We also share our favourite information that we learnt about each topic as well as some great listener contributions and feedback.

In this episode we provide updates on:

• Playing Cards
• Duck-billed Platypus
• The Vikings
• The Moon Landings
• Who Moved My Cheese (Book)
• Darts
• Marie Curie
• The Immune System
• McDonalds
• and Black Holes

We hope you have enjoyed Series 11, hopefully we will be back for a Series 12 before too long....

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Thank you to everyone who sent us topic suggestions. We put them to a vote on Instagram and Black Holes won.

What a great topic to learn about (not one we had thought about doing) thank you for the topic suggestion Adam.

Hear us discuss:

• How mind-bending this is as a topic!
• What is a black hole?
• How are they formed?
• How big are we talking?
• The types of Black Holes
• Will Earth go into a black hole?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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McDonald's is a global fast-food chain best known for its hamburgers, french fries, and other popular items like the Big Mac and Egg McMuffin. It's a widely recognised brand with over 40,000 locations globally, making it one of the largest fast-food chains in the world. 

This was a really interesting topic. Hopefully you learn a lot listing too.

Hear us discuss:

• It's origin story.
• It's business model - not quite what you might think.
• How it expanded.
• It is healthy?
• How has it changed over time?
• Is it the same all over the world?
• The local variations.
• The Big Mac Index.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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Simply put the immune system is the body's defence against infections. The immune system attacks germs and helps keep us healthy, but it is a vastly complex system and we had lots of questions about it.

This was a really interesting topic. Hopefully you learn a lot listing too.

Hear us discuss:

• What is it?
• Where in the body is it?
• How does it work?
• Innate vs Adaptive Immunity.
• Do all living creature's immune systems work the same?
• Immunosuppressants
• Antibiotics and the immune system.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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Solar power is energy from the sun that is converted into electricity or heat. It is a renewable and sustainable energy source that can be harnessed using different technologies - but we have lots of questions we would like to know about it.

This was a really interesting topic. Hopefully you learn a lot listing too.

Hear us discuss:

• What is it?
• Who discovered it?
• How does it work?
• Once it's set up will it last forever?
• Why isn't it everywhere?
• The massive Solar farms.
• Busting Solar Power Myths

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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Marie Curie, was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity.

She is super well known but why?

Her achievements and life is incredible, what a super interesting person and topic. Hopefully you learn a lot listing too.

Hear us discuss:

• Her upbringing
• Child Prodigy
• Moving to Paris
• Falling in love with Pierre
• Her research into radioactivity
• Two Nobel Peace Prizes
• Her legacy

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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There is more to this game than we realised!

Hopefully we can all learn a little bit more about it by the end of this episode.

Hear us discuss:

• The Dartboard itself
• The Oche...?
• Why are the numbers in the order they are?
• Why start at 501?
• History of the game.
• Is it a sport?
• Professional Darts

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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Hopefully we can all learn a little bit more about it by the end of this episode.

Hear us discuss:

• What is it all about?
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Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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Hopefully we can all learn a little bit more about it by the end of this episode.

Hear us discuss:

• Why did we want to go to the moon?
• The Apollo missions
• One small step for man....
• What happened on the moon?
• What have we left up there?
• Conspiracy?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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The Vikings were famous for sailing huge distances from their home in Scandinavia between AD 800 and 1066 to raid and plunder, but they also traded with people from other countries....and did a whole loads of other things we didn't know about until this week.

Hopefully we can all learn a little bit more about it by the end of this episode.

Hear us discuss:

• Who or what were the Vikings?
• Where did they invade?
• Some of the great Vikings.
• Their impressive ships
• The Viking Gods
• Why did they die out?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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We are learning all about the luxurious cars, expensive big cars.

We only managed to see them from the outside and don't know too much about them, but hopefully we can all learn a little bit more about it by the end of this episode.

Hear us discuss:

• What's in a name?
• How did the company begin?
• What makes them so special?
• ....and expensive...
• How you can bespoke everything about them.
• The iconic Spirit of Ecstasy

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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That's right the animal that has a duck's-bill, beaver-tail, otter-feet and is an egg-laying aquatic creature native to Australia.

Liam wasn't sure it was a real animal at first, so hopefully we can all learn a little bit more about it by the end of this episode.

Hear us discuss:

• What's in a name?
• What does it look like?
• Is it a mammal?
• Scientists thought it was a hoax.
• Aboriginal story of the platypus.
• Some of it's other incredible features! Who knew!
• What an amazing animal.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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Most people will be familiar with the 52 card deck we use today, but it hasn't always been that way.

Also get ready to hear one of the most mind blowing facts we have ever shared!

Hopefully we can all learn a little bit more about it by the end of this episode.

Hear us discuss:

• How many shuffled deck combinations are there? (Absolutely mind blowing!)
• History of them.
• How they have evolved over time.
• What do the cards represent?
• What are they used for?
• Gambling precautions
• Ollie & Liam's card challenge

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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As they say, all good things come to an end....listen to find out what is happening with Two Guys One Topic.

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We also share our favourite information that we learnt about each topic as well as some great listener contributions and feedback.

