Series 3, Episode 8 of What The Factual sees Pete taking the reins this week as he meanders through almost the entire history of the beautiful, chaotic and passionate peninsular we now know as the Republic of Italy.

From early settlers to constant waves of Germanic warriors to Ancient Rome and, well, a more modern Rome. They take in the people with long beards, the people who liked watching animal fights and all the wonders of Sicily, Venice and the greatest World Cup ever held (in Pete's humble opinion).

In Chew The Fact and Love Factually they discover why an ostrich is called an ostrich, why shuffling a deck of cards can create a little piece of history and how many cigars a day is a little too many cigars a day.

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Episode 7 of Facts The Way I Like It! sees Gill and Pete don their fact sharing hats yet again. This time they look at the amazing story of Violet Jessop, different styles of music including the works of John Cage and Giraffe humming. You can judge which is the more musical. Gill has some good news from the fruit and health world and Pete breaks the story of the Nuclear Bomb disaster that nearly was.

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What The Factual? is back with Episode 7 of Series 3 in which Gill and Pete look at the Georgian Era when it seemed everyone was called George. They look at the Monarchy and how a guy called Rob guided them through the turbulent times of the early industrial revolution, exploration and the Napoleonic wars.

In Love Factually, Pete reveals how to find yourself in Iceland and in Chew The Fact he shares a shocking fact about the good ol' guillotine.

Finally, Gill admits to being mildly enthusiastic about Jane Austin... well, ok in fact she is wildly in love with Jane Austin.

Also as a result of this episode, Pete may well owe a huge apology to the good people of Birmingham.

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Here is yet another instalment of Facts The Way I Like It!

Gill and Pete out fact each other again. This week they tackle big subjects including Chinese Pirates, primitive surgery and arrow head removal, patron saints and how witty they can be when being put to death as well as Christmas song Royalties.

Also Pete puts us to sleep with some facts about anesthesia.

Finally, next time you're on the West Coast train line, keep an eye out for any baboons working in signal boxes...

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Gill and Pete return for with some great unknown (or lesser told) stories from World War 2 including the miraculous story of the ship the San Demetrio which defied the odds by surviving an attack in the North Atlantic. They also look at the brave contributions of animals as well as how the props and set building department of the film industry played its part in deceiving the German bombing campaigns.

They also touch on the more personal stories involving their own grandfather and also listener, Dave's family history and survival stories.

In the lighter side of the episode, Pete manages to shoehorn in another Roger Moore impersonation and Gill suggests the best pet to get if you want to follow in Lord Byron's footsteps.

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Facts The Way I Like It! is back with another quickfire exchange of facts between Gill and Pete and this week they get into the truth behind the myth of night-vision enhancing carrots, why Astronauts have their name, how to buy a dinosaur skeleton and Pete finds another excuse to talk about Italy in the form of where the term "paparazzi" comes from.

Finally, Gill just laughs at how Pete mis-pronounces difficult words.

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Gill and Pete take a good long look at Ancient Egypt with a keen hieroglyphic eye focused on the pharaohs and their legacies but they also look at the every day life in an incredibly advanced progressive civilisation for its time. Love and romance and chilled out attitudes were alive and well as was the adoration of cats and other god-like animals.

They also look at the life of Cleopatra, her influence and powerful leadership.

In Love Factually, they look at how the Comedy and Tragedy masks came to be, as well as how the word nice isn't as nice as it seems.

Finally, Pete has a fact about how even though Space moves pretty fast, it still takes a long time to get anywhere in the huge expansive void!

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References used in this episode:

https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/how-long-does-it-take-the-sun-to-orbit-the-galaxy

https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/comedy-drama-theater-masks-77499/

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Gill and Pete Fact it out again and hit on some great facts including ones about moustache related strikes, Picasso's criminal connections, the scourge of the music known as "Sex Rock" and unexploded bombs on the moon.

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