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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Birds stand facing into the wind because they like 'adversity'

Did you know that? You can tell which way the wind is blowing by how birds are standing. Birds always stand facing into the wind. Oh, they like the adversity. They don't wanna get blown away too. Because if they, if the wind kind of gusts, then they just take off and fly away.

Fact ClaimLifeMildSarcastic
Birds do typically face into the wind to keep their feathers from being ruffled and for easier takeoff, though they don't do it for 'adversity'.
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Big CatBig Cat

Pre-boarding an airplane early by ignoring your assigned group is a legitimate 'hack in the system'

It's pretty easy. I have no problem with it. They never say anything. It's a hack in the system. I slip in... by myself. I have no problem with it. They never say anything.

The 'hack' works in practice because gate agents rarely stop individuals once the line starts moving.
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Dalvin CookDalvin Cook

I shouldn't have been draftable if I were playing basketball because power forwards make more money

I'd be seeing these, seeing these contracts come out. I'd be like, 'Whoa man, like, I think I'm in the wrong sport.'... [If my son plays], we might go be hooping or something.

Factual comparison of professional athlete salaries and position value.
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MaxMax

I cannot run a 5K in under 33 minutes

I'm not gonna be able to run under 33 minutes. I'm not gonna be able to do that and I can't do that. Physically... I'm going to end up, I'm gonna get an injury.

Max finished the Chicago 5K in 34:07, so his prediction was correct.
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Big CatBig Cat

Having kids is a massive money pit

I want to say that I don't see this as a waste, but it is a waste. Having kids is just... it's a money pit. ... If you buy a kid a toy, they play with it for about five minutes. Then they're like, I'm gonna play with your fucking shoes or something that could kill me. ... You should actually just adopt your kids when they're 17 years old. You spend way less money on them.

Economically, children are widely considered one of the largest expenses an individual can incur, making the 'money pit' description factually grounded in a financial sense.
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HankHank

There is a 0% chance they successfully fly an orca in a cargo plane

I can't, there's, I I just, I know you guys are just fucking with me, but [there's] no way. 0%. 0% [chance this happens].

Lolita (the orca) died in captivity on August 18, 2023, shortly after this episode, meaning the flight never took place.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Polar bears are 'huge pussies' compared to grizzly bears

Polar bears are huge pussies. They actually, every time they meet grizzly bears in the wild, they like run away. 'cause grizzly bears are about that action. They scrap harder than polar bears. It's because their population densities are higher. So they see other grizzly bears and fight them more.

While polar bears are larger, observations in areas where they overlap (like Kaktovik, Alaska) have shown that grizzly bears often dominate polar bears at carcasses despite the size disadvantage, possibly due to higher aggression levels.
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Josh DuhamelJosh Duhamel

Dirt bikes are the only effective way to escape Los Angeles when society collapses

If something goes sideways in LA and there's riots in the streets... you only have the freeways out and those can lock down quickly. So how do you get out? Well, dirt bikes. Dirt bikes is the answer.

In a total gridlock scenario, a motorcycle or dirt bike is objectively the only vehicle capable of navigating between lanes and off-road.
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Big CatBig Cat

I pee in 100% of the pools I have ever been in

I piss in every pool I've ever been in. Yep. A hundred percent. Yep. All the time. ... Every pool I've ever been in, in my entire life. Every pool I've pissed in.

This is a self-reported fact claim by Big Cat.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Hank will likely catch a stray and be put in a dangerous situation before the D&D session ends.

I think somebody pro, if I, if I were to guess, because there's always gonna be a little bit of blood lust about somebody wanted to kill Hank very much... I think Hank might have caught a stray. Maybe we put Hank in a dangerous situation after I left.

At the end of the episode, Big Cat's character challenges and successfully kills Hank's character in a duel.
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Timm WoodsTimm Woods

If you see me on the street, I will almost certainly have a D20 on my person to roll for you.

If you come up to me on the street, I will roll a D 20 because I will probably have one on my person. Almost definitely.

Timm is sincere about his professional persona and community engagement.
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The Wonton DonThe Wonton Don

The party can always turn on Hank if the mission goes south.

Okay, well, if shit goes south, we can always turn on Hank. As long as it's not me.

The group does eventually turn on each other, specifically targeting Hank at the end.
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Big CatBig Cat

A Warlock is nothing without their spells.

You need your spells. [Hank] is nothing If you don't have spells.

In D&D mechanics, a Warlock's primary utility is indeed their spellcasting and Eldritch Blast.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

North Carolina is the rightful home of the Wright brothers over Ohio because they actually performed the first flight at Kitty Hawk

For the record, I'm on the side of North Carolina. This is like they did the flight at Kitty Hawk... Ohio's gotta get to the back of the line. It's basically like, oh, their parents had sex in Ohio. They try to count that as a dub.