In this episode we provide updates on:

• Sky Diving
• Eiffel Tower
• Sharks
• Monopoly
• Air Turbulence
• Perfume
• Wimbledon
• Nostradamus
• The Gold Rush
• The 4 Minute Mile
• Full English Breakfast
• Maple Syrup

We hope you have enjoyed Series 10, hopefully we will be back for a Series 11 before too long....

Get out there and #ShareSomeKnowledge

Once you have listened we would love to hear your comments or feedback.

Contact us @TwoGuysOneTopic on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.  

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Thank you!

Ollie & Liam

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Thank you to everyone who sent us topic suggestions. We put them to a vote on Instagram and Maple Syrup won.

What a great topic to learn about (not one we had thought about doing) thank you for the topic suggestion Lynda.

Hear us discuss:

• What makes the maple tree special
• Turning maple sap to syrup
• The story of how it was discovered
• Colour and variation
• Is it healthy for you?
• How much is produced?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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The famously known Full English, or even English breakfast, is the traditional warm breakfast meal often served throughout England with various regional varieties. 

Quintessential British, you might say, but what is it all about?

Hopefully we can all learn a little bit more about the Full English by the end of this episode.

Hear us discuss:

• What is in a Full English?
• Regional Variations
• How it all began
• Why was it popular?
• What's in the name of it?
• How unhealthy is it? (Or not?)
• Breakfast records
• Other countries traditional breakfasts

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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On the morning of 6 May 1954, Sir Roger Bannister did the impossible.

The Daily Telegraph, at the time had described the sub-four-minute mile as “sport’s greatest goal”, something “as elusive and seemingly unattainable as Everest”.

They story of this great achievement is a good one. Hopefully we can all learn a little bit more about it by the end of this episode.

Hear us discuss:

• Why even a mile?
• How it became a race.
• Roger Bannister
• His training for the race
• The big day itself
• The psychological barrier was broken
• The record as of today

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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The California Gold Rush is one of American history’s most significant historical events. News spread that gold had been found and miners fled to California from all over the world to find their riches.

Hopefully we can all learn a little bit more about it by the end of this episode.

Hear us discuss:

• Why is gold valued?
• What started the rush?
• The largest human migration
• Mining methods
• What was life like as a prospector?
• The Wild West
• Why did it end?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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Nostradamus was a 16-century French astrologer and physician whose prophecies earned him fame both during and after his lifetime.

Hopefully we can all learn a little bit more about it by the end of this episode.

Hear us discuss:

• Who was he?
• What made people think he could predict the future?
• His book - The Prophecies
• What did he predict?
• Is everything as it seems?
• Some Simpsons predictions
• Our own predictions

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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Wimbledon Championships, internationally known tennis championships played annually in London at Wimbledon.

The tournament, held in late June and early July, is one of the four annual “Grand Slam” tennis events - some timely that the episode is out this week.

Hopefully we can all learn a little bit more about it by the end of this episode.

Hear us discuss:

• Why is it not the British Open?
• What came first tennis or Wimbledon?
• How it all started
• Wimbledon's traditions and rules
• The grass is special.
• Equal pay
• Some Wimbledon quick facts to learn

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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Perfume is an important part of many people’s daily routine. Whether it’s to make a statement or to simply enhance one's mood, perfume has the power to evoke emotions and memories, but how is it made and where did it all begin?

Hopefully we can all learn a little bit more about them by the end of this episode.

Hear us discuss:

• Who invented it?
• Perfume Vs Cologne Vs Eau de parfum Vs Eau de Toilette
• Does it contain whale vomit?
• How ingredients are turned into perfume.
• Top, Middle and Bass notes
• How to apply it.
• Why is it so expensive?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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Flyers will be familiar with the sudden jolting that can happen when an aircraft gets into turbulence. It can move the plane and cause sudden changes in height, but how and why do they occur?

Hopefully we can all learn a little bit more about them by the end of this episode.

Hear us discuss:

• What causes Air Turbulence?
• Clear Air Turbulence
• Can pilots predict them?
• Can they damage or flip a plane?
• Are they more frequent now?
• How to prevent them.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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As in the board game that over a billions people have played.

We thought it might be interesting to look into the best selling privately patented game ever.

Hear us discuss:

• The unemployed heating engineer who invented it....or did he?
• The original game
• How to play
• Tips for winning
• How the game has changed over the years
• Monopoly Pub Crawl.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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We read a fact about how old sharks are, and knew straight away we needed to do a topic all about them. How old they are will blow your mind!

Hopefully after this episode we will have all learnt a bit more about sharks.

Hear us discuss:

• How old are they?
• Is a shark a fish?
• What makes them special.
• Their additional senses
• Why they don't like eating people
• The megalodon
• What if they go extinct?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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Hopefully everyone will know what the Eiffel Tower is, you know, that tall, pointy tower in Paris. But do most people know any more than that?

Hopefully after this episode we will have all learnt a bit more about the Eiffel Tower.

Hear us discuss:

• Why was is built?
• Could something else have been built instead?
• Who built it?
• How did they build it?
• What is up the Eiffel Tower?
• It was supposed to be dismantled after 20 years.
• It's special colour

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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We are looking forward to learning more topics with you and sharing some knowledge.

This week's topic is Skydiving! .... In dedication to the podcast we met up in Dubai to get first hand knowledge of this week's topic by doing a skydive over the Palm!

