Archae-Facts

Archae-Facts is a regular series of Archaeology Soup educational videos.
In this particular series, presenter Marc offers various interesting archaeological trivia and tidbits.
In Marc's own words: Welcome to Archae-Facts, the place to find bite-sized chunks of Archaeological Trivia!
== Overview of the series ==
The full chronological playlist for this series can be found here.
For greater ease of navigation, the episode overviews listed below are arranged according to the year of their first release. Please note that the order number of the videos does not reset with these years, as this is a long-term documentary video series. Pleasant viewing !
==2012==
Archae-Facts mini-documentaries from 2012.
Order	Video topic 	Topic notes	Release date 	Runtime
1 	Series introduction 	N/A 	26 March 2012 	0:13
2 	Archae-Facts: The First Vending Machine... 	 	26 March 2012 	0:40
3 	Archae-Facts: Soup Makes You Beautiful? 	 	3 April 2012 	0:49
4 	Archae-Facts: Napoleon Vs. Canned Food! 	 	3 April 2012 	0:59
5 	Archae-Facts: Alexander the... Clean Shaven? 	 	21 April 2012 	1:16
6 	Archae-Facts: King James II Vs. Golf! 	 	24 April 2012 	0:55
7 	Archae-Facts: All Roads Lead to... Trivia? 	 	2 May 2012 	0:59
8 	Archae-Facts: Pale Pachyderms... 	 	9 May 2012 	1:11
9 	Archae-Facts: Vikings Vs. Nits! 	 	16 May 2012 	1:16
10 	Archae-Facts: Proxy Burial? 	 	28 May 2012 	1:07
11 	Archae-Facts: Something for Yew to Chew on! 	 	4 June 2012 	1:07
12 	Archae-Facts: Beethoven Vs. Pencils? 	 	8 June 2012 	1:07
13 	Archae-Facts: Rats, Cats & Pointy Hats! 	 	15 June 2012 	1:08
14 	Archae-Facts: The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread?	 	20 June 2012 	1:12
15 	Archae-Facts: Crafty Courtesans! 	 	2 July 2012 	1:01
16 	Archae-Facts: The Peril of Pavement! 	 	9 July 2012 	1:08
17 	Archae-Facts: Why 'Great Britain'? 	 	13 July 2012 	1:21
18 	Archae-Facts: Don't Panic! 	 	24 July 2012 	1:10
19 	Archae-Facts: Out of the Boiling Pot... 	 	30 July 2012 	0:59
20 	Archae-Facts: Celsus' Cure for Cataracts... 	 	6 August 2012 	1:18
21 	Archae-Facts: The Fate of Sir Walter's Head! 	 	13 August 2012 	1:28
22 	Archae-Facts: Love finds Love! 	 	20 August 2012 	1:15
23 	Archae-Facts: Hammurabi's Laws 	 	27 August 2012 	1:28
24 	Archae-Facts: Bear-ly Believable Bestiaries 	 	3 September 2012 	1:37
25 	Archae-Facts: Ruffing it with Elizabeth I 	 	10 September 2012 	1:24
26 	Archae-Facts: How to be Younger than You Are! 	 	9 October 2012 	0:57
27 	Archae-Facts: Ancient Asbestos! 	 	19 October 2012 	1:36
28 	Archae-Facts: Like a Wheel within a Wheel 	 	29 October 2012 	1:14
29 	Archae-Facts: Pharaoh's Flypaper! 	 	5 November 2012 	1:13
30 	Archae-Facts: Mary, the Golfing Queen! 	 	12 November 2012 	1:08
31 	Archae-Facts: Camels! The Original E-Reader? 	 	26 November 2012 	1:26
32 	Archae-Facts: A Tall Tale of Tall Hair! 	 	3 December 2012 November 2011 	2:06
33 	Archae-Facts: Do Blondes Have More Fun? 	 	11 December 2012 November 2011	1:44
34 	Archae-Facts: The Beard Tax! 	 	21 December 2012 	2:08
==2013==
Archae-Facts mini-documentaries from 2013.
