Half as Interesting — Season 2025

1Why People Live In Tubes At The Bottom of the Ocean
14 Jan 2025 · 9 min
2How Renault Won an F1 Race by Crashing a Car
21 Jan 2025 · 9 min
3The Nuke-Proof US Military Base in a Mountain
24 Jan 2025 · 7 min
4This 2-Mile Long Gondola Cost $52 Million
29 Jan 2025 · 8 min
5The Swimsuit So Good They Banned It
31 Jan 2025 · 9 min
6The Unspoken Rules of LEGO Sets
13 Feb 2025 · 8 min
7Brooklyn’s Only Interstate Is Doomed
21 Feb 2025 · 8 min
8The Fake Currency That Saved Brazil’s Economy
28 Feb 2025 · 8 min
9500 Terrible Topics We Didn’t Make Videos About
04 Mar 2025 · 8 min
10The 19 Year Process of Inventing a New Apple
13 Mar 2025 · 8 min
11The Algorithm Running Up French Fry Prices
18 Mar 2025 · 7 min
12How to Design the Perfect F1 Track
31 Mar 2025 · 8 min
13The Decades-Long Battle Over Low-Flow Toilets
11 Apr 2025 · 8 min
14How The Largest Human Gathering In The World Works
15 Apr 2025 · 9 min
15All The Loopholes to Travel from Europe to Russia
25 Apr 2025 · 7 min
16Why Isn’t There Public Transit From the Airport to Disney World?
28 Apr 2025 · 8 min
17The Frank Lloyd Wright Skyscraper That Sold for $10
30 Apr 2025 · 8 min
18Why You Need Sand from This Town to Make a Computer
21 May 2025 · 8 min
19The Scam That Hit Every Adult in Canada
28 May 2025 · 7 min
20The Absurd Lengths Billionaires Go to Not “Live” in NYC
29 May 2025 · 8 min
21The 467 Rules You Have to Follow to Put an Animal in a Movie
30 May 2025 · 8 min
22The Absurd Science Behind Really Good Bowling Balls
17 Jun 2025 · 7 min
23How Much of the Moon Is On Earth?
24 Jun 2025 · 8 min
24The CIA’s Secret Star Wars Fan Blog
26 Jun 2025 · 8 min
25Why Isn’t There Public Transit from the Airport to the Vegas Strip?
27 Jun 2025 · 8 min
26Why the US’ 2nd-Busiest Passenger Railway Is Doomed
30 Jun 2025 · 8 min
27Why The QWERTY Keyboard Actually Sucks
11 Jul 2025 · 8 min
28The Insane Logistics of Pro Baseball
25 Jul 2025 · 8 min
29The Most Controversial Half-Acre in NYC
29 Jul 2025 · 8 min
30Detroit’s Tiny, Terrible Metro System
31 Jul 2025 · 7 min
31The Fake Countries the US Fights Fake Wars Against
11 Aug 2025 · 9 min
32The Insane Production Schedule of Love Island
19 Aug 2025 · 7 min
33The Multimillionaire Feud Over Horse Clones
25 Aug 2025 · 9 min
34The Decades-Long Fight Over The Font on Highway Signs
29 Aug 2025 · 8 min
35The Worst Mistakes We Made This Year (Again)
01 Sep 2025 · 8 min
36All The Non-Passenger Trains in the NYC Subway
22 Sep 2025 · 8 min
37Why There’s a 61-Mile Conveyor Belt in the Sahara Desert
25 Sep 2025 · 8 min
38France Sent Their Dumbest Spies to Blow Up This Boat in NZ
29 Sep 2025 · 8 min
39Why Does the World’s Biggest Ship Exist?
30 Sep 2025 · 8 min
40Why This Car Basically Only Exists in NYC
03 Oct 2025 · 8 min
41The Risky Logistics of Alaska’s Food Supply Chain
21 Oct 2025 · 7 min
42How Indonesia Is Accidentally Sinking Their Capital
23 Oct 2025 · 7 min
43How They Just Discovered a New 14,000 Foot Mountain
30 Oct 2025 · 9 min
44How Do They Choose the Spelling Bee Words?
31 Oct 2025 · 9 min
45The Design of the World’s Most Secure Banknote
11 Nov 2025 · 8 min
46The US Military’s Really Big, Really Controversial Radar System
18 Nov 2025 · 6 min
47How FEMA’s Doomsday Radio System Works
30 Nov 2025 · 8 min
48Why It’s So Hard To Know Where the Utility Pipes Are
04 Dec 2025 · 8 min
49The US Military’s Fast Food Division
15 Dec 2025 · 8 min
50How This Country Overestimated Their Population by 7 Million People
22 Dec 2025 · 7 min
51Why It Was Illegal to Sell All Your Raisins Until 2015
24 Dec 2025 · 8 min
52The Time the US Sent 813 Soldiers to Cut Down One Tree
31 Dec 2025 · 8 min