What an incredible experience. We thought it would be interesting to look into skydiving in more detail and share the most important information with you.

Hear us discuss:

• How did it start?
• Is Skydiving and parachuting the same?
• How safe is Skydiving
• How fast do you fall?
• The Space Dive
• Our experience of jumping out of a plane and hurtling to earth and 120mph!

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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We also share our favourite information that we learnt about each topic as well as some great listener contributions and feedback.

In this episode we provide updates on:

• Pyramids
• Flags
• Net Zero Carbon Emissions
• The Super Bowl
• Valentine's Day
• Lotteries
• Albert Einstein
• Super Glue
• Competitive Eating
• Disney Princesses
• Vaccines
• Callisthenics

We hope you have enjoyed Series 9, hopefully we will be back for a Series 10 before too long....

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Ollie & Liam

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Thank you to everyone who sent us topic suggestions. We put them to a vote on Instagram and Callisthenics won (by a long way!).

What an interesting topic to learn about - thank you for the topic suggestion Sam.

Hear us discuss:

• What is it?
• Who invented it?
• It's etymology
• The benefits
• How does it compare to weight training?
• Tips to get started

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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Vaccinations were a hot topic during the pandemic, but for decades, they have been life-changing for children and communities all around the world.

There are definitely a few parts of this topic that you will remember forever.

Hopefully you learn a lot listing.

Hear us discuss:

• What is a vaccine?
• How do they work?
• How were they invented?
• Edward Jenner
• Myths about vaccines
• Herd immunity
• Future of vaccines

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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Liam thought it would be good for everyone to learn about this, as his little girl is going through her 'Disney princess phase'.

There are definitely a few parts of this topic that you will remember forever.

Hopefully you learn a lot listing.

Hear us discuss:

• How many Disney Princesses are there?
• What is the criteria to be one?
• Some of their origin stories
• The Disney Princess Eras
• Why some are not on the official list
• How to be one in real life

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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Competitive eating is not for everyone. It's not about just liking the food you eat. It's about putting in the training and hard work to refine your technique to be able to consume super human amounts of food, in a short space of time.

What the best competitive eaters are able to do it incredible.

Hopefully you learn a lot listing.

Hear us discuss:

• How did it all start?
• Major League Eating
• Contest rules
• Chipmunking
• Training
• Mind Blowing Records!

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That very strong quick-setting adhesive that you keep in your drawer along with elastic bands, batteries, blue tac and other gunff - that you will inevitably manage to get on your fingers when trying to use it.

It turns out it has an interesting discovery story and is a great topic to get in to.

Hopefully you learn a lot listing.

Hear us discuss:

• Are Glues and Adhesives the same thing?
• Was super glue invented to glue soldiers back together?
• How it was invented
• How does it work?
• Why is it so strong?
• Removal
• Is there anything more adhesive?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who is widely held to be one of the greatest and most influential scientists of all time.

Listen to is mind bending theories and interesting life!

What a super interesting person and topic. Hopefully you learn a lot listing too.

Hear us discuss:

• What was Einstein known for?
• His early life
• His breakout year!
• E = mc2
• Theory of Special Relativity & Theory of General Relativity
• The FBI's interest in him
• The Atomic bomb
• The Brain.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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Lotteries are a popular form of gambling, encouraging people to pay a small sum of money for the chance of winning a big jackpot, often administered by state or federal governments - but the chances of playing are very low.

What would you buy if you won the lottery?

This was a super interesting topic. Hopefully you learn a lot listing too.

Hear us discuss:

• Where do they originate from?
• Odds of winning & how much you can win!
• Strategy to beat them
• What to do when you win
• Do jackpot winners go bankrupt?
• Remember to claim your winning ticket!

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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For many people that will mean Valentine's Day gift shopping, date planning, romantic dinner cooking and lots more romance planned but who decided February 14th should be that all this happens?

This was a super interesting topic. Hopefully you learn a lot listing too.

Hear us discuss:

• Who is St. Valentine?
• How did it all begin
• Lupercalia festival
• Why do we send cards, chocolates and flowers?
• How commercialised is it?
• Is is celebrated globally?
• Non-valentine day celebrations.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This is a rare occasion where we are not starting from scratch with our knowledge about a topic! :-)

We still learnt so much though. This was a brilliant topic!

Hear us discuss:

• What is it called the Super Bowl.
• How did it all begin?
• Why the roman numerals?
• What are they playing for?
• The halftime show
• The adverts!
• The future of the NFL.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This was a super interesting topic!

Hear us discuss:

• What is NetZero?
• Why is it important?
• What is a Carbon Metric Ton?
• Carbon offsetting, plus examples.
• How are offsets regulated?
• Are we on track for Net Zero by 2050?

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Another interesting topic!

Before you listen, any idea which country has the oldest recognised flag?

Hear us discuss:

• Vexillology
• Why do we have them?
• The history of them,
• Flag Families
• Flag terminology.
• Creating our own one.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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We are looking forward to learning more topics with you and sharing some knowledge.

This week's topic is The Pyramids! .... Everyone knows what they are, but how much do you really know about them?

Hear us discuss:

• Where are they?
• How old are they?
• How were they built?
• Was it Aliens? Was it slaves?
• What's in them?
• Could we build them today?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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Thank you for all of the messages we have received asking where we are, we will be back with you soon.