Order	Video topic 	Topic notes	Release date 	Runtime
35 	Archae-Facts: Et Toupée Brute? 	 	7 January 2013 	1:34
36 	Archae-Facts: Posthumous Papal Prosecution! 	 	18 January 2013 	2:28
37 	Archae-Facts: A Franc Warning to Would-Be Royals! 	 	30 January 2013 	1:46
38 	Archae-Facts: A Spirited Tale of Distillation 	 	8 February 2013 	1:44
39 	Archae-Facts: Hua Tuo's Clever Concoctions! 	 	20 February 2013 	1:42
40 	Archae-Facts: The 'Number. 1' Secret for Whiter Teeth!	 	26 February 2013 	1:32
41 	Archae-Facts: A Spoon Full of Sugar... 	 	11 March 2013 	1:39
42 	Archae-Facts: Cocoa Currency... (Happy Easter!) 	 	29 March 2013 	1:37
43 	Archae-Facts: Oliver Cromwell & English Opera!? 	 	5 April 2013 	1:52
44 	Archae-Facts: Ostracism & Electoral Fraud 	 	11 April 2013 	1:41
45 	Archae-Facts: Dog Collars - What's the Point? 	 	18 April 2013 	1:23
46 	Archae-Facts: You're Fired!!! 	 	30 April 2013 	1:59
47 	Archae-Facts: Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble! 	 	13 May 2013 	1:08
48 	Archae-Facts: Would You Like Fries with That? 	 	20 May 2013 	1:41
49 	Archae-Facts: The Yardstick of Civilization! 	 	28 May 2013 	2:08
50 	Archae-Facts: Henry VIII and NASA! 	 	11 June 2013 	2:10
51 	Archae-Facts: Louis XIV Fashionable BY LAW! 	 	17 June 2013 	2:03
52 	Archae-Facts: Your Boss - Worth His Weight in Gold? 	 	24 June 2013 	1:44
53 	Archae-Facts: Vanilla - FAR From Boring! 	 	1 July 2013 	1:41
54 	Archae-Facts: What is Your Brain For? 	 	9 July 2013 	2:00
55 	Archae-Facts: Raleigh Want to Quit Smoking? 	 	15 July 2013 	1:48
56 	Archae-Facts: Rock, Paper-Armour, Scissors? 	 	22 July 2013 	2:30
57 	Archae-Facts: Death by Planet!? 	 	29 July 2013 	2:16
58 	Archae-Facts: Rain Caused by Crying? 	 	5 August 2013 	2:00
59 	Archae-Facts: How Many Cats Did Old MacDonald Have? 	 	12 August 2013 	2:07
60 	Archae-Facts: Hungry Hallucinations 	 	23 August 2013 	2:19
61 	Archae-Facts: The First Manned Flight? 	 	27 August 2013 	2:18
62 	Archae-Facts: Salt - A Royal Pain in the Neck? 	 	10 September 2013	3:11
63 	Archae-Facts: In Fourteen Hundred and Ninety Two... 	 	18 September 2013	2:02
64 	Archae-Facts: Richard II, Father of Curry? 	 	23 September 2013	1:57
65 	Archae-Facts: Yellow Snow... Not Always a Bad Thing! 	 	2 October 2013 	2:17
66 	Archae-Facts: Bonaparte, Caesar & Khan Vs. Cats? 	 	11 October 2013 	1:59
67 	Archae-Facts: Brilliant Boomerangs! 	 	21 October 2013 	2:45
68 	Archae-Facts: Greatest Ever Game of Hide and Seek? 	 	6 November 2013 	2:52
69 	Archae-Facts: Ketchup... But not as we know it! 	 	19 November 2013 	3:23
70 	Archae-Facts: One Foot in the Soup... 	 	29 November 2013 	4:01
71 	Archae-Facts: 'Tis the Season to be... Cordial 	 	6 December 2013 	3:06
72 	Archae-Facts: Gong Farmer!? (Thank you Harry) 	 	19 December 2013 	4:16
73 	Archae-Facts: A Christmas Carol? 	 	23 December 2013 	4:46
==2014==
Archae-Facts mini-documentaries from 2014.
