In each episode, the hosts Dominic Byrne (Mr Curious), Fran Scott (Bold Experimentalist) and Greg Foot (Daredevil Scientist) get three chances to win. They can award each other’s stories up to 100 points for packing in maximum facts and maximum fun.

While Foot sets out to find the most explosive ingredient in his kitchen, Byrne is inspired to make an animated Guide to making it as a Gladiator following the statistic that only ‘one in ten gladiators survived’. Meanwhile, armed with the knowledge that tea tastes terrible on an aeroplane, Scott devises a demo to prove that one can boil water when it’s cold.

Factomania airs from Thursday, 3 April at 22:00 on BBC Knowledge, channel 184 DStv.