In the meantime why not go back and listen to your favourite episodes from the last 8 Series and:

Get out there and #ShareSomeKnowledge

Once you have listened we would love to hear your comments or feedback.

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We also share our favourite information that we learnt about each topic as well as some great listener contributions and feedback.

In this episode we provide updates on:

• Pirates
• The Tongue
• Tea
• The Extinction of the Dinosaurs
• Barbie
• Tattoos
• The Amazon Rainforest
• Greggs
• Accents
• Duty Free Shopping
• The Rubik's Cube
• Bermuda Triangle

We hope you have enjoyed Series 8, hopefully we will be back for a Series 8 before too long....

Get out there and #ShareSomeKnowledge

Once you have listened we would love to hear your comments or feedback.

Contact us @TwoGuysOneTopic on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.  

If you are able to leave a 5 Star Review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify that would be really appreciated.

Thank you!

Ollie & Liam

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Thank you to everyone who sent us topic suggestions. We put them to a vote on Instagram and the Bermuda Triangle won (by a long way!).

The Bermuda Triangle is a place of real mystery that is the location for hundreds of people vanishing on ships or in planes, but why?

Why do so many people succumb to this aquatic graveyard?

What an interesting topic to learn about - thank you for the topic suggestion Laura.

Hear us discuss:

• Where is it?
• What happens there?
• Flight 19
• The theories of why?
• Why do things vanish?
• Can any of it be explained?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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The Rubik's Cube is a global phenomenon, that quickly grew in popularity and became part of 80's pop culture.

Most people know what it is but only a small amount of people can actually solve it.

Can you solve it?

What an interesting topic to learn about!

Hear us discuss:

• What is it?
• Why was it created?
• How did it get so popular?
• What does the inside look like?
• How do you solve it?
• Speedcubing
• Some crazy World Records

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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Sometimes, we stop by the duty-free shop because we think we are getting a deal. Other times, we are bored before our flights and just want to kill some time...

Yet again, another one of those topics that a lot of people will have heard of, but not know too much about!

Where it started if going to stay with us forever!

Hear us discuss:

What an interesting topic to lean about.

Hear us discuss:

• What is Duty Free Shopping?
• How did it start?
• Is it everywhere?
• Why certain products?
• Is it actually cheaper?
• Limits!
• Tips and hacks.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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Sometimes accents are so dissimilar that two speakers, of the same language, with different accents can’t even understand one another, but how and why do we have them?

Disclaimer* Ollie and Liam try doing some impressions of accents - with mixed success. Definitely no offence meant!

What an interesting topic to lean about.

Hear us discuss:

• What is an accent or dialect?
• How many are there?
• Why do we have them?
• When do they develop?
• Can they change?
• Foreign Accent Syndrome

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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In case you don't know, it's a chain based in the United Kingdom that's basically half-bakery, half-sandwich shop. It made its name as a place to get decent, cheap grub such as bakes, pasties, sausage rolls, and donuts, and is particularly associated with the north of England, where it is a very, very popular place indeed.

Hear us discuss:

• What is it all about?
• How big are they?
• How it all began.
• The Sausage Roll
• The Pasty Tax
• Greggs Foundation

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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It turns out this is a mysterious place of mind-boggling biodiversity, it is home to some of the most bizarre and astonishing creatures. It is super important to the planet but at times is battling for survival.

What an interesting topic to learn about.

Hear us discuss:

• Where is it and how big is it?
• What is there?
• How was it formed?
• It's layers
• Deforestation
• Why is can be political
• It's future.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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It turns out this is an art form that’s been around for thousands of years and shows no sign of slowing down. Chances are you'll know someone with a tattoo, but we didn't know much about them.

This was a really interesting topic to learn about.

Hear us discuss:

• Where does the name tattoo come from?
• How long have they been a thing?
• Why are they permanent?
• What happens to your skin?
• What is in the ink?
• How painful is it?
• Tattoo removal

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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Barbie has been a cultural icon since she hit the toy aisle more 60 years ago—and now, the doll is about to make her big screen live-action debut, which made us think we should learn more all about her.

There was a lot of information we had no idea about.

Hear us discuss:

• Who is she?
• What inspired the creation.
• How much of a success has she been?
• Ken & friends.
• Barbie controversies
• What is she was a real person?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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One of the things we found mind-boggling was just how long ago the extinction of the dinosaurs happened!

This was a brilliant and super interesting topic to learn about. So much history that we had no idea about!

Hear us discuss:

• How long ago was it?
• The Mesozoic Era
• What is a mass extinction
• Speculative theoris
• What actually happened.
• How was it proved?
• Did any dinosaurs survive?
• The 6th mass extinction....

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This was a brilliant and super interesting topic to learn about. So much history that we had no idea about!

Hear us discuss:

• How it was discovered
• Opium Wars
• Why do we call it tea?
• The tea plant
• Afternoon Tea
• Is there more caffeine in tea or coffee?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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Another very random but interesting topic, once you know more about it.

Hear us discuss:

• What does it do for us?
• How does it work
• Taste!
• How it can be an indicator of your overall health
• Tongue world records
• Animals amazing tongues

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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We are looking forward to learning more topics with you and sharing some knowledge.

