Trivia / Numberphile

• Cowboy BeBop at His Computer: Hello Internet episode 15 points out an instance of this happening to the Numberphile video "The Scientific Way to Cut a Cake" after it went viral:
  "It's ABC News, and they're talking about your video. And they start it by saying, 'A team of mathematicians and scientists at Numberphile have been working on the solution for how to cut a cake.' Now, what I love about this, is every part of that sentence is wrong. Nothing is correct! 'A team of mathematicians and scientists'? No. First of all, there's one guy in the video [who's not a mathematician or scientist]. 'At Numberphile' — Numberphile, at least as of now, is not some kind of great mathematical scientific institution. It's a YouTube channel. … And then, 'have discovered' — this is, what, it's a hundred years old?"
  • Later in the episode, another instance is mentioned: "They [MailOnline] said the article was all about Alex Bellos, 'who calls himself Numberphile on YouTube.'"
• Promoted Fanboy: In a Google Plus hangout that was streamed to the channel, James Grime revealed himself to be one, of a sort. He already had a YouTube channel, and was a fan of the Periodic Videos. At the same time, he wanted to do a similar thing with mathematics, so he left a comment to Brady saying "you can contact me if you want to do something like that." Lo and behold, James would become the most frequent Numberphile guest.