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Carl is back from holiday and unfortunately for Jason he’s brought enough stories to fill the entire podcast.

This week, Carl discovers he loves waterslides more than his own family, recalls causing chaos at a kids’ holiday disco and explains how he once accidentally commandeered an airport lounge shower for 45 minutes. Jason, meanwhile, discovers a newfound love of Thai broth and an equally passionate hatred of zesting lemons.

For their Geordie Facts, things get considerably stranger: there’s the North East holidaymaker who allegedly went looking for a fight with Hulk Hogan, and the extraordinary tale of Freddie the Dolphin and the animal rights campaigner wrongly accused of getting far too friendly with him. Plus, the lads explore the world’s biggest airports, the strange science behind falling in love, addictive attraction and why the early stages of romance eventually become arguments about answering your phone in Asda.

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Jason Cook and Carl Hutchinson take Things We Didn’t Know live in front of an audience at The Customs House, South Shields

The pair share some deeply unfortunate discoveries about themselves, involving IBS, traumatised children and one particularly regrettable walk home from Newcastle. And as for the facts... Jason dives into the North East’s greatest television shows, from Vera and Auf Wiedersehen Pet, to Byker Grove, Supergran and Hebburn, while Carl investigates Geordie psychics and some questionable messages from beyond the grave. Elsewhere, they discover which British accents are considered the sexiest and most trustworthy, what Cool Runnings is called in France... Facts, filth and a cracking bit of audience participation.

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Carl and Jason are back with another gloriously chaotic episode of Things We Didn’t Know, tackling everything from lost children in department stores and a lifetime wasted washing dishes to Jason’s incredibly strict rules about cheese.

This week’s Geordie Facts takes a trip through Newcastle’s live entertainment history, from Sam Fender packing out St James’ Park to the legendary Hyena Comedy Club... complete with brutal hecklers, disastrous gigs and the night Jason’s mam decided to confront one herself. There are bizarre shoe facts, the world’s most expensive movies, listener facts about the USA, and the revelation that Ed Sheeran once ended up at a charity gig with the lads.

And just when things couldn’t get stranger, Jason reveals how he once delivered a speedboat to an African warlord, while Karl uncovers what he believes might be a very niche Italian lager conspiracy. Educational? Technically. Sensible? Absolutely not.

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In this exciting episode, we find out about the time Carl had to walk 5 miles in buttered jeans that had been filled with biscuits, and he also presents a Geordie fact that’s got nothing to do with Geordieland

And we also find out how Jason’s eyes are connected to his bumhole

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In this episode of Things We Didn't Know, Carl relives the absolute terror of hosting The One Show on live BBC One (where everyone was Ashley Banjo), explains why celebrating birthdays after 21 is a sign of weakness, and reveals why he was banned from bringing an entire coolbox into a luxury spa. Meanwhile, Jason explains why he almost threw down over the Fenwick Christmas window queue and breaks down the real reason Greggs pasties are never allowed to be hot. Plus, we uncover the medical marvel of getting hammered purely on pasta, revisit Jarrow’s finest local tribute act "Hedworth Humperdinck," and unearth childhood estate games that should strictly remain in the 1990s.

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