Pecking Away

Everybody complains about how much their teenager sleeps, but they've got nothing on other animals on earth.  Some sleep from 16 hours a day to one in particular that can sleep up to three years.  Me…

The tv, popsicles, even tramplines...all invented by kids!  That and more in today's episode.

It is an argument as old as time.  Friendships have been lost over it.  Wars have been started.  Entire civilizations…ruined!  Is it ok to put pineapple on your pizza?  We get to the bottom of how th…

We've been doing this since we were 8 years old.  Learn the deep dark history behind....the pinky swear.

Ever gotten a weird gift?  How about walking into a living room full of live elephants?  That and more when we explore the strangest gifts that have been given to U.S. Presidents on today's "Pecking …

Why is it called a "trailer" if it plays at the beginning of a movie?  Did you know, the first trailer wasn't even for a movie?  That, and the voice that didn't just SAY the words.  He came up with t…

We're scared of a lot of things.  Did you know there's even a medical term for the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth?  There's no better way to conquer your fears than pecking …

Did you know they used to give out Olympic medals for sculpting, painting, and even...designing a medal?  Yep, they used to give out medals for the arts.  Discover the origin story and why they don't…

This is something we use every single day in our lives, and most of us don't even know what it's called.  We do a deep dive into the "aglet" and how one tiny thing has made a big difference in our li…

We share 50% DNA with....a banana?  We're related in one way or another to every living species on earth.  Despite our differences, we discover just how much we have in common with each other.

Did you know that an orange isn't even really orange?  Which came first?  The color or the orange?  We get to the bottom of it in today's "Pecking Away"

Today's date is...whatever date it is when you're listening to this.  It's the same date for all of us, except in....Ethiopia?  Find out why in today's "Pecking Away".

We all have it in our fridge.  It's always there.  In fact, it seems like it just kind of comes with the house.  Ketchup.  How did this become a thing and where did it come from?