Typis and Errirs

The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

Mark Chrisler

Natural Sciences, Design, History, Arts, Science

4.8 • 922 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

To honor all the flubs of our first year, we're going down the rabbit hole of the worst typos and mistakes in history. From sacrilegious Bibles to doomed space missions to a certain cartoon Sailor Man and his super-powered vegetable. This is the second episode of our Kickstarter season so be sure to take a look while the lookin's good! (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/468920813/the-constant-a-history-of-getting-things-wrong) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:05.2	Mecca bingo are legends of play since back in the day.
0:09.1	Back when cavemen hunted.
0:11.7	When Egyptians bathed in milk.
0:15.9	And now when Becky and Luton finally gets to put her feet up.
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0:26.5	no wonder Mecca are legends of play since back in the day.
0:30.1	Come on, let's play at mecabingo.com.
0:32.8	18 plus be gambleaware.org teas and sees apply.
0:35.7	Thoughtful driving tips from ESO. Number three.
0:39.2	This is Kieran. He's doing 70 on the motorway.
0:42.8	On his way to a cheeky spa appointment, though his diaries as he's visiting a client.
0:48.6	Naughty Kieran, lowering his speed to 60 could save him up to 9% in fuel on the journey.
0:55.6	Enjoy that hot stone massage, Kieran.
0:58.2	Slowing down a little.
0:59.8	This, I believe, is the first time I got something wrong on the show about getting things wrong.
1:07.3	Prime numbers have always contained a certain magic about them.
1:11.1	They start so easy.
1:12.5	Numbers that have no factors other than themselves.
1:16.4	So, 1.3, 5, 7, so far, so good.
1:22.5	11, 13, 17, 19, 23, um, 27. Because 27 is not a prime number, you see. That was followed soon after by this here.
1:40.9	The Battle of Hastings is one of the more crucial skirmishes in history.
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