1Why People Live In Tubes At The Bottom of the Ocean

2How Renault Won an F1 Race by Crashing a Car

3The Nuke-Proof US Military Base in a Mountain

4This 2-Mile Long Gondola Cost $52 Million

5The Swimsuit So Good They Banned It

6The Unspoken Rules of LEGO Sets

7Brooklyn’s Only Interstate Is Doomed

8The Fake Currency That Saved Brazil’s Economy

9500 Terrible Topics We Didn’t Make Videos About

10The 19 Year Process of Inventing a New Apple

11The Algorithm Running Up French Fry Prices

12How to Design the Perfect F1 Track

13The Decades-Long Battle Over Low-Flow Toilets

14How The Largest Human Gathering In The World Works

15All The Loopholes to Travel from Europe to Russia

16Why Isn’t There Public Transit From the Airport to Disney World?

17The Frank Lloyd Wright Skyscraper That Sold for $10

18Why You Need Sand from This Town to Make a Computer

19The Scam That Hit Every Adult in Canada

20The Absurd Lengths Billionaires Go to Not “Live” in NYC

21The 467 Rules You Have to Follow to Put an Animal in a Movie

22The Absurd Science Behind Really Good Bowling Balls

23How Much of the Moon Is On Earth?

24The CIA’s Secret Star Wars Fan Blog

25Why Isn’t There Public Transit from the Airport to the Vegas Strip?

26Why the US’ 2nd-Busiest Passenger Railway Is Doomed

27Why The QWERTY Keyboard Actually Sucks

28The Insane Logistics of Pro Baseball

29The Most Controversial Half-Acre in NYC

30Detroit’s Tiny, Terrible Metro System

31The Fake Countries the US Fights Fake Wars Against

32The Insane Production Schedule of Love Island

33The Multimillionaire Feud Over Horse Clones

34The Decades-Long Fight Over The Font on Highway Signs

35The Worst Mistakes We Made This Year (Again)

36All The Non-Passenger Trains in the NYC Subway

37Why There’s a 61-Mile Conveyor Belt in the Sahara Desert

38France Sent Their Dumbest Spies to Blow Up This Boat in NZ

39Why Does the World’s Biggest Ship Exist?

40Why This Car Basically Only Exists in NYC

41The Risky Logistics of Alaska’s Food Supply Chain

42How Indonesia Is Accidentally Sinking Their Capital

43How They Just Discovered a New 14,000 Foot Mountain

44How Do They Choose the Spelling Bee Words?

45The Design of the World’s Most Secure Banknote

46The US Military’s Really Big, Really Controversial Radar System

47How FEMA’s Doomsday Radio System Works

48Why It’s So Hard To Know Where the Utility Pipes Are

49The US Military’s Fast Food Division

50How This Country Overestimated Their Population by 7 Million People

51Why It Was Illegal to Sell All Your Raisins Until 2015

52The Time the US Sent 813 Soldiers to Cut Down One Tree