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 video from Anglophenia, Kate Arnell explains the interesting origin of Cockney and the meanings and origins behind various Cockney slang. For more videos like this, be sure to subscribe to their channel. If you liked this video, you might also enjoy: How Dick Came to be Short for Richard What is the Origin of the Word “Tip”, as […]
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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 video from the crew at SciShow, they discuss a variety of chemicals found in just about every food you eat and explain the way these chemicals are typically mass produced and why they are added to our foods. If you like this video, be sure and subscribe to their channel here. You can also join us in supporting […]
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In this video from MinuteEarth, they answer the question of why vaccines contain seemingly dangerous ingredients. If you like TodayIFoundOut, odds are you’ll also greatly enjoy their videos. So go check them out and subscribe to their channel here. You can also join us in supporting their efforts to make more videos like this by donating via their Patreon page […]
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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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This is a video from CGP Grey in which he explains what countries comprise “Scandinavia.” If you like this video, please subscribe to Grey’s awesome YouTube channel here. You can also join us in supporting his videos on Patreon here. If you liked this video, you might also enjoy: The Truth About Vikings and Their Helmets Where Do the Gypsies […]
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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 week’s “best of” our YouTube channel, we discuss who invented the QWERTY keyboard and how it became the defacto configuration for keyboards, the truth about who really invented the Fortune Cookie, the interesting story behind the song “A Boy Named Sue” and what famous children’s poet wrote it, and a bunch of fascinating Harry Potter facts. Be sure […]
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In this video from the crew at SciShow, they answer the question of why certain smells end up causing you to remember sometimes long forgotten things from many years before when you smell them again. If you like this video, be sure and subscribe to their channel here. You can also join us in supporting their efforts to make more […]
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In this week’s “best of” our YouTube channel, we discuss what happens when you freeze water in a container that won’t let it expand, why figure skaters don’t seem to ever get dizzy when they spin, how smoke detector’s work, and the fascinating story behind how the dwarf planet Pluto got its name. Be sure and subscribe to our YouTube […]
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