While both states have historical claims (birthplace vs. flight location), the literal flight happened in NC, making PFT's specific point about location technically correct.
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Pat FreiermuthPat Freiermuth

I would never fight a Penn State wrestler because those guys are absolute freaks

I wouldn't fight any of the Penn State wrestlers... there are some freaks. Yeah. They are like Bo Nickal and I'm good. Yeah, he's dude, he's insane.

Given Penn State's dominance in wrestling and Bo Nickal's MMA success, this is a very safe and accurate opinion.
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Big CatBig Cat

The passengers on the missing Titanic submarine are likely already dead

They're dead. This is one of those situations that it's captivated the internet because they keep being like, they have 50 hours of oxygen... they died. It's probably better that they died almost instantly. I would imagine they did. You don't, something bad happened and the sub broke and they died.

It was later confirmed that the Titan sub suffered a catastrophic implosion on the day it went missing, killing all aboard instantly.
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Big CatBig Cat

The losing team of Mount Rushmore season must do a 24-hour solitary confinement stream in a white padded room

The punishment that I am offering up for Mount Rushmore season is the losing team has to do a 24-hour stream in a white padded room. Solitary confinement. Obviously you're not solitary because you're with someone else. 24 hours. Nothing else in the room.

This punishment was eventually modified but served as the primary motivation for the season. The 'white padded room' concept was a major talking point.
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Mike McDanielMike McDaniel

I've officially quit vaping cold turkey to stop people from talking about it

The idea of... that being something that people are talking about after a playoff game is annoying enough to provoke me to never do it again. And I've since quit classic McDaniel style cold turkey, just like alcohol. But I, you know, as far as a game, I... I don't totally know what you guys are talking about.

He hasn't been seen vaping on a sideline since.
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Big CatBig Cat

I am going to start taking Ozempic to lose weight.

I'm just gonna go on Ozempic. I don't fucking care. I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna do it and I'm gonna tell everyone to do it and then I'm gonna look hot and then I'll get off of it and then I'll gain it all back. Drop like 25 pounds and then just slowly gain it back.

Big Cat publicly confirmed in 2024 that he had been taking weight-loss medication.
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Anders HolmAnders Holm

Shallow pools are slower because waves bounce off the bottom and slow down the swimmer

If you have a shallow pool, it's not gonna be as fast because if you make waves and they bounce back up off the bottom of the pool at you, that just can slow you down. So you want it to be at least six to eight feet deep.

This is a scientifically recognized phenomenon in competitive swimming regarding wave dissipation and turbulence.
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Dan HurleyDan Hurley

I drink mushroom coffee with MCT oil before games for a mental advantage

About 90 minutes before game I tip off, I go mushroom coffee with a little MCT brain octane into the coffee, just to get that extra advantage over whoever I'm coaching against. And then during the game I'll go in a bulletproof mentalist blend with that Bye drink.

This is a personal routine described by the speaker.
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HankHank

Using shampoo on your armpits doesn't work to make them smell good like it does for the hair on your head.

When you wash your hair, it smells nice. When you wash your armpit hair, the smell does not stick. It doesn't do anything... If you use shampoo in your hair, you'll be able to smell the shampoo in your hair later in the day. Use shampoo in your armpits. You will not be able to smell that.

Biologically, armpits have different sweat glands (apocrine) and a different microbiome than the scalp, which affects scent. Hank's observation is physically 'correct' but his logic is bizarre.
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Timm WoodsTimm Woods

Hank has never correctly guessed the lottery ball and never will

Can you ask him if Hank's ever gotten the lottery ball? Correct. [Mepo]: Never. Never... [Mepo] doesn't even know how he knew that it's just in his body and it came bursting out. Liar, liar style. Just like, no.

Hank famously went nearly two years without getting the lottery ball, finally succeeding in May 2023.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

The unidentified aerial objects being shot down are just balloons without propulsion systems, not extraterrestrials

It's not UFOs. They're not UFOs... balloons don't have propulsion systems. Right. You would be aware of this, right? PFT? ... When everyone's going nuts on Twitter because they saw they have to report the object, so they're like, we don't know if this thing has a propulsion system. So that made it sound like it was something extraterrestrial. But really just balloons don't have propulsion systems.

The objects shot down in early 2023 were later described by the U.S. government as likely being private or research balloons, not extraterrestrial craft.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Punxsutawney Phil is a fraud and a 'wannabe Greta Thunberg'

My big fire fest is really for America... because you guys are letting a groundhog ruin your day today. Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow... be a fucking man... I'm going to wear shorts and short-sleeve t-shirts just to show that little wannabe Greta Thunberg telling me the sky is falling.

