TikTok on The Rest Is History

This episode is brought to you by TikTok. Now discovering something new, nothing could be more thrilling than that. Guest: That's so true, Tom. So the most exciting intellectual adventure that I've been on in the last couple of years was finding out all about the siege of Sharmysl, in Eastern Poland. So that's during the first World War. And I went online. I read lots of books about it. Guest: But what particularly thrilled me was discovering that there's a phenomenon called Shemeshla tok. So people on TikTok exchanging facts about the seeds of Shemeshla, talking about its history, its people, and for me, that was one of the most invigorating intellectual journeys that I've ever been on. Tom: Well, of course, studying the history of, obscure first world war battles, that's the kind of thing we're all into. But there are less mainstream areas that you can discover on TikTok like, history or maths or literature or cooking or music or sport or anything like that. Creators on TikTok make it easy to discover something new every day. Guest: TikTok is where discovery turns into conversation. Visit tiktok.com forward slash explore more to learn more.