This week's topic is Pirates, Me Hearties! .... That a brilliant topic, and one where what we all know maybe might not be reality.....

Hear us discuss:

• Arrrgh! The history of pirates
• The "Golden Age of Pirates"
• Why we think what we do about pirates
• The pirate life and code, arrrrgh!
• Famous pirates
• Their weapons

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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We also share our favourite information that we learnt about each topic as well as some great listener contributions and feedback.

In this episode we provide updates on:

• Lighthouses - with a special update from our listener Richard.
• Mosquitoes
• Fortune Telling
• Energy Drinks
• ChatGPT
• Diamonds
• Famous Poems
• Eurovision
• Pizza
• Televisions
• Natural Gas

We hope you have enjoyed Series 7, hopefully we will be back for a Series 8 before too long....

Get out there and #ShareSomeKnowledge

Once you have listened we would love to hear your comments or feedback.

Contact us @TwoGuysOneTopic on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.  

If you are able to leave a 5 Star Review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify that would be really appreciated.

Thank you!

Ollie & Liam

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We ran a vote on our Instagram (@TwoGuysOneTopic) and this was the winning suggestion. Follow us to get involved in the next vote.

Mark picked this topic because he said it has been in the news a lot lately but how is it made and how is it extracted?

What an interesting topic to get into! Thanks Mark.

Hear us discuss:

• What is it?
• How is it made?
• Who discovered it?
• Is it good for the environment, because...."natural"
• How is it excavated?
• What is flaring?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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Not television as in T.V programmes but the black box we all stare at.

The television is something we take for granted these days. Almost every household has one and it plays an important part in everyday life.

While it might seem like the television doesn’t do much except broadcast TV networks, it provides us with information and entertainment 24/7.

How this invention works is mind-boggling too!

What an interesting topic to learn about!

Hear us discuss:

• Who invented the TV?
• How have they changed over the years?
• How do they work?
• What's in a pixel?
• Motherglass
• Future of TV...

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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Yes, that is right, the round piece of dough with your favourite toppings and cooked in a super hot oven. Today, pizza is eaten worldwide, but this was not always the case, plus where is came from is a great story.

What an interesting topic to learn about!

Hear us discuss:

• Who invented the pizza?
• Why is it called a pizza pie?
• How did the Margarita get its name.
• Pineapple on pizza?
• Toppings from around the world.
• How popular is Pizza takeaway?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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Eurovision is the annual international song contest, broadcast globally, with a range of extravagant and sometimes eccentric performances. The contest is loved by millions of people but what is it all about?

What a great topic to learn about!

Hear us discuss:

• How did it all begin?
• Who competes?
• The very strict rules.
• The point scoring system.
• How popular is it?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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We did a topic in Series 1 about 'Famous Paintings' and thought there must be some poems we should learn about too! This is the result.

The poems we learn about are:

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud - by William Wordsworth

Don't Go Gentle Into That Goodnight - by Dylan Thomas

Shall I Compare Thee to a Summers Day? by William Shakespeare

We feel a little more cultured after this week's episode!

Hear us discuss:

• What are they about
• The style of the poems
• Why were they written
• Key lines of interest
• About the authors

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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A diamond is a mineral composed of pure carbon. It is the hardest naturally occurring substance known and they are also the most popular gemstone. Their reason for being so popular nowadays is brilliant, you've got to listen to believe it!

What an interesting topic to learn about!

Hear us discuss:

• What are they?
• How are they made?
• Beliefs about Diamonds over the years.
• The 4 C's....
• Why are they measured in carats?
• Lab diamonds.
• Conflict diamonds.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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ChatGPT is an artificial-intelligence chatbot that is incredible! It's still very new, but could be a huge part of every day life in the near future.

Are we at the start of a huge leap forward in technology....how much will this change the world and impact all of us?

What an interesting topic to learn about!

Hear us discuss:

• What is it?
• Is this bigger than when Google was launched?
• What is it used for?
• How does it work?
• Are there limitations?
• Concerns about it?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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An army of life size soldiers made form pottery, that was accidentally discovered underground after an incredible amount of time! The discovery is of such significance that they are called the 8th Wonder of the World. But how did they get there and why are they so important?

What an interesting topic to learn about!

Hear us discuss:

• What is the Terracotta Army?
• Why were they built?
• When they were discovered blew our mind!
• How many are there?
• If you visit what will you see.
• The curse of the Terracotta Army

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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Virtually everyone will have heard of Energy Drinks but where did they come from and what makes them special? Some people think they are amazing while other people will tell you they are dangerous and have killed people!

This was an interesting topic to get in to!

Hear us discuss:

• Why are they in their own category of drink?
• Why amphetamines in 1960's Japan helped launch them.
• How many are sold a year? How big is the market?
• What are the main ingredients?
• Are they safe?
• What's next for them?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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Humans have been intrigued about trying to predict the future for millennia, trying to get a glimpse of what their future might have in store for them. Are they destined for riches or will it all go wrong and end in disaster?

There are some people who claim to possess the powers to predict the fortunes of others but how? And is it really possible?...

