Half as Interesting — Season 2021

1What Happens When You Build a City With Zero Zoning Laws
05 Jan 2021 · 6 min
2The Food So Bad That It's Banned In Prison
07 Jan 2021 · 6 min
3Why a 61 Year Old German Was Almost Queen of England
15 Jan 2021 · 7 min
4Why There's an American National Park in Canada
19 Jan 2021 · 7 min
5Why Blue in Japan Looks Like Green to Americans
22 Jan 2021 · 7 min
6Why Real Dictionaries Have Fake Words
28 Jan 2021 · 7 min
7Why the East Ends of (Most) Cities are Poorer
02 Feb 2021 · 7 min
8Why the US Government Has a Secret Chicken Stockpile
04 Feb 2021 · 7 min
9Japan's Massive Mistake of Building Two Incompatible Power Grids
11 Feb 2021 · 6 min
10The US Government's $800 Million Fish Taser
16 Feb 2021 · 7 min
11The Conspiracy Theory that Shakespeare Didn't Write Shakespeare
02 Mar 2021 · 6 min
12Why the US Government Has 5,915 Secret, Classified Patents
04 Mar 2021 · 6 min
13This is a Video About Bricks
10 Mar 2021 · 13 min
14The Year Without a Summer Season
16 Mar 2021 · 7 min
15Why Google Doesn't Want You to Say You "Googled Something"
18 Mar 2021 · 7 min
16The US' Butter Size Border
23 Mar 2021 · 7 min
17Why North Korea Has a Ski Resort
29 Mar 2021 · 6 min
18The Hidden Grammar Rule English Speakers Don’t Know They Know
31 Mar 2021 · 7 min
19How Pakistan Broke YouTube Globally for Two Hours
08 Apr 2021 · 7 min
20Why China Has 3,000 Miles of Secret Tunnels
12 Apr 2021 · 7 min
21How Your Birth Month Actually Affects Your Life
14 Apr 2021 · 7 min
22Why There's a Unique Mosquito Species in the London Underground
16 Apr 2021 · 7 min
23How the World's Newest Language Developed
22 Apr 2021 · 7 min
24What's the Longest Bus Route in the World?
28 Apr 2021 · 6 min
25How to Never Lose at Tic Tac Toe
30 Apr 2021 · 7 min
26Why $2 Trillion Is Kept In Banks That Can't Give Interest
06 May 2021 · 6 min
27How an 100 Million Year-Old Coastline Decides US Elections
11 May 2021 · 6 min
28Why 90% of Asians are Lactose Intolerant
14 May 2021 · 6 min
29Why This Piece of the Netherlands Was Temporarily Scotland
20 May 2021 · 6 min
30How the World's Most Complicated Language Works
25 May 2021 · 6 min
31What's the Deadliest Day of the Year?
28 May 2021 · 6 min
32How the US' 100% Inescapable Prison Works
03 Jun 2021 · 6 min
33The CIA’s Very Real Experiments into Psychic Powers
09 Jun 2021 · 8 min
34Why There are 1.5 Million Small Metal Markers Across the US
11 Jun 2021 · 6 min
35How North Korea Made the Perfect Counterfeit $100 Bill
18 Jun 2021 · 6 min
36Why 2016 Had an Extra One Second
25 Jun 2021 · 6 min
37Why Alberta is the World's Only Rat-Free Place (With Humans)
29 Jun 2021 · 6 min
38Why 7% of Montreal is Moving Today
01 Jul 2021 · 5 min
39What Happens if the Mail Can't Read Your Handwriting?
07 Jul 2021 · 5 min
40The Math That Proves Your Friends are More Popular Than You
09 Jul 2021 · 6 min
41Why Women are Legally Banned From This Peninsula
