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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Season 2020
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E1
How France Bought 2,000 Trains That Were Too Wide
Jan 4, 2020 -
2
E2
Why North Korea's 30 Year-Old Hotel Never Opened
Jan 8, 2020 -
3
E3
The Secret Tunnel Under the White House
Jan 10, 2020 -
4
E4
The Guy Who Was (Maybe) President for One Day
Jan 16, 2020 -
5
E5
The Nonexistent Train Station that Legally Exists
Jan 21, 2020 -
6
E6
The Highway Where Cars are Banned
Jan 23, 2020 -
7
E7
How Someone Stole a Plane Without Breaking Federal Law
Jan 31, 2020 -
8
E8
The CIA's 638 Attempts to Assassinate Castro
Feb 4, 2020 -
9
E9
How a Grandma Broke All of Armenia's Internet
Feb 6, 2020 -
10
E10
Why it Was Legal to Mail Babies
Feb 13, 2020 -
11
E11
How Harry Potter Movies Technically Lost Money
Feb 18, 2020 -
12
E12
Why Antarctica Has Its Own Accent
Feb 20, 2020 -
13
E13
Lawnchair Larry: The Man Who Flew in a Lawnchair
Feb 27, 2020 -
14
E14
Zyzzyx Road: The Lowest-Grossing Film of All Time
Mar 3, 2020 -
15
E15
The Airport Where Planes go to Die
Mar 5, 2020 -
16
E16
The Country That You Can Rent for $70,000 a Night
Mar 13, 2020 -
17
E17
How One Woman Scammed Her Way Into the 2018 Olympics
Mar 18, 2020 -
18
E18
The American Town Ceded to Mexico in 1970
Mar 20, 2020 -
19
E19
The Accidental Virtual Pandemic in World of Warcraft
Mar 26, 2020 -
20
E20
How Scientology Got 5,000 Secret Agents in the Government
Mar 31, 2020 -
21
E21
How a Fitness App Revealed Secret Military Bases
Apr 2, 2020 -
22
E22
The Conspiracy Theory that the Middle Ages Never Happened
Apr 9, 2020 -
23
E23
United Airlines' Men-Only Flights
Apr 14, 2020 -
24
E24
The Road Owned Simultaneously by Spain and France
Apr 16, 2020 -
25
E25
A Terrible Mistake: 1 Vacuum = 1 Free Flight
Apr 23, 2020 -
26
E26
Who Owns the Rain?
Apr 28, 2020 -
27
E27
How Global Oil Prices Were Raised $1.50 by a Drunk Trader
May 1, 2020 -
28
E28
Why There's a Single, Tiny Wire Encircling Manhattan
May 7, 2020 -
29
E29
Why This Coin is Illegal to Own
May 12, 2020 -
30
E30
The $22 Million Party that Overthrew an Empire
May 15, 2020 -
31
E31
The 1,088 Passenger Busiest Flight Ever
May 21, 2020 -
32
E32
The Island That Keeps Appearing and Disappearing
May 26, 2020 -
33
E33
Why Canadian Lottery Winners Must Answer a Math Question
May 28, 2020 -
34
E34
Texas' Embassy in Washington DC
Jun 4, 2020 -
35
E35
The Terrible Mistake of Choosing 'Null' as a License Plate
Jun 9, 2020 -
36
E36
Why Japan Spent $600 Million Protecting Two Rocks
Jun 11, 2020 -
37
E37
The Twice-Weekly Flight That Got a United CEO Fired
Jun 18, 2020 -
38
E38
The $300 Million Cable Between New York and Chicago
Jun 23, 2020 -
39
E39
Why Australia is Legally an American Corporation
Jun 25, 2020 -
40
E40
The Man Who Time Travelled 0.2 Seconds
Jul 2, 2020 -
41
E41
How Poland Accidentally Invaded the Czech Republic
Jul 7, 2020 -
42
E42
The Mathematical Loophole that Broke the Lottery
Jul 10, 2020 -
43
E43
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Jul 16, 2020 -
44
E44
Why Iceland's Airline Briefly Relocated to Scotland
Jul 21, 2020 -
45
E45
Why (Almost) Nobody Lives in China's $161 Billion City
Jul 23, 2020 -
46
E46
The Seven People Who Can Turn Off the Internet
Jul 30, 2020 -
47
E47
How a Video Game Predicted the Collapse of Venezuela's Economy
Aug 4, 2020 -
48
E48
The Underground City of 1 Million Beneath Beijing
Aug 6, 2020 -
49
E49
Why Japan and Russia are Technically Still Fighting WWII
Aug 13, 2020 -
50
E50
Why UPS Trucks Almost Never Turn Left
Aug 18, 2020 -
51
E51
How a Cereal Box Toy Hacked AT&T's Phone Lines
Aug 20, 2020 -
52
E52
Every Mistake We've Ever Made #3: Tokyo Grift
Aug 28, 2020 -
53
E53
How Belgium Has Gone 621 Days Without a Government
Sep 1, 2020 -
54
E54
The 639 Year Longest Song Ever
Sep 3, 2020 -
55
E55
The Strange Reason Why the US Owes London £12,598,845
Sep 10, 2020 -
56
E56
Why an NFL Team Secretly Moved Cities Overnight
Sep 15, 2020 -
57
E57
Why the US is Having a Shortage of Coins
Sep 17, 2020 -
58
E58
Why the US Military Has a 26-Page Brownie Recipe
Sep 25, 2020 -
59
E59
The Farmer That Lives in the Middle of Tokyo Narita Airport
Sep 29, 2020 -
60
E60
Why a Book of 1 Million Random Numbers Sells for $68
Oct 2, 2020 -
61
E61
Why the European Siren is Scientifically Proven to be Better
Oct 13, 2020 -
62
E62
The IRS' Plan to Collect Taxes After Doomsday
Oct 15, 2020 -
63
E63
Why the Smallest Piece of Land in NYC Exists
Oct 20, 2020 -
64
E64
Why the World's Sixth Ocean is Forming in Africa
Oct 22, 2020 -
65
E65
Why Trading Onions on Financial Markets is Illegal
Oct 27, 2020 -
66
E66
Why Nevada Created a County With No People, Buildings, or Roads
Oct 29, 2020 -
67
E67
How Astronauts Vote from Space
Nov 3, 2020 -
68
E68
Why 200-ish Americans Live in North Korea
Nov 10, 2020 -
69
E69
How a Cartel Built Their Own Cell Phone Network
Nov 13, 2020 -
70
E70
Why Bern is Not Actually the Capital of Switzerland
Nov 20, 2020 -
71
E71
How an Earthquake in Japan Made Days 1.8 Microseconds Shorter
Nov 25, 2020 -
72
E72
Why Living on the Left Side of a Timezone is Dangerous
Dec 5, 2020 -
73
E73
We Use AI to Write the Best HAI Video Ever (HAI #200)
Dec 9, 2020 -
74
E74
What Was in the Message Earth Broadcast for Aliens?
Dec 13, 2020 -
75
E75
Why This Color Doesn't Actually Exist
Dec 17, 2020 -
76
E76
How the QWERTY Keyboard Broke the Chinese Language
Dec 22, 2020 -
77
E77
Why Bananas Will Taste Different in a Few Years
Dec 26, 2020