Hot TakeLifeHotSarcastic
A groundhog's weather prediction is scientifically unreliable, making 'fraud' a reasonable (if comedic) label.
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Big CatBig Cat

I am having a third child and I purposefully conceived to ensure it wouldn't be born during football season

I'm having another child, so congrats. Father three loading... early June... Are you purposely conceiving for the off-season? I mean, yeah... it's nice not having children during football season. I am a football guy.

Big Cat's third child was indeed born in June 2023, during the NFL offseason.
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Pete WeberPete Weber

The US Bowling Congress not inviting me to the US Open is an insult

A five-time Open champion... PBA/USBC Hall of Famer... and I don't get an invite? I think that's just an insult. That to me is a double insult. That I have to ask for an exemption into a tournament that I've won five times.

Pete Weber indeed did not receive an automatic invite to the 2023 US Open.
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Big CatBig Cat

A future Super Bowl punishment should be that someone has to hit a hole-in-one.

Next year I think we're gonna do, you gotta hit a hole in one. That would be so funny. If we just had a course in like a, a nice little [area]... it would take forever.

This was perfectly prescient; Max Dolente was eventually forced to attempt this exact feat in a viral 2024 marathon stream.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I will cut my hair short by the summer if it doesn't improve

I'm dealing with my hair issue... noticeably thinning out back there. I've made the executive decision if it doesn't improve by the summer, we're taking it off. We're going short... I got my own blood injected into my head earlier today... if I haven't turned it around by then, gotta come home.

PFT did eventually cut his hair for the 'PMT Mount Rushmore' bet/move to Chicago, though he has fluctuated on length since then.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Surviving COVID-19 three times makes my body a dynasty against the virus

I'm a back-to-back two-time Covid survivor. I'm about to make it a dynasty. This would be my third covid survival in two years, which I believe puts my body in a dynasty against the Coronavirus.

Hot TakeLifeMediumSarcastic
PFT did indeed survive his third bout with COVID.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Short people are crucial for conserving food and resources on our dying planet

Being short is better for the future... Not only do shorter people tend to live longer, but they're also crucial in conserving food and resources on her dying planet. The short are also inherent conservationists, which is more crucial than ever in this world of 8 billion. So basically if we were 10% shorter, we would save 87 millions of tons of food per year.

Fact ClaimLifeMediumSarcastic
The math behind smaller organisms requiring fewer calories is scientifically sound, though the 'conservationist' label is satirical.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Corn is botanically a fruit

Corn is a fruit. If you look it up, corn is a fruit. It has fruit qualities... the kernels of corn are fruit.

Botanically, corn is a fruit (specifically a caryopsis), a grain, and a vegetable depending on the definition used. Billy is correct on the botanical definition.
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Big CatBig Cat

I will take Liver King back if he admits he used steroids and was just trying to recover from injury

If he just says like, yeah, guys, I'm 50 years old... I needed this stuff to like, you know, come back. Like if he basically does the, I was injured and I wanted to get back with the team real fast. Like, if he does that, I'll take him back. I'll be like, what? Fuck it, dude. Like at least you're honest now.

Liver King did eventually admit to steroid use and apologized.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Buffalo are the only animals that walk into snowstorms rather than away from them

Buffalo [is] the only animal that goes towards snow storms. It'll [walk] towards the storm while other animals go away from it. That's got a rock. I like that's like pretty [hardcore].

American bison (often called buffalo) are indeed known for their behavior of facing into snowstorms and moving toward them.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The 2022 picks punishment should be the loser has to complete a half marathon with no training

I might retract my veto on the marathon because it's not as bad as some of the other ones. Right? And I think it would be pretty funny to have to go to the Super Bowl and run a marathon with no training... [I am] now bowling kind of endorsing it.

This did eventually become the punishment (the 26.2 mile walk/run), though the exact details changed slightly.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Mules are better workers than horses or donkeys

Mules are sterile and they're actually better workers than horses or donkeys. They're way better than horses. [How do they get born?] It takes one horse and one donkey. There's also zorses, that's a horse and a zebra.

Mules are widely recognized in agriculture for being heartier and more sure-footed than horses, though 'better' is somewhat subjective.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Boxers and porn stars never actually retire

Boxers in porn stars never really retire. They always say they do. They're always ready for one more. It just always, you know what I mean? You'll see. You just be like, no, no, if you're there's one more you just age into becoming a MILF.

Tyson Fury famously retired and unretired multiple times after this. Most legendary boxers (Mayweather, Tyson) also take exhibition bouts long after their prime.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Oxygen is a universally loved thing

Something we all take for granted... Oxygen. Everyone loves oxygen and especially, hey, we've all been carrying stuff around altitude... If you didn't have oxygen, you would die. Do you love breathing? You want to breathe. If I took you out to the water and drowned you... you gotta succeed as much as you want to breathe.

