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What The Factual? / Facts The Way I Like It!

Gill Smith & Pete Moor

Hosts, Gill Smith and Pete Moor look into the history books finding the lesser known stories behind the characters we all learned about at school.In each episode Gill and Pete tackle a different subject from famous monarchs, world changing leaders to characters and stories that have gone under the radar.What The Factual? tells the interesting or funny stories from history with fun facts and strange tales sprinkled along the way.From December 2024, each Friday, spin off series "Facts The Way I Like

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31:08

What The Factual? - Facts The Way I Like It! Episode 15

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2025/03/21

It's That Factual Time again... when every Friday, Gill Smith and Pete Moor slug it out whilst socking each other, metaphorically, over the head with fact after fact until only Facts are the winner.This week sees the etymology of well known phrases like "Flying off the handle" and "Oooh that's naughty" and Pete shares a couple of mad stories again including one that warns of the perils of a good afternoon nap. Finally, Gill can't resist clearing up a good old fashioned Roman conspiracy!!Follow us on

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36:33

What The Factual? - Facts The Way I Like It! Episode 14

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2025/03/14

Episode 14 of Facts The Way I Like It! is here and Gill and Pete bring out even more mad and interesting facts from all walks of life. This week they look at a tall love story from the 1860s, Audrey Hepburn's secret ballet performances for the Second World War resistance effort and a few separate fan boy stories involving Pete, Stephen Hawking, Charles Dickens and Hans Christian Anderson.Finally, an Australian Javelin thrower decides to post himself from Britain to Australia and hopefully...he has

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32:53

What The Factual? - Facts The Way I Like It! Episode 13

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2025/03/07

Another Friday, another Facts The Way I Like It! This week Gill and Pete look at some breaking news from Egypt that is actually three and a half thousand years old, Pete looks into the world of sub atomic particles and almost comes out unscathed and Gill gives away that she has put way too much thought into how to rob a bank. Plus, we learn that we probably shouldn't go over a waterfall in a barrel and we definitely shouldn't leave Gill in a room with some butter, a metallic wrapper and a

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32:14

What The Factual? - Facts The Way I Like It! Episode 12

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2025/02/28

Another episode of Facts The Way I Like It! sees Gill and Pete flinging facts around like there is no tomorrow. This time they share stories of possible mistaken death, how to disappear completely in Japan and a dance craze that literally noone could keep a lid on.They also consider the best time of day to satisfy height restrictions in order to get on a fairground ride and also, Gill threatens to help Pete jump out of a plane.Follow us on Social

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32:38

What The Factual? - Facts The Way I Like It! Episode 11

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2025/02/21

Another Facts The Way I Like It! sees Gill and Pete trade more facts and random stories. Gill has breaking news about a case that has remained unsolved for over 130 years and Pete has the story of the Tipton Brothers and how they really believed in the idea that "you make your own luck". They look into how a persistent assassin followed George III around but the encounter still ended in a draw and finally Pete falls down a rabbit hole of the preservation of living things after they die... even if

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23:47

What The Factual? - Facts The Way I Like It! Episode 10

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2025/02/14

Ahoy! In the latest episode of Facts The Way I Like It! (Or FTWILI as all the cool kids are calling it) Gill and Pete smash fact pies into each others faces will pure joy as they unearth the origins of the word "hello" and Gill spreads the love (fitting, given the date) by telling us why it's called a honeymoon.Pete tells a heartwarming story about how science can save your life and foil second world war enemies and Gill breaks the news that Germany loves its castles even more than Americans love

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1:15:14

What The Factual? Series 3 - Episode 10

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2025/02/11

Its the What The Factual? Series 3 Finale!! And Gill & Pete set sail into the unknown inspired by stories of the great explorers including Magellan, Marco Polo, Charles Darwin and Captain Cook. They also look into the achievements of brave adventurers like Sir Edmund Hillary, and Amelia Earhart. Pete also attempts to explain the never-settled spat over the small achievement of actually making it to the North Pole.In the final Chew The Fact of this series, Pete finds that there is a thing in the

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22:34

What The Factual? - Facts The Way I Like It! Episode 9

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2025/02/07

In Episode 9 of What The Factual? Series 3, Gill and Pete return to look at the ups and downs, whys and wherefores of the eventful life of French Emperor and Military legend, Napoleon. They look at his triumphs, his defeats his loves and losses and eventually, his exiles or holidays (depending how you look at them).Pete also throws a rather disturbing fact in about how a physician managed to have a "little dig" at the great leader, after his death.In usual slots, Chew the Fact and Love Factually,

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1:11:43

What The Factual? Series 3 - Episode 9

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2025/02/04

In Episode 9 of What The Factual? Series 3, Gill and Pete return to look at the ups and downs, whys and wherefores of the eventful life of French Emperor and Military legend, Napoleon. They look at his triumphs, his defeats his loves and losses and eventually, his exiles or holidays (depending how you look at them).Pete also throws a rather disturbing fact in about how a physician managed to have a "little dig" at the great leader, after his death.In usual slots, Chew the Fact and Love Factually,

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What The Factual? - Facts The Way I Like It! Episode 8

