The Plaice to Know

Episode

No Such Thing As A Super Mario Love Hotel

2014-12-06 Β· 5 places on the map Β· episode transcript

  1. Coffee Club IslandOne-offIceland

    The most northerly point of Greenland is called Coffee Club Island. It was named by a guy in honor of his coffee club back in Denmark. He was called Large Cock.

    mentioned at 00:24:46 Β· See it on the map β†’

  2. Disco BayOne-offGreenland

    When they first went to Greenland, the only bay that was good for fishing that the two settlements fished in was called Disco Bay.

    mentioned at 00:25:24 Β· See it on the map β†’

  3. Darvaza CraterOne-offTurkmenistan

    The Darvaza Crater, which is also called the Door to Hell β€” the Soviets were drilling for gas in the 1970s, and there was a leak, and noxious gases leaked out, and it set fire, and it's been burning ever since.

    mentioned at 00:31:02 Β· See it on the map β†’

  4. University of BathOne-offUnited Kingdom

    In 2008, the University of Bath invented a 3D printer that could print a copy of itself. Within three minutes, that copy had copied itself to make a third copy, and today nobody knows how many of these printers exist in…

    mentioned at 00:32:55 Β· See it on the map β†’

  5. Thanks to the Free University of Brussels, who've helped us set up this whole thing.

    mentioned at 00:45:39 Β· See it on the map β†’

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