Order	Video topic 	Topic notes	Release date 	Runtime
74 	Archae-Facts: New Year - Buttons for Thought! 	 	2 January 2014 	3:13
75 	Archae-Facts: Care to Wet Your Whistle? 	 	7 January 2014 	2:45
76 	Archae-Facts: Gold... Or Poo? 	 	14 January 2014 	3:42
77 	Archae-Facts: Are We Slaves to Myth? 	 	24 January 2014 	3:44
78 	Archae-Facts: Potatoes - Forbidden Fruit? 	 	4 February 2014 	2:46
79 	Archae-Facts: Why Block a Window? 	 	11 February 2014 	3:38
80 	Archae-Facts: Winter Sports 	 	24 February 2014 	4:05
81 	Archae-Facts: William the Conqueror's Funeral! 	 	10 March 2014 	3:32
82 	Archae-Facts: Watering Cans & Roman Helmets? 	 	24 March 2014 	3:35
83 	Archae-Facts: Finding Fingerprints! 	 	11 April 2014 	3:47
84 	Archae-Facts: Animals on Trial! 	 	6 May 2014 	3:42
85 	Archae-Facts: Keeping a Secret! 	 	16 May 2014 	4:09
86 	Archae-Facts: Biggest, Longest, Oldest, Deepest... 	 	9 June 2014 	4:49
87 	Archae-Facts: Banning Football!? 	 	16 June 2014 	2:23
88 	Archae-Facts: It Could Always Be Worse! 	 	30 June 2014 	2:08
89 	Archae-Facts: My Kingdom for a Fork! 	 	9 July 2014 	3:24
90 	Archae-Facts: Herodotus on Baldness... 	 	30 July 2014 	3:06
91 	Archae-Facts: Honey 	 	19 August 2014 	2:56
92 	Archae-Facts: Too Many Books? 	 	26 August 2014 	2:55
93 	Archae-Facts: Beauty in the (Culture) of the Beholder	 	5 September 2014 	3:29
94 	Archae-Facts: 30th Birthday etc 	 	11 September 2014	3:09
95 	Archae-Facts: Black or Blue? (Not Black'n'White!) 	 	24 September 2014	3:33
96 	Archae-Facts: Kites 	 	6 October 2014 	2:58
97 	Archae-Facts: Space Neanderthals? 	 	15 October 2014 	4:20
98 	Archae-Facts: Irony 	 	21 October 2014 	3:19
99 	Archae-Facts: 100! 	 	27 October 2014 	3:14
100 	Archae-Facts: Mince Pies 	 	21 December 2014 	3:31
==2015==
Archae-Facts mini-documentaries from 2015.
Order	Video topic 	Topic notes	Release date 	Runtime
101 	Archae-Facts: A Spartan New Year? 	 	5 January 2015 	3:49
102 	Archae-Facts: 23 Special Words 	 	9 January 2015 	3:17
103 	Archae-Facts: Pokémon & Archaeology 	 	30 January 2015 	2:43
104 	Archae-Facts: Outlaws 	 	18 March 2015 	3:21
105 	Archae-Facts: Terracotta Army of Individuals? 	 	13 April 2015 	3:04
106 	Archae-Facts: Knot a Good Way to Communicate? 	 	20 April 2015 	3:58
107 	Archae-Facts: Henry VIII Vs. Online Dating? 	 	4 May 2015 	4:00
108 	Archae-Facts: Toilet Paper 	 	29 May 2015 	4:03
109 	Archae-Facts: Peasants! 	 	8 June 2015 	5:02
110 	Archae-Facts: Magna Carta & Lawyers 	 	19 June 2015 	3:33
111 	Archae-Facts: Money for Old Rope? 	 	1 July 2015 	4:54
112 	Archae-Facts: UN-Cleanliness next to Godliness? 	 	8 July 2015 	3:52
113 	Archae-Facts: Don't Nok it Before You Try it? 	 	29 July 2015 	2:43
114 	Archae-Facts: Emperor Bootikins & The Nemi Ships	 	4 August 2015 	4:48
115 	Archae-Facts: Cosmetic Surgery 	 	24 August 2015 	3:40
116 	Archae-Facts: Gun Control 	 	3 September 2015 	5:39
117 	Archae-Facts: Passports 	 	15 September 2015	3:54
118 	Archae-Facts: Rugby 	 	28 September 2015	5:30
119 	Archae-Facts: Siege Cats? 	 	3 November 2015 	3:26
120 	Archae-Facts: Underpants! 	 	11 November 2015 	4:46
121 	Archae-Facts: Dreams 	 	8 December 2015 	4:49
==2016==
Archae-Facts mini-documentaries from 2016.
Order	Video topic 	Topic notes	Release date 	Runtime
122 	Archae-Facts: The Ides of March 	 	15 March 2016 	8:29
123 	Archae-Facts: When is a Fish Not a Fish? 	 	28 June 2016 	6:28
124 	Archae-Facts: Ancient Military Rations with my Cuppa!	 	5 October 2016 	4:17
125 	Archae-Facts: Christmas Presents? 	 	15 December 2016	2:51
==2017==
Archae-Facts mini-documentaries from 2017.