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2025/01/31

Facts The Way I Like It!! is back for another fact filled episode. In Episode 8, Gill and Pete look into the wonderful attributes of Bamboo Scaffolding and how it could be quiet enough to not wake Gill up after a night shift. Pete attempts some wildly inaccurate Beatles impressions whilst looking at their link to Disney World. Gill tells us why we may never see the original World Cup ever again and finally they go off-piste with some shocking GPS fails including one of Gill's personal map-reading

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1:14:14

What The Factual? Series 3 - Episode 8

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2025/01/28

Series 3, Episode 8 of What The Factual sees Pete taking the reins this week as he meanders through almost the entire history of the beautiful, chaotic and passionate peninsular we now know as the Republic of Italy.From early settlers to constant waves of Germanic warriors to Ancient Rome and, well, a more modern Rome. They take in the people with long beards, the people who liked watching animal fights and all the wonders of Sicily, Venice and the greatest World Cup ever held (in Pete's humble

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28:31

What The Factual? - Facts The Way I Like It! Episode 7

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2025/01/24

Episode 7 of Facts The Way I Like It! sees Gill and Pete don their fact sharing hats yet again. This time they look at the amazing story of Violet Jessop, different styles of music including the works of John Cage and Giraffe humming. You can judge which is the more musical. Gill has some good news from the fruit and health world and Pete breaks the story of the Nuclear Bomb disaster that nearly was.Follow us on Social Media:Threads:@WhatTheFactualpodInstagram:@whatthefactualpodEmail

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What The Factual? Series 3 - Episode 7 - The Georgian...

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2025/01/21

What The Factual? is back with Episode 7 of Series 3 in which Gill and Pete look at the Georgian Era when it seemed everyone was called George. They look at the Monarchy and how a guy called Rob guided them through the turbulent times of the early industrial revolution, exploration and the Napoleonic wars.In Love Factually, Pete reveals how to find yourself in Iceland and in Chew The Fact he shares a shocking fact about the good ol' guillotine.Finally, Gill admits to being mildly enthusiastic about

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24:32

What The Factual? - Facts The Way I Like It! Episode 6

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2025/01/17

Here is yet another instalment of Facts The Way I Like It!Gill and Pete out fact each other again. This week they tackle big subjects including Chinese Pirates, primitive surgery and arrow head removal, patron saints and how witty they can be when being put to death as well as Christmas song Royalties.Also Pete puts us to sleep with some facts about anesthesia.Finally, next time you're on the West Coast train line, keep an eye out for any baboons working in signal boxes...Follow us on Social

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What The Factual? - Series 3 - Episode 6 - Untold...

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2025/01/14

Gill and Pete return for with some great unknown (or lesser told) stories from World War 2 including the miraculous story of the ship the San Demetrio which defied the odds by surviving an attack in the North Atlantic. They also look at the brave contributions of animals as well as how the props and set building department of the film industry played its part in deceiving the German bombing campaigns.They also touch on the more personal stories involving their own grandfather and also listener,

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23:32

What The Factual? - Facts The Way I Like It! Episode 5

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2025/01/10

Facts The Way I Like It! is back with another quickfire exchange of facts between Gill and Pete and this week they get into the truth behind the myth of night-vision enhancing carrots, why Astronauts have their name, how to buy a dinosaur skeleton and Pete finds another excuse to talk about Italy in the form of where the term "paparazzi" comes from.Finally, Gill just laughs at how Pete mis-pronounces difficult words.Follow us on Social

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What The Factual? - Series 3 - Episode 5 - Ancient...

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2025/01/07

Gill and Pete take a good long look at Ancient Egypt with a keen hieroglyphic eye focused on the pharaohs and their legacies but they also look at the every day life in an incredibly advanced progressive civilisation for its time. Love and romance and chilled out attitudes were alive and well as was the adoration of cats and other god-like animals.They also look at the life of Cleopatra, her influence and powerful leadership.In Love Factually, they look at how the Comedy and Tragedy masks came to

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What The Factual? - Facts The Way I Like It! Episode 4

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2025/01/03

Gill and Pete Fact it out again and hit on some great facts including ones about moustache related strikes, Picasso's criminal connections, the scourge of the music known as "Sex Rock" and unexploded bombs on the moon.Follow us on Social Media:Threads: @WhatTheFactualpodInstagram: @whatthefactualpodEmail us..:whatthefactualpod@gmail.comYoutube...:www.youtube.com/@whatthefactualpodFacts The Way I Like It! is written and presented by Gill Smith & Pete Moor.Subjects & Research by Gill Smith and

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What The Factual? Series 3 - Episode 4 - Fairy Tales

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2024/12/31

Once Upon a Time, two cousins set out on a voyage through the history of fairy tales. One was called Gill and she guided her cousin Pete through the perils and pitfalls of folk stories from the traditional tales passed down through generations through to their sanitised Disney counterparts. They find that these stories have their roots in scary nightmarish moral messages but ultimately live happily ever after in their capacity to simply beguile children and adults alike with stories of golden geese,

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27:50

What The Factual? - Facts The Way I Like It! Episode 3

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2024/12/27

Facts The Way I Like It! Is back with episode 3! Gill and Pete throw facts at each other again. This week they touch on Tutankhamun having a hippo fight, Cave dwellers cracking each other's heads open in the name of mental health and Gill gets all excited about official animals of countries and apparently Scotland's isn't Nessie.Follow us on Social Media:Threads:@WhatTheFactualpodInstagram:@whatthefactualpodEmail

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