Hear us discuss:

• How long has fortune telling been a thing?
• The different types / ways to fortune tell.
• Tarot Cards / Tea Leaf readings
• Cold Readings
• The Barnum Effect
• How real are we talking?
• Why do people use fortune tellers?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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Their bites are irritating and itchy! They can have you chasing them around a room attempting to swat them, for a long time, with the uncanny ability to dodge your swatting attempts over and over again. Plus they have persistent buzzing wings, so you can usually hear they are nearby before you can see them!

Hear us discuss:

• Where to they rank as killers?
• Why do they bite us?
• How are they attracted to us?
• How to prevent them?
• Genetically modified mosquitoes
• Why don't they get ill with the diseases they carry?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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We are looking forward to learning more topics with you and sharing some knowledge.

This week's topic is Lighthouses.... It turns out there is much more to lighthouses than you might think!

Hear us discuss:

• What are lighthouses use for?
• How did they become a thing?
• The colour of them
• Their light and powerful lens
• The upside down lighthouse!

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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We also share our favourite information that we learnt about each topic.

In this episode we provide updates on:

• Bananas
• Acupuncture
• The World Cup
• Thanksgiving
• Cigarettes
• Florence Nightingale
• The Mariana Trench
• National Anthems
• The Compound Effect
• Marvel Avengers
• Paracetamol
• The Stockmarket

We hope you have enjoyed Series 6, hopefully we will be back for a Series 7 before too long....

Get out there and #ShareSomeKnowledge

Once you have listened we would love to hear your comments or feedback.

Contact us @TwoGuysOneTopic on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.  

If you are able to leave a 5 Star Review on Apple Podcasts that would be really appreciated.

Thank you!

Ollie & Liam

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We ran a vote on our Instagram (@TwoGuysOneTopic) and this was the winning suggestion. Follow us to get involved in the next vote.

Dan picked this topic because he said it is something that everyone has heard of, but perhaps a lot of people don't know too much about it.

Hear us discuss:

• What is the Stock Market?
• Is there more than one?
• Why do companies want to be on it?
• How did it begin?
• Bear Vs a Bull Market
• When to invest?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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A lot of people seemed to be sick or ill and it got Ollie thinking, maybe it would make sense for us and everyone to learn more about it.

Hear us discuss:

• What is it?
• Why does it have different names?
• How it was discovered.
• How it works in your body
• What happens if you take too much?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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The Avengers seem to be everywhere and Liam thought it made sense for us and everyone to learn more about them.

Hear us discuss:

• What is the Avengers?
• How did they begin?
• Who is in it?
• Marvel Vs D.C Comics
• How profitable is the franchise

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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Unfortunately, most people fail to keep up with their New Years resolution, however this book can help you reach your goals and be more successful - by using the Compound Effect.

This was a super interesting book to read and learn about!

Hear us discuss:

• What is the Compound Effect
• The Magic Penny
• Hurdles to success
• The formula for success
• Habits
• Momentum
• The Ripple efect.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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Each nation has a national anthem, a piece of music, usually focused on the history or traditions of that country, but why?

This was a super interesting topic to learn about! You've got to give it a listen.

Hear us discuss:

• What is a national anthem?
• When are they used?
• Who has the oldest one?
• Why are they important?
• Some of the best anthem names.
• What do nations with multiple languages do?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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The Mariana Trench is home to the deepest part of the ocean, but where is it? That was our first question!

This was a super interesting topic to learn about! You've got to give it a listen.

Hear us discuss:

• Where is it?
• How deep is it?
• How it was discovered
• Has anyone visited it?
• Does life exist down there?
• Is it the deepest place on Earth?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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A name, and person, known by many for having a positive impact on nursing but what did Florence actually do? And why does her name live on, well over a hundred years after she died?

It turns out her impact on nursing was massive and she fully deserves her status. What an interesting person and topic to learn about.

Hear us discuss:

• How she broke tradition
• Was sew as warm and caring as people think she was?
• How the Crimean War catapulted her into the limelight.
• Her contribution to nursing
• Her accolades
• Florence's own poor health.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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The world’s view on smoking cigarettes has changed dramatically over the last century. We all know they are bad for you, so presumably not that many people smoke, right? Turns out that is not that case!

Hear us discuss:

• Where they came from.
• How they got their name
• The ingredients
• How the industry exploded
• How bad are they for you?
• Nicotine effects
• Cigarettes company profits

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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A national holiday, particularly in the USA, that has grown and grown with a lot of traditions now associated with it.

We knew it had something to do with pilgrims and turkey, but how and why did it all begin? And how has it changed?

Hear us discuss:

• How did it start?
• Who was at the first meal?
• How much has it changed since?
• American Football Tradition
• Black Friday
• Thanksgiving Controversy

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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The World Cup is a truly enormous global sporting event, but how and why did it even start in the first place. It turns out this is a super interesting topic.

Hear us discuss:

• How did it start?
• How has it evolved?
• The physio who knocked himself out
• Barefoot India
• Why host? And how much does it cost to host?
• FIFA controversy

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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It is a topic we knew very little about, and have not experienced ourselves, and another topic where we had a lot of questions about it!

Hear us discuss:

• How painful is it?
• How did it come about?
• What is Qi (Chee)
• Your body's meridians
• What is the procedure like?
• A placebo or real?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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We are looking forward to learning more topics with you and sharing some knowledge.

This week's topic is Bananas...yes, the bendy yellow fruit. 🍌 It turns out there is much more to bananas than you might think!