15 Jul 2021 · 5 min
42Why You Can Only Have 150 Friends (According to Science)
20 Jul 2021 · 7 min
43Why the Stock Market Lost $1 Trillion for 36 Minutes
23 Jul 2021 · 7 min
44The Math Problem With a $1 Million Prize for Solving
29 Jul 2021 · 6 min
45How to Decode Credit Card Numbers
03 Aug 2021 · 5 min
46The Tiny Boat With Its Own Postal Code
06 Aug 2021 · 5 min
47Why Humans Are Supposed to Sleep in Two 4-Hour Phases
12 Aug 2021 · 12 min
48Why Singapore Purposefully Releases 5 Million Mosquitos a Week
20 Aug 2021 · 6 min
49Why Traffic Scientists Want You to Cut People Off
27 Aug 2021 · 6 min
50Hooters' Very Real Airline
30 Aug 2021 · 6 min
51Every Mistake We've Ever Made IV: A New Nope
31 Aug 2021 · 9 min
52The Ocean is Getting Less Salty (And That's Bad)
07 Sep 2021 · 6 min
53Why This 25,000 Foot Mountain Has Never Been Climbed
10 Sep 2021 · 2 min
54The US Military's Real(ish) Zombie Apocalypse Plan
14 Sep 2021 · 7 min
55How London's Tallest Tower was a State Secret
20 Sep 2021 · 6 min
56How Michelin Inspectors Stay Secret
24 Sep 2021 · 6 min
57Why Ashgabat, Turkmenistan is the World's Most Expensive City
28 Sep 2021 · 7 min
58The Weirdly Big Problem of Being Declared Dead Accidentally
30 Sep 2021 · 6 min
59Why Nobody Knows Who Owns 15% of England
07 Oct 2021 · 6 min
60A Huge Mistake: Paying People to Use Clean Energy
13 Oct 2021 · 6 min
61Why The US Government Values Your Life at $10,041,645
15 Oct 2021 · 7 min
62Why the World's Largest Land Vehicle Exists
22 Oct 2021 · 6 min
63Why Looking at the Sun Makes 1/4th of People Sneeze
27 Oct 2021 · 6 min
64Why Nobody's Sure What the Northernmost Piece of Land Is
28 Oct 2021 · 5 min
65The Weird Debate Over Whether There are 4 or 5 Oceans
29 Oct 2021 · 5 min
66Why the World's Biggest Metro Only Runs 7 Days a Year
05 Nov 2021 · 6 min
67Why Guinness Stopped Giving These World Records
09 Nov 2021 · 6 min
68Canada's 100-Foot Freight Railway To Nowhere
11 Nov 2021 · 5 min
69Why there are Zero Bridges Over the Amazon
17 Nov 2021 · 1 min
70Why 17 Million Telegrams Are Still Sent Every Year
18 Nov 2021 · 6 min
71How Blink 182 violated the Geneva Conventions
22 Nov 2021 · 1 min
72Why Terrible Movies Always Come Out In February
24 Nov 2021 · 7 min
73Why These Remote Islands are Technically Part of Tokyo
26 Nov 2021 · 7 min
74Bougainville: A New Country Coming in 2027
03 Dec 2021 · 7 min
75How One Guy Bankrupted One Of England's Oldest Banks
07 Dec 2021 · 6 min
76Why Planes Fly Over The North Pole But Not The South Pole
09 Dec 2021 · 6 min
77Why Blackcurrant Flavor Doesn’t Exist in the US
14 Dec 2021 · 1 min
78Why Sweden Is Moving Its Northernmost Town 2 Miles East
16 Dec 2021 · 6 min
79Why Almost Every Town In America Has a Thai Restaurant
22 Dec 2021 · 6 min
80The Real Reason NYC Is Always Covered In Scaffolding
23 Dec 2021 · 6 min
81Who Officially Decides What Time It Is?
31 Dec 2021 · 7 min

