Dexplanations

This time we make distinctions between ie and eg, theft, robbery, burglary, and larceny, rust and patina, and more.

What is scientific truth? What makes for good literature? and what is truthiness?

Have you ever noticed that some things that have human features look cute, but others look super creepy?

Toxoplasma gondii is a single celled parasite that you and your cat may have.

What is the difference between venom and poison, affect and effect, magma and lava, etc.

You are on a gameshow. There are three doors in front of you. There is a car behind one of the doors and there are goats behind two of the doors. You get to pick one door. After you pick, the host opens a different door than the one you picked, to show you one of the goats. Should you stay with the door you initially picked, should you switch doors, or does it even matter?

Ötzi was a dude who got murdered ~5,300 years ago.

Words that end with nym. Acronyms, pseudonyms, eponyms, etc. Words for names of things.

Rabies!

Lean the drink, Pimp C, and a Super lightening quick guessing round on hip hop terminology.

Huge living things. African Bush Elephants, Blue whales, Oregon's Humongous Fungus, and Pando!

Duels, types of duels, and duel rules.

Fear and phobias. Theres a super lightning quick guessing round so get your pens ready and be ready to pause because I didn't really give enough time for guessing. Then we round it out with what my fears are.

Mental shortcuts, gut feeling, etc.

Dude got a tamping rod shot through his head.

Rats!

How do they fill up so fast? Best enjoyed with a nice expresso.

The Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. What it is.

Erotic Asphyxiation! Why people do it and the dangers of it.

How planes form clouds as they fly.