Hear us discuss:

• Why are they bendy?
• That bananas don't grow on trees...
• 99% of the world eat the exact same banana
• That there is more than just the bendy yellow type!
• What a banana republic is...

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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In this episode we provide updates on:

• Antartica
• Diplomatic Immunity
• Hells Angels
• Hangovers
• Galileo
• Volcanoes
• Anaesthesia
• Inflation

We hope you have enjoyed Series 5 and hopefully we will be back for a Series 6 before too long....

Get out there and #ShareSomeKnowledge

Once you have listened we would love to hear your comments or feedback.

Contact us @TwoGuysOneTopic on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.  

If you are able to leave a 5 Star Review on Apple Podcasts that would be really appreciated.

Thank you!

Ollie & Liam

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Thank you to Hannah for the topic suggestion, and to everyone who voted for this as a topic on our Instagram (@TwoGuysOneTopic)

A surprising number of people are afraid of anaesthesia. The idea of “going under” or being “put to sleep” can cause people to start feeling anxious. Listen to hear if that is something they should be fearful of....

This was a super interesting topic to learn all about!

Hear us discuss:

• Anaesthesia or anaesthetics?
• How does it work?
• 3 main types
• How is it administered
• Early Anaesthesia
• Risks

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These two words get put together and are banded around in the news, stories or films, but what actually do they mean and where did it come from?

This was a super interesting topic to learn all about!

Hear us discuss:

• What do the words actually mean?
• How did it all start?
• Who can get diplomatic immunity?
• Can they be arrested?
• Persona Non-Grata
• Crimes committed under diplomatic immunity!

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This is a topic you get taught at school, but it seems way more interesting this time round!

It turned out it was a super interesting topic to re-learn all those years later!

Hear us discuss:

• Magma Vs Lava
• 3 Types of volcanoes
• Different shaped volcanoes
• Tectonic plates
• Ring of fire
• Why live near one?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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Of all the motorcycle organisations in the world, the Hells Angels are probably the most famous… or should that be infamous? Ever since they formed in 1948, they’ve been attracting controversy, getting on the wrong side of the law, and making all kinds of mischief...

This was a super interesting topic to learn more about!

Hear us discuss:

• What is it all about?
• How it started.
• How to be a member
• Club rules
• What do they do?
• The insignia

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This was a super interesting topic to learn more about!

Hear us discuss:

• What is it?
• The biggest shopping basket in the world
• How is it measured?
• Why does it happen?
• Who controls it?
• Can it be a good thing?
• Hyperinflation

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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Many people have been there: After a night of one too many beers or wines, you wake up with a pounding headache and crippling nausea. But why do they happen?

This was a super interesting topic to learn more about!

Hear us discuss:

• What it's name means.
• What causes hangovers
• Why do we get them?
• Are they preventable?
• Cures, if you have one.
• Myths to recover quickly

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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It's an enormous festival, seems like it rains there every year, theres loads of mud and amazing bands. But how and why did it start?

This was a super interesting topic and somewhere we now want to visit and experience!

Hear us discuss:

• What and where is it?
• How did it all begin?
• Michael Eavis (legend)
• It's enormous growth
• Not just music
• The environmental impact

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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Something a lot of people will have heard of by who do we have them and why is it celebrated?

Hear us discuss:

• What is the Summer Solstice?
• Why do we have them?
• How is it traditionally celebrated?
• Astro-archeology
• Stone Henge
• Druids

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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Some people love them some people hate them but where did these sometimes creepy characters come from?

It was great learning how clowns began and then evolved over the years, but the most mind blowing thing for us is how they 'copyright' their face!

Hear us discuss:

• How clowns began
• The three types of clowns
• Clowns Vs Jesters
• The Clown Commandments
• How clowns 'copyright' their face
• Coulrophobia - the fear of clowns

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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Galileo, or Galileo Galilei to say his full name, kept coming up when we researched other topics so we thought it would be a good idea to understand who this chap actually is - turns out he is a pretty big deal and regarded as many top scientists as the "farther of modern science".

It was incredible learning about Galileo and what impact his life from 400 years ago is still having on us today.

Hear us discuss:

• He was college drop out
• His approach to science
• His inventions
• His discoveries
• Why the church hated him
• How you can still see (part of) him in a museum

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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Something nearly everyone has heard of, it's that place with the great value furniture and the cheap meatballs - but how do you pronounce it?

It was incredible learning about why Ikea is so successful and how they get you to buy so much.

Hear us discuss:

• How to pronounce it!
• How they name their items
• The Ikea Effect
• Their psychological tricks
• Bula Bula
• Their meatballs

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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It was incredible to learn how popular and part of Japanese culture anime is.

Hear us discuss:

• Anime Vs Manga
• The godfather of Anime
• The eyes!
• Why is it so popular
• The various types
• The brilliant names of some shows.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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We are looking forward to learning more about topics and sharing some knowledge with you all.

This week's topic is Antarctica.

Hear us discuss:

• What is it like there?
• When was it discovered?
• The race to the South Pole.
• What happens there?
• Dinosaurs lived there
• How many South Poles are there?
• It's future is melting.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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An NFT expert to help simplify what can be a very complicated topic, someone who is the CEO of Yummy Crypto (that has it's own NFT project).