Order	Video topic 	Topic notes	Release date 	Runtime
126 	Archae-Facts: Aiming High in the New Year! 	 	3 January 2017 	3:09
127 	Archae-Facts: Valentine's Day in Ancient Rome...	 	13 February 2017 	3:29
128 	Archae-Facts: Birthday Cake! 	 	13 March 2017 	3:09
129 	Archae-Facts: Ban Coffee!? 	 	22 May 2017 	3:47
130 	Archae-Facts: Voting (Secret Ballot) 	 	8 June 2017 	4:40
131 	Archae-Facts: Hot, Hot, Hot! 	 	19 June 2017 	4:19
132 	Archae-Facts: Advertising! 	 	11 July 2017 	7:20
133 	Archae-Facts: Train Tracks 	 	12 September 2017	6:21
134 	Archae-Facts: Nice! 	 	20 October 2017 	3:55
135 	Archae-Facts: Toothache! 	 	1 December 2017 	4:08
136 	Archae-Facts: Christmas Pudding! 	 	18 December 2017 	6:23
==2018==
Archae-Facts mini-documentaries from 2018.
Order	Video topic 	Topic notes	Release date 	Runtime
137 	Archae-Facts: Drums! 	 	17 January 2018 	6:57
138 	Archae-Facts: Stuck in the Middle? 	 	27 February 2018 	8:35
139 	Archae-Facts: Digestive Biscuits!? 	 	27 March 2018 	4:18
140 	Archae-Facts: 'Ampersand' 	 	20 April 2018 	2:51
141 	Archae-Facts: Ancient GIF? 	 	11 June 2018 	6:00
142 	Archae-Facts: Too Much Gold? 	 	28 July 2018 	5:07
143 	Archae-Facts: Waking Up! 	 	13 August 2018 	6:57
144 	Archae-Facts: Piggy Bank? 	 	3 September 2018 	5:23
145 	Archae-Facts: Napoleon Boneparte a Short Man? 	 	27 September 2018	6:17
146 	Archae-Facts: Ancient Egyptian Mummies & Brains!	 	30 October 2018 	6:24
==2019==
Archae-Facts mini-documentaries from 2019.
Order	Video topic 	Topic notes	Release date 	Runtime
147 	Archae-Facts: Spartans Vs. Money? 	 	8 January 2019 	5:07
148 	Archae-Facts: Apple of Your Eye? (Happy Valentine's Day)	 	14 February 2019	4:42
149 	Archae-Facts: Duped by a Duke? 	 	27 July 2019 	5:27
==2020==
Archae-Facts mini-documentaries from 2020.
Order	Video topic 	Topic notes	Release date 	Runtime
150 	Archae-Facts: Most Deadly Cheese? 	 	28 January 2020	4:14
151 	Archae-Facts: 'Quarantine'... Being Helpful, not Merely Topical! (Useful Learning Activities)	 	17 March 2020 	7:16
152 	Archae-Facts: Plague Leads to Pubs!? 	 	10 June 2020 	5:56
==2021==
Archae-Facts mini-documentaries from 2021.
Order	Video topic 	Topic notes	Release date 	Runtime
153 	Archae-Facts: Marcus Aurelius & the Perilous Plague! (A Brief History of Pandemics)	 	6 July 2021 	6:20
154 	Archae-Facts: The First Traffic Light Was DEADLY! 	 	8 September 2021	3:01
==2022==
Archae-Facts mini-documentaries from 2022.
Order	Video topic 	Topic notes	Release date 	Runtime
155 	Archae-Facts: Can Carrots Help YOU See in the Dark ?	 	28 April 2022 	2:35
156 	Archae-Facts: When was the First Strike ? 	 	30 November 2022	6:37
==2023==
Archae-Facts mini-documentaries from 2023.
Order	Video topic 	Topic notes	Release date 	Runtime
157 	Archae-Facts: Why is a Heart Shape the Shape of a Heart ? (Happy Valentine's Day)	 	13 February 2023	1:46
== Trivia ==
The name of the series is a pun on "archaeology" and "artefacts", as well as signifying it's about interesting archaeology-related facts.
Category:Regular series