1What Happens When You Build a City With Zero Zoning Laws

2The Food So Bad That It's Banned In Prison

3Why a 61 Year Old German Was Almost Queen of England

4Why There's an American National Park in Canada

5Why Blue in Japan Looks Like Green to Americans

6Why Real Dictionaries Have Fake Words

7Why the East Ends of (Most) Cities are Poorer

8Why the US Government Has a Secret Chicken Stockpile

9Japan's Massive Mistake of Building Two Incompatible Power Grids

10The US Government's $800 Million Fish Taser

11The Conspiracy Theory that Shakespeare Didn't Write Shakespeare

12Why the US Government Has 5,915 Secret, Classified Patents

13This is a Video About Bricks

14The Year Without a Summer Season

15Why Google Doesn't Want You to Say You "Googled Something"

16The US' Butter Size Border

17Why North Korea Has a Ski Resort

18The Hidden Grammar Rule English Speakers Don’t Know They Know

19How Pakistan Broke YouTube Globally for Two Hours

20Why China Has 3,000 Miles of Secret Tunnels

21How Your Birth Month Actually Affects Your Life

22Why There's a Unique Mosquito Species in the London Underground

23How the World's Newest Language Developed

24What's the Longest Bus Route in the World?

25How to Never Lose at Tic Tac Toe

26Why $2 Trillion Is Kept In Banks That Can't Give Interest

27How an 100 Million Year-Old Coastline Decides US Elections

28Why 90% of Asians are Lactose Intolerant

29Why This Piece of the Netherlands Was Temporarily Scotland

30How the World's Most Complicated Language Works

31What's the Deadliest Day of the Year?

32How the US' 100% Inescapable Prison Works

33The CIA’s Very Real Experiments into Psychic Powers

34Why There are 1.5 Million Small Metal Markers Across the US

35How North Korea Made the Perfect Counterfeit $100 Bill

36Why 2016 Had an Extra One Second

37Why Alberta is the World's Only Rat-Free Place (With Humans)

38Why 7% of Montreal is Moving Today

39What Happens if the Mail Can't Read Your Handwriting?

40The Math That Proves Your Friends are More Popular Than You

41Why Women are Legally Banned From This Peninsula

42Why You Can Only Have 150 Friends (According to Science)

43Why the Stock Market Lost $1 Trillion for 36 Minutes

44The Math Problem With a $1 Million Prize for Solving

45How to Decode Credit Card Numbers

46The Tiny Boat With Its Own Postal Code

47Why Humans Are Supposed to Sleep in Two 4-Hour Phases

48Why Singapore Purposefully Releases 5 Million Mosquitos a Week

49Why Traffic Scientists Want You to Cut People Off

50Hooters' Very Real Airline

51Every Mistake We've Ever Made IV: A New Nope

52The Ocean is Getting Less Salty (And That's Bad)

53Why This 25,000 Foot Mountain Has Never Been Climbed

54The US Military's Real(ish) Zombie Apocalypse Plan

55How London's Tallest Tower was a State Secret

56How Michelin Inspectors Stay Secret

57Why Ashgabat, Turkmenistan is the World's Most Expensive City

58The Weirdly Big Problem of Being Declared Dead Accidentally

59Why Nobody Knows Who Owns 15% of England

60A Huge Mistake: Paying People to Use Clean Energy

61Why The US Government Values Your Life at $10,041,645

62Why the World's Largest Land Vehicle Exists

63Why Looking at the Sun Makes 1/4th of People Sneeze

64Why Nobody's Sure What the Northernmost Piece of Land Is

65The Weird Debate Over Whether There are 4 or 5 Oceans

66Why the World's Biggest Metro Only Runs 7 Days a Year

67Why Guinness Stopped Giving These World Records

68Canada's 100-Foot Freight Railway To Nowhere

69Why there are Zero Bridges Over the Amazon

70Why 17 Million Telegrams Are Still Sent Every Year

71How Blink 182 violated the Geneva Conventions

72Why Terrible Movies Always Come Out In February

73Why These Remote Islands are Technically Part of Tokyo

74Bougainville: A New Country Coming in 2027

75How One Guy Bankrupted One Of England's Oldest Banks

76Why Planes Fly Over The North Pole But Not The South Pole

77Why Blackcurrant Flavor Doesn’t Exist in the US

78Why Sweden Is Moving Its Northernmost Town 2 Miles East

79Why Almost Every Town In America Has a Thai Restaurant

80The Real Reason NYC Is Always Covered In Scaffolding