It is a pleasure to welcome to the podcast......Joe Foot.

Joe is definitely the Topic Expert we needed to speak with!

Hear us discuss:

• Joe's history in the crypto and NFT space, including owning over 100 Bitcoin when they were just $2 each.
• What is an NFT
• What gives NFTs value?
• NFT uses, such as decentralised democracy - which is fascinating.
• Yummy Crypto's project and goals

Our research and reading can only take us so far - so from time to time we will interview an expert to ask them questions and hear their real life experience on a topic.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your feedback.

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In this episode we provide updates on:

• The Oscars
• Northern Lights
• Lego
• Magic
• Sumo Wrestling
• NFT's
• International Space Station

We hope you have enjoyed Series 4 and hopefully we will be back for a Series 5 before too long....

Get out there and #ShareSomeKnowledge

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Thank you!

Ollie & Liam

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This wasn't a topic we had thought about doing, but we are pleased we have done it. We didn't realise how interesting this little bottle of sauce is!

Thank you for all the topic suggestions that you sent us, and in particular, thank you to Jeremy on Instagram for this suggestion.

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This week, hear us discuss:

• How to pronounce it!
• A trip to India that inspired it...
• Or did it...
• How it was originally discarded
• The secret recipe
• It's global success

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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Someone referred to as “the most famous astronaut since Neil Armstrong,” a heavily decorated astronaut, engineer, and pilot who was the first Canadian commander of the International Space Station, it is a pleasure to welcome to the podcast astronaut......Commander Chris Hadfield.

Chris is definitely the Topic Expert we needed to speak with!

Hear us discuss:

• Chris' journey to being an astronaut
• Why the ISS is so important
• What life on the ISS is like, sleeping, eating, experiments
• Chris describing his incredible space walks (extravehicular activity)
• Chris' advice to be an astronaut

You will hear how much we enjoyed talking with Chris, plus his fascinating insight of life on the International Space Station.

Our research and reading can only take us so far - so from time to time we will interview an expert to ask them questions and hear their real life experience on a topic.

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Hadfield is also a bestselling author of three books, an acclaimed musician, and the host of two internationally acclaimed television series, including National Geographic’s One Strange Rock. Hadfield’s latest book The Apollo Murders – a thriller set in space and his first fiction novel – is available now. 

To purchase a copy of The Apollo Murders, visit https://chrishadfield.ca/books/. Follow Chris on:

Facebook - @AstronautChrisHadfield

Twitter - @Cmdr_Hadfield

Instagram - @colchrishadfield

TikTok - @cmdr_hadfield

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/ChrisHadfieldAstronaut

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It turns out the International Space Station is the most complex scientific and technological endeavor ever undertaken. It is also somewhere a lot of people have dreamed about going to but very few have actually visited.

It was incredible to learn all about the ISS and almost even more incredible that Ollie and Liam came up with the same 'Two Guys One Topic Takeaway' (for the first time ever) out of everything we could have chosen!

This was a super interesting topic to get in to.

Hear us discuss:

• Why do we have the ISS?
• How was it built?
• Life onboard
• How to be an astronaut.
• The planned fiery end of the ISS....

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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People of all ages seem to love magic. Magic captivates audiences for all different reasons: the disbelief, or trying to figure it out, enjoying seeing other people reactions, or even seeing people performing dangerous acts that seem impossible.

This was a super interesting topic to get in to.

Hear us discuss:

• Why did magic disappear for 1,500 years?
• Who is the godfather of Magic
• The Magic Circle
• Famous Magicians & Tricks
• Does magic have a future?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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The Oscars is an award ceremony where Hollywood’s greatest stars attend, it is one of the most watched awards ceremonies in the world – but how did it start?

This was a super interesting topic to get in to.

Hear us discuss:

• Why do we even have the event?
• Why is the statue called an Oscar?
• Who votes for the winners?
• Oscar nomination rules
• Why is winning so important?
• Controversy

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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An expert that has been officially recognised by The LEGO Group as one of the best LEGO builders in the world and is endorsed as a LEGO Certified Professional, he is also the creator of the iconic "Red", "Blue" and "Yellow" lego sculptures, it is a please to welcome to the podcast LEGO artist......Nathan Sawaya

Nathan is definitely the Topic Expert we needed to speak with!

Hear us discuss:

• How Nathan switched from being an attorney to a lego master builder
• What it is like to build enormous lego sculptures
• Some interesting commissions that Nathan has been asked to build
• Nathan describing his most iconic work, "Red", "Blue" and "Yellow"
• If Nathan knows what Liam's "Up / Downey" brick is?

What an absolutely top bloke to talk with! Nathan is right up there as one of our favourite Topic Experts.

Our research and reading can only take us so far - so from time to time we will interview an expert to ask them questions and hear their real life experience on a topic.

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Ollie and Liam

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Lego is one of the most popular, and best-selling, toys of all time and is a household name all over the world. It’s fun for children and adults of all ages and has an incredible history dating back over 90 years.

But what is the story behind it?

This was a super interesting topic to get in to.

Hear us discuss:

• Who invented it?
• What is special about the bricks.
• How are designs made.
• Why do we have Legolands?
• How to be a lego master
• Lego's environmental future

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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