While technically correct that humans need oxygen, picking it as a 'loved' item is an absurd literalism.
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Jake MarshJake Marsh

Neutrogena has discontinued the face wash I have used my entire life

I'm pretty sure the face wash I've been using my whole life has been discontinued... probably like middle school. And I've gone to like five or six CVSs... Neutrogena website, sorry for the inconvenience we're sold out. On Amazon it's going for $70. I've transferred to Cetaphil.

Neutrogena did discontinue several of their legacy acne washes around this time.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Wolverines are more closely related to seals and sea lions than they are to wolves

Wolverines are related to seals and sea lions closer than actual wolves.

Biologically correct. Wolverines are in the suborder Caniformia, but within the family Mustelidae. They are more closely related to Pinnipeds (seals/sea lions) than they are to Canids (true wolves).
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Billy FootballBilly Football

There are zero rats in the province of Alberta

Two million rats in New York city and absolutely zero in Alberta. [They] could never make the department up there.

Alberta has maintained a famous, government-led rat-control program since the 1950s and is widely recognized as the only rat-free jurisdiction of its size in the world.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Otters are necrophiliacs and serial killers

Otters are necrophiliacs. They're fucked up. They fuck dead otters. Otters are like serial killers. No, they're not cool at all.

Sea otters are documented to exhibit highly aggressive behavior, including forced copulation with other species and necrophilia.
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Big CatBig Cat

Albert Einstein is an idiot because he married his first cousin

Einstein. Smartest guy alive, fucking married his cousin. What a foe... he F fucked his cousin. That makes no sense... He's not that smart. In my opinion. He's an idiot... he was like, yeah, you're not this isn't too incestuous enough for me. I need some fucking [cousin].

Einstein did marry his first cousin Elsa Einstein. The 'idiot' part is a subjective hot take.
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RoneRone

Men digest food 14 hours faster than women because men 'just get shit done'

A Mayo clinic study showed that the digestion process moves faster in men. It takes 33 hours mouth to butt in men and 47 hours for women... men are digesting 14 hours faster than women. And we just get shit done.

While the specific hours vary by individual, scientific consensus (including studies cited by Mayo Clinic) confirms men generally have faster transit times than women.
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Lil SasquatchLil Sasquatch

The lighter was invented before the match

The lighter was invented before the match... that's crazy... it'd be like, let's make this worse [with the match].

Verified historical fact: Döbereiner's lamp (1823) preceded John Walker's friction matches (1826).
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Timm WoodsTimm Woods

Lost Mines of Phandelver is the quintessential D&D adventure that almost everyone who has played the game has experienced

The adventure that I have planned for us today is a classic. It is known as Lost Mines of Phandelver. It is one of the most well-known D&D adventures. ... honestly, it's a well-known adventure. It's in the beginner box. So if anybody has played any adventure here, it would be that one.

Lost Mines of Phandelver was the adventure included in the 5th Edition Starter Set (2014), making it the most-played introductory module in history.
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Nick TuraniNick Turani

An evil God is completely satisfied with the party's horrific actions

[Big Cat]: Greg, I'm not the one to tell you that your God is angry with you... what are the thoughts going through Greg's head? [Nick Turani]: My God has never been more proud of me.

OpinionLifeHotSarcastic
Within the fictional framework of his character's religion (Bane/Cyric), this is correct character logic.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

PFT is the ultimate winner of the campaign after outlasting everyone

I'd like to just, I'd like to piss all over everybody... Everyone and there are some people making, saving, throws. They may live or die... but they're getting pissed on no matter what. And that is where we would finish up our game for today then.

PFT's character was the last one standing and active at the end of the episode.
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HankHank

Nuclear-powered 'air cruises' are fake and would definitely crash

It's a plane cruise. Yeah. It's like a massive, massive, massive, bigger than whatever name like four aircraft carriers... 20 electric engines powered by nuclear fusion. I'm just going to say this. If this is real, I will absolutely laugh when it crashes and everyone dies. There's no way to test fly this until you actually make the real thing.

The 'Sky Hotel' concept Hank is referring to has never been built and remains a CGI concept, supporting his claim that it isn't real/feasible.
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Big CatBig Cat

Billy Football has taken his position for granted and needed a suspension

I think Billy is very entertaining... The problem that I see going forward right now is that Billy has taken advantage of this show... and it reached a tipping point... because he didn't come to work. He was drunk and he didn't come to work... he is a weird combination of him kind of being entitled and kind of taking for granted the spot he's sitting in.

Billy was indeed suspended for a month. Whether it changed his behavior long-term is debatable as he eventually left the show in 2023.

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