Half as Interesting
S2019 · E31 — The Island Invented to Scam a Rich Guy
S2019:E31 · The Island Invented to Scam a Rich Guy
58 episodes in this season
North Korea's Fake Town in the DMZ
5 min
Why the UK Desperately Wants This Rock to Be Inhabitable
The Completely Real American $100,000 Bill
What's the Furthest You Could Travel Without a Passport?
What Living in the World's Coldest Town is Like
The US' Plan for a Hypothetical War with Britain
The US Government's $350 Million Doomsday Plane
Why Breaking Out of Prison is Legal in Germany
How a Missing Comma Cost a Company $5 Million
How Kim Jong-un Travels
What Is the Shortest-Lived Country in History?
The 30 Year-Old Airline That's Never Flown
Why Every Map of China is Just Slightly Wrong
The Secret Radio Stations Used to Communicate with Spies
What's the Most Isolated City in the World?
How Ireland Accidentally Legalized Drugs for Two Days
Why Berlin's 15 Year-Old Airport has Never Had a Flight
How an Australian Prime Minister Disappeared Without a Trace
Why the World's Fastest Elevator Exists
Why This Capital City Has a Population of Zero
Why South Korea Will be Silent on November, 14, 2019
The Law That Lets You Legally Steal Houses
How a Manhole Cover Became the Fastest Manmade Object Ever
How a Boeing 727 Was Stolen (And Never Found)
The Secret Codes that Printers Put on Every Paper
Why There's Only One American Cruise Ship
How Australia Printed a Typo 46 Million Times
The $14.3 Million World's Most Expensive License Plate
The US Government's Airline for Prisoners
Quarter as Interesting: The Topics That Weren't Good Enough
The Island Invented to Scam a Rich Guy
North Korea's Tiny, Terrible Airline
Why There’s Less Gravity in Hudson Bay, Canada
The US' Terrible Mistake of Selling $1 Coins for $1
Every Mistake We've Ever Made (2 Fast 2 Spurious)
The Tiny Building Where 285,000 Businesses are Based
The Places Where Sneaking Over the US-Canada Border is Legal
The $250,000 Unlimited Flight Pass: A Terrible Mistake
The Global Restaurant Chain Run by North Korea
The Cruise Ship That People Live On
Why There's a Completely Russian Town in Norway
Why This Parrot is in Witness Protection
How Much is the US President Paid?
How the Queen Travels
The Tree That Owns Itself
The Bit of East Germany That Might Still Exist
Why North Dakota Wasn't Technically a State Until 2012
Why the Dutch King Works as a Pilot for KLM
The Secret Behind the Huge, Windowless Skyscraper in NYC
6 min
The US Government's Trillion Dollar Coin
What's the Longest Possible Commercial Flight?
7 min
Who Owns New Islands?
The Time a Senator Spoke for 24-Hours Straight
Why Saudi Arabia Imports Sand
What's the Most Expensive Single Thing?
The Nazi Weather Station in North America
The Only Town in the US With a Population of One
How to Celebrate New Year's Eve Six Times in One Night
