GILL's BACK!! ...and wow is she pleased to be back, but not as pleased as Pete who doesn't have to hold the fort alone...

The two of them share more strange and wonderful facts on a Friday morning for you to share at your weekend get togethers!

This week Gill dives in head first to the history of bathing and washing in general which sparks more debate than you may think. She also tells us of a photo depicting 9 reigning European monarchs which would be the only time in history this was possible. Finally she takes a walk down her favourite street - Etymology Lane and tells us the origins of a few phrases and including the where we get the word Handicap.

Pete has an up and down week this week with a heavy going story of Second World War Heroism from Irena Sendler and her incredible bravery to save children from the Nazis and the lighter story of massive big arrows painted on the ground for early aviators to find their way across North America. Plus somewhere in the middle he tells us why a certain James Bond always blinks when he fires a gun.

Welcome back Gill!

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It's another Friday of Fact based fun but this week is a little different as Gill is M.I.A. on her travels. Pete is flying solo and looks back at some of their favourite facts from the early days of the podcast.

We look back at the memorable moment when Gill grossed herself out with a medical fact, Pete grossed Gill out by telling her a fact about Geology and also Gill gets grossed out by a historic medical moment of heroism after an arrow based battle mishap.

In non-gross facts they also look at John Cage's most time consuming musical performance, the most successful female pirate of all time and a luckily unsuccessful royal assassin.

We hope you enjoy this little bundle of facts from our early days. Normal service will resume next week!! Hurry back Gill.

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Yet another Friday sees Gill Smith and Pete Moor sharing the fact-based wealth again with more fun facts and lesser known stories of heroes and villains from history or just general things you may not know!

This week Gill tells us the fantastic, yet troubling story of "Durable Mike Malloy", the fascinating story of Dr James Barry (b.1789) and how he delivered the ultimate post-death twist and finally, she tells us a British political fact that should be more exciting than it is but maybe that is the most facty thing about the fact?

Pete shares a fun fact about those pesky forgetful squirrels who are inadvertently doing their bit for the woodlands. He also has a story of hope about how AI is doing some good in the world of medicine and helping save lives that otherwise may have been lost.

Finally, he has a story involving World War 2, The Mafia, and two guys called "Lucky" and "Socks"... what could be more interesting than that?!

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This week Gill and Pete carry on the weekly tradition of fact sharing with more lesser known stories and facts from history, nature and popular culture and pretty much any other subject really!

This week Gill solves the mystery for anyone wondering "who is that guy on the NBA logo?" she also shares the fact that Humpback Whales are the vigilante law keepers of the oceans and finally she tells us the shocking story of how Hat Pins helped the fightback against "mashers". Trust us - you don't want to be a masher.

Pete tells the marvellous story of Kotaku Wamura who was mayor of a small fishing port in Japan and who's decision to protect his citizens proved to be a life saving move. He also tells us of Fanny Mendelssohn, the up until recently overlooked sister of composer Felix Mendelssohn who's own musical works were never given the exposure they deserved.

Finally, Rabbit Hopping. The craze that frankly is not on Sky Sports enough. Facts The Way I Like It is motioning to change that so hopefully the world championships of Bunny Show Jumping will be hitting your screens soon.

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It's Friday Fact day yet again, so Gill Smith and Pete Moor provide more interesting, lesser known facts answering all the questions you never dreamed of asking.

This week Gill tells us of the heartwarming fact that no-one from the Cotswolds village of Upper Slaughter, was killed in either World war leading to us finding out what a "Thankful Village" is. She also tells us the frankly ridiculous bad luck Ernest Hemmingway endured when trying to fly around Uganda and also, she tells us of the fact that Picasso's maddest moments may have had nothing to do with his bizarre paintings.

Pete brings us the news that there may actually be literal diamonds in the sky, out in space and also shares the strange story of one the most highly rated restaurants in London which wasn't quite as it seemed. He also tells us how the lives of everyone in a small village in Spain were changed in one evening... well, almost everyone.

...and finally a copywriter in Peterborough in 1979 had one of the greatest journalistic moments sharing a memorable article which will take some beating when it comes to the award for "greatest mis-print ever".

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Friday = Facts.

It's that simple and this week, Gill is absent from the studio but not to worry, listeners, she is dialling in from Mama Smith's Birthday celebrations!

So we apologise for the quality of Gill's sound but we don't apologise for the quality of the facts.

Today, Gill packs yet another Dictator based punch with regular segment "Name That Dictator", she also explains why some people develop blue or green eyes and she tells us the frankly marvelous fact that in the 1940s you could get a breakfast cereal with a radio-active toy inside!

Pete tells the wonderfully stupid story of the Bone Wars where two rival paleontologists attempted to out-do each other in the discovery or dinosaur fossils - purely because one of them put a head where the tail should be... and the other one ripped him for it!

He also shares the rather sticky story of how velcro became to be.

Finally he poses the question... How many times can a guy get struck by lightning and survive before it just becomes boring?

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Friday means one thing - more facts and stories from the dynamic duo of fact sharing podcasts.

Gill and Pete share more interesting lesser known facts including this week, a mad planet which would be challenging to survive on to say the least. Gill tells us of the woman who proved it was possible to build a city from scratch. Pete champions the actor Keanu Reeves and his philanthropy and just generally being an all round great bloke. He also shares the incredible survival story of Joe Simpson's adventure which became the book "Touching The Void".

On a lighter note Gill tells us of her Star Wars Secret Cinema experience and Pete can make absolutely no sense of it at all.

Also, Gill learns that this podcast is released on Fridays. Which it is.

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33 - Pharoah's Curses, Reunited Families and Carving through Mountains

It's Friday which means yet another weekly fact finding mission with Gill Smith and Pete Moor.

This episode sees Gill sharing the story of Juliette Gordon Low using her last worldly possession to start a National Movement, as well as how the Pharoah's Curse from ancient Egypt may be helping scientists find a cure for cancer.

Pete shares a similar breakthrough regarding how dopamine works and how it may lead to better treatment of several brain based diseases and a story of pure chance which solved a two-decade long mystery of a long lost daughter.

Finally Gill and Pete realise they are huge under achievers when compared to both Sir David Attenborough and indeed, Gill's brother.

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