during teleportation; the absurdly long time the process would take; and whether you'd technically still be alive at the end of it.

In this edition, learn why condoms make the perfect firelighters; find out how you can use a condom as part of a classic French cooking technique; and discover just how many condoms it takes to make a working bungee rope.

In this edition, learn why we're still a loooong way from getting a meal-replacement pill; find out why body fat might not be an issue one day; and discover how far science has got with making a pill that replaces your daily workout.

In this edition, find out how far mind-reading technology has progressed; why we'll all be able to read each others' minds in the future; and why the idea that humans used to be telepathic is total nonsense.

In this edition, discover which surprising color was missing from the ancient world; find out why bees see the world under a blacklight; and learn about the mysterious “reddish green” and “yellowish blue” colors created in an unlikely science experiment.

In this edition, find out why staring into a fire can be good for your health; discover the (slightly embarrassing) reason we get so excited by fire and fireworks; and learn why pyromania and arson are two completely different things.

In this edition, discover what chicken behavior has to do with copulating dinosaurs; find out why the T-Rex was actually a sensitive lover; and learn about the strange world of dinosaur erotica.

In this edition, discover the jerk of a brain chemical that's responsible for making you want both booze and junk food; find out what's really making you throw up the next morning; and learn what people in other countries stuff their faces with when they're hammered (another slice of pig's head, anyone?)

In this edition, learn why we associate insects with everything bad in life; find out why empathy (or lack of it) plays such a big part in our fear of bugs; and discover why a cockroach might decide to crawl into your ear while you're asleep.

In this edition, find out why humans never evolved the ability to hibernate; discover why the future of space exploration depends on successfully gassed mice; and hear about the man who saved his own life by accidentally hibernating for 24 days.

In this edition, discover why new taxes had everyone in England bricking up their windows; find out what the Roman Emperor Vespasian was doing with the contents of Rome's toilets; and learn why Russia's Peter the Great instituted a tax that would bankrupt modern day hipsters.

In this edition, we'll be seeing which dinosaurs might have really fought each other.

In this edition, learn what's responsible for making your ears pop; find out the real reason you get sick when you fly (it's not the recycled air!); and discover which law of physics you can blame for making it feel like your gas-stuffed colon's about to explode.

In this edition, learn how cowboys chose to consume their post-booze rabbit droppings; find out who ate fried canaries for breakfast; and discover the secret ingredient of Mongolia's terrifying answer to the Bloody Mary.

In this edition, learn how a vending machine could murder you; find out why champagne can be deadly; and discover how constipation can cause you to experience something a little more drastic than bowel discomfort.

In this edition, learn what level of gluttony causes you to be lynched by an angry mob; find out what “The Great Eater of Kent” ate for breakfast; and discover the eating habits of Tarrare, a Frenchman who'd eat absolutely anything—from live snakes to dead human bodies.

In this edition, we'll be looking at nature's most unpleasant zombifications, from brain-exploding fungus to a barnacle that will make you afraid to go back in the water.

In this edition, learn what lives under two and a half miles of ice under Antarctica; find out how cold it is in the vacuum of space; and discover how long it takes to dig a grave when it's -90℉ outside.

In this edition, learn why people used to wash themselves with mutton fat; find out why syphilis helped end centuries of regular bathing in the 1500s; and discover how “nosegays” tried to make up for how bad everyone's B.O. was

In this edition, discover how it's possible to steal the Mona Lisa once, but sell it six times; find out what “the man who sold the Brooklyn Bridge” sold besides the Brooklyn Bridge; and learn why it pays to swindle Al Capone himself.

In this edition, we'll be finding out why nuclear weapons are our best hope to stop a giant asteroid wiping us all out, and discovering what the heck “kinetic interceptors” and “ion beam shepherds” are along the way.

Meet the moms who deserved a little more than a bunch of flowers on Mother's Day.

In this edition, we'll be taking a scientific look at exactly what happens to your body when you're wasted, as well as finding out why alcohol was partly responsible for creating the human race.

In this edition, discover the insidious effect nicotine has on your memory; find out why you cough more after you quit smoking than you did before; and learn just how long it really takes to get over those withdrawal symptoms.

In this edition, learn why not getting your beauty sleep puts you in such a bad mood; find out why being tired is, medically speaking, not so different from being drunk; and discover why being overtired can make you forget what you were going to, um, y'know…thing.

In this edition, we'll be finding out the likelihood of whether we're alone in the universe, and why we wouldn't be able to spot an alien if it was dancing a jig right in front of us.

In this edition, we'll be finding out why people aren't able to live forever, why lobsters help us understand immortality, and why there may sort of be some science behind vampires.

In this edition, learn the difference between a hurricane, a typhoon and a cyclone; find out what misshaped weirdness is going down at Saturn's North pole; and discover what happens to us when the sun has a blustery day of its own.

In this edition, learn why it's important to understand the basics of alligator wrestling; find out the difference between being attacked by a black bear and a brown bear; and discover why punching a shark on the nose is almost certainly not going to save your life.

In this edition, learn what the heck a “voivode” is; find out what the Mummy gets up to when he's not haunting pyramids; and discover why you're most likely to see Freddy Krueger on a pair of waterskis these days.

In this edition, we'll be examining how people might actually be able to make sweet love in the cold depths of space. Does floating help or hinder? What's with the motion sickness? And why the heck is space sweat so strange? Let's find out…

In this edition, learn why it's dangerous for a man's estrogen levels to drop too low; find out why some men have too much of it; and discover why you need the T and the E to help put the P in the V.