Philadelphia
About Philadelphia
Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous city in the United States, with a Census-estimated population of 1,574,281 in July 2025. The Philadelphia metropolitan area has 6.33 million residents and is the nation's ninth-largest metropolitan area. Philadelphia is known for its culture, cuisine, and history, maintaining contemporary influence in business and technology, sports, and music.
On the show — 53 mentions total
Bubble gum was invented in Philadelphia.
from 296: No Such Thing As A Glowing Ballet Dancer, 2019-11-22 at 00:36:46 · read transcript
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I can't work out exactly why that's the only one that's not illegal to own, but it was sold in 2021 at auction for nearly 15 million pounds. What happened was a few of them were stolen and found their way into private hands via a jeweler called Israel Svit, who was from Philadelphia. When they came to light, they would just get confiscated because you weren't allowed to have them.
532: No Such Thing As 'Is It Mushroom?', 2024-05-23 · listen
Not from Penn and teller. Just magic streets into existence. William Penn, he came up with the grid system in 1682 when he founded Philadelphia, which was only founded because basically the king of England, King Charles II, was massively in debt to him and had no money to pay him. Instead said, have this random tract of land in Philadelphia. So he gave him this land.
No Such Thing As EastEnders, The Opera, 2020-02-07 · listen
I can't work out exactly why that's the only one that's not illegal to own. It was sold in 2021 at auction for nearly £15 million. pounds. Wow. What happened was a few of them were stolen and found their way into private hands via a jeweler called Israel Svet, who was from Philadelphia. When they came to light, they would just get confiscated because you weren't allowed to have them. One of them got sold to King Farouk of Egypt.
No Such Thing As 'Is It Mushroom?', 2024-05-23 · listen
Cream cheese, by the way, the most famous type in Britain at least, and I think probably in America, is made in which city? Philadelphia. I'm afraid night was invented in New York, but it was named Philadelphia because the Philadelphia area was so famous for making good dairy products that they wanted to name it after this area, but it was actually invented in New York. Right. Now you're saying American cheese is good, James.
495: No Such Thing As A Peanut Hall of Fame, 2023-09-07 · listen
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Coordinates: 39.9528, -75.1636