Dr Karl Kruszelnicki is Triple J‘s resident scientist.
Every Thursday, people from all across Australia call in to ask the 70-year-old public intellectual a plethora of questions during his popular segment.
Callers ask, why do some farts smell while others don’t? Why do all old people smell the same? Is fire red? THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW, KARL.
Nonetheless, Karl, more often than not, has an answer.
He searches through the encyclopedia he calls his brain, teaching Australians something new and usually completely wacky on a weekly basis.
However this time, Dr Karl received a phone call during the segment that left him uncharacteristically lost for words.