This is a weekly wrap of our popular Daily Knowledge Newsletter. You can get that newsletter for free here. THE SURPRISINGLY RECENT TIME TESTS USING RABBITS AND FROGS WERE THE GOLD STANDARD TO ACCURATELY DETECT HUMAN PREGNANCY We live in an age where determining if a woman is pregnant is ridiculously simple and cheap. Go back a few decades, though, […]
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In this week’s “best of” our YouTube channel, we share 10 amazing facts, then discuss why helicopters are actually pretty safe when the engine dies, the few families that have owned most of England for the last 1,000 years, how the calorie content of food is determined, the story behind the VIP ticket the founder of Hershey’s booked on the […]
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This is a weekly wrap of our popular Daily Knowledge Newsletter. You can get that newsletter for free here. The Life of Larry the Cat- Cheif Mouser to tbe Cabinet Office of the UK A while ago we shared the story of F.D.C. Willard, an ordinary housecat who through a confluence of mistakes and errors, ended up being listed as […]
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In this week’s “best of” our YouTube channel, we discuss whether or not spider blood is really blue, the origins of the necktie, the differences between virgin, extra-virgin, and “normal” olive oil, the Nazi Super Cannon, the truth about double jeopardy, and what the hottest temperature possible is. Click here to subscribe to our YouTube Channel for many more videos […]
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This is a weekly wrap of our popular Daily Knowledge Newsletter. You can get that newsletter for free here. Why Do Books’ Copyright Pages Have 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10? The number line, or printer’s key, often seen on the copyright page of books is simply a method of record-keeping that helps identify the book’s […]
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In this week’s “best of” our YouTube channel, we discuss how and why oysters make pearls, the time in history when doctors literally blew smoke up a person’s rectum, whether you are really entitled to a phone call if arrested, why judges wear robes, why there are no parachutes on commercial flights and some random amazing facts. Click here to […]
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This is a weekly wrap of our popular Daily Knowledge Newsletter. You can get that newsletter for free here. Why are People So Much Taller Today Than Historically? Over the last century and a half or so, humans, as a group, have grown significantly taller, with men from western, industrialized countries today being on average between 3 and 7 inches […]
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This is a weekly wrap of our popular Daily Knowledge Newsletter. You can get that newsletter for free here. Dustbin of History: The Other Network You may not remember when TV was black and white. You may not remember when there were no remotes and you had to get up to change channels or adjust the volume. Even if you […]
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In this week’s “best of” our YouTube channel, we discuss why certain radio signals travel drastically farther at night than during the day, the clever things Apollo astronauts had to do to get around the fact that they couldn’t get life insurance, how the Aloha shirt led to casual Friday, why we call scammers “con” men, the fascinating story of […]
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This is a weekly wrap of our popular Daily Knowledge Newsletter. You can get that newsletter for free here. When Did People Start Using Punctuation? The earliest writings, which were syllabic and/or logographic (think Mayan and Chinese), had no need for either spacing or punctuation, as each word was typically self-contained in the symbol. However, as previously demonstrated, the lack […]
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In this week’s “best of” our YouTube channel, we discuss why some people are allergic to cats, why barns are painted red, what the “D” stands for in “D-Day”, the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and what the Nazis, the British Accent, a Dinner Jacket and BBC News have to do with one another. Click here to subscribe […]
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This is a weekly wrap of our popular Daily Knowledge Newsletter. You can get that newsletter for free here. The Difference Between “Regular”, Virgin and Extra Virgin Olive Oils Generally speaking, olive oils fall into one of two broad categories: refined and unrefined, with virgin and extra virgin fitting in the latter category, and pure and light olive oils in […]
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In this week’s “best of” our YouTube channel, we discuss how astronauts scratch an itch when wearing their spacesuits, how Al “Scarface” Capone got his scars, how crowd size is estimated, the reason ladybugs are called that, and the time a soldier took down a fighter plane with a handgun. Click here to subscribe to our YouTube Channel for many […]
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This is a weekly wrap of our popular Daily Knowledge Newsletter. You can get that newsletter for free here. The Traditions of Going to Space Although you’d expect people tasked with going to space to be a fairly rational lot, astronauts and cosmonauts are noted as being an exceptionally superstitious group, many of whom conform to a number of seemingly […]
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In this week’s “best of” our YouTube channel, we discuss the origins of the phrase “Elvis has left the building”, the strange story of the actress who died while portraying her death on stage, what the black spots are on corn chips, the truth about the infamous McDonald’s coffee lawsuit and whether lobsters can die of old age. Click here […]
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In this week’s “best of” our YouTube channel, we discuss the Great Plague of London and the variety of bizarre methods employed to stop it, such as forcing kids to smoke, the unorthodox way Bohemian Rhapsody became a number one song, the mechanism behind how we pee, why Paul McCartney is rumored to have died several decades ago, and the […]
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In this week’s “best of” our YouTube channel, we discuss whether people ever really wore chastity belts, why old newspapers and book pages turn yellow, when a speed limit takes effect, the remarkable story of the railroad that hired a baboon to run its track switching lines, and the invention of non-alcoholic grape juice. Click here to subscribe to our […]
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In this week’s “best of” our YouTube channel, we discuss why ham or lamb is traditionally served on Easter, the truth about velociraptors, the difference between hard and soft woods, the truth about diamonds, what the M’s stand for in M&M’s and what really happens to a person when they are tarred and feathered. Click here to subscribe to our […]
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