In this video from our YouTube channel (click here to subscribe), we take a look at how exactly the practice of Halloween and Trick or Treating really got started. To make sure you don’t miss out on many more videos like this, be sure and subscribe to our new daily channel! If you liked this video, you might also enjoy: […]
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In this video from our new YouTube channel (click here to subscribe), we take a look at who invented the now ubiquitous clothing item known as jeans, what the impetus for them was, and how they ended up becoming so popular throughout a good percentage of the world. To make sure you don’t miss out on many more videos like […]
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In this video from our new YouTube channel (click here to subscribe), we take a look at when and why humans started shaving different parts of our bodies. For many more videos like this, be sure and subscribe to our channel. If you liked this video, you might also enjoy: What Happens When You Freeze Water in a Container So […]
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In this video from our new YouTube channel (click here to subscribe), we take a look at 13 fascinating food facts you probably didn’t know. For many more videos like this, be sure and subscribe to our channel. If you liked this video, you might also enjoy: The Greatest Practical Joke of the 19th Century Who is Craig from Craigslist? […]
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In this video from our new YouTube channel (click here to subscribe), we take a look at the remarkable individual who invented the world’s first known robot and what that robot did. For many more videos like this, be sure and subscribe to our channel. If you liked this video, you might also enjoy: The Greatest Practical Joke of the […]
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In this week’s “best of” our YouTube channel, we discuss who was the real first person to circumnavigate the globe, the superhero who powered up by smoking, what a “blue moon” really is, the sad story of the exploding anti-tank dogs of WWII, why aluminum foil is shiny on one side and not the other, and what people used for toothpaste […]
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In this week’s “best of” our YouTube channel, we discuss what causes the smell after rain, whether Nero really fiddled while Rome burned (and whether it really burned at all), when and why people started smiling in photographs, the fascinating origin of Scrabble, and how 911 became the emergency number in the United States. Click here to subscribe to our […]
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In this video from our new YouTube channel (click here to subscribe), we take a look at Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak’s first business together- making and selling “blue boxes” that allowed people to make completely free, illegal phone calls to anyone in the world. If you liked this video, you can find hundreds more like it on our YouTube […]
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In this week’s “best of” our YouTube channel, we discuss the structure used by Ancient Romans that made the now more famous Colosseum look tiny, the dung beetle and their ability to navigate using the stars, when the Sun will die, the truth about Marie Antoinette and “Let Them Eat Cake,” and that time Carl Sagan and co. put together […]
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In this video from our new YouTube channel (click here to subscribe), we take a look at one of the greatest practical jokes of all time, which took place in London on November 27, 1809 and was the result of a bet between famed English author Theodore Hook and architect and writer Samuel Beazley.
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In this video from our new YouTube channel (click here to subscribe), we answer the questions of who really invented the TV dinner. If you liked this video, be sure and click here to subscribe to our daily YouTube channel so you don’t miss out on any future videos.
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In this week’s “best of” our YouTube channel, we discuss the origin of the “ACME” brand name in Looney Tunes, the slave who helped make the famous Freedom Statue in Washington DC, why the Monopoly pieces are as they are, that time a tulip cost more than a house, and the truth about whales and their blowholes (aka, why Dory […]
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In this video from our new YouTube channel (click here to subscribe), we answer the questions of who Craig is from Craigslist, and how and why he ended up starting that site.
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In this video from our new YouTube channel, we look at the fascinating story behind how Pluto got its name. If you liked this video, you might also enjoy: Why Superheroes Wear Their Underwear on the Outside The Surprisingly Long Time You Could Survive in Space Without a Space Suit The Interesting Origins of the Word Geek and Nerd Why […]
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In this episode, you’re going to learn about a fascinating time in history when England had its security world shattered when a man waltzed into town and promptly easily picked the previously unpickable type of lock securing most of the valuables in the country. This is the story of the “Great Lock Controversy of 1851” [TRANSCRIPT] As mentioned in the […]
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In this episode, you’re going to learn why people get dark circles under their eyes when they get tired. [TRANSCRIPT] Don’t miss future episodes of this podcast, subscribe here: iTunes | RSS/XML You can also find more episodes by going here: Daily Knowledge Podcast
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In this episode, you’re going to learn why a certain type of breakfast in the U.S. is called a “Continental breakfast.” [TRANSCRIPT] Don’t miss future episodes of this podcast, subscribe here: iTunes | RSS/XML You can also find more episodes by going here: Daily Knowledge Podcast
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In this episode, you’re going to learn why it is that graduates wear caps and gowns at graduation ceremonies. [TRANSCRIPT] Don’t miss future episodes of this podcast, subscribe here: iTunes | RSS/XML You can also find more episodes by going here: Daily Knowledge Podcast
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