Author Archives: Simon Whistler

Why Mint Tastes Cold, How the Word Spam Came to Mean Junk Message, Why Paper Cuts Hurt So Much and More…

In this week’s “best of” our YouTube channel, we discuss why mint tastes cold, why mustard is yellow despite the seeds being anything but, why paper cuts hurt so much, why school buses are yellow and don’t have seat belts, and how the word spam came to mean junk message. Click here to subscribe to our YouTube Channel for many […]

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Why Zombies Eat Brains, Why Lead Used to Be Added to Paint, Why People Look More Attractive When You’re Drinking, and More

In this week’s “best of” our YouTube channel, we discuss why people look more attractive when you’re drinking, why lead used to be added to paint, why zombies eat brains, why some Asian countries use chopsticks instead of more common eating utensils, and how much caffeine it would take to kill you. Click here to subscribe to our YouTube Channel […]

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Who Gets the Royalties for Hitler’s Book, the United States’ Plan to Invade Canada, Why Oil and Water Don’t Mix, and More

In this week’s “best of” our YouTube channel, we discuss who has gotten the millions of dollars of royalties for Hitler’s Hymnal of Hate since he died, the comic version of Superman where he landed in the Soviet Union instead of Kansas, the United States’ plan to invade Canada, why Native Americans didn’t wipe out Europeans with diseases, and why […]

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Is Salt Actually Bad for You?

In this video from our new YouTube channel (click here to subscribe), we look at the truth about whether high sodium intake and high blood pressure are actually linked or if it’s just a commonly perpetuated myth. To make sure you don’t miss out on many more videos like this, be sure and subscribe to our new daily channel! [TRANSCRIPT] […]

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Our Mega List of Fascinating Star Wars Facts You Probably Didn’t Know

If you’ve noticed the fewer number of articles being published the last couple weeks on TIFO, this post is the cause. 🙂 It now holds the record for the longest time spent researching and writing any single article on TIFO by a very good margin. It turns out there are an awful lot of Star Wars “facts” commonly repeated all […]

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How Thanksgiving Became a National Holiday in the U.S. and What “Mary Had a Little Lamb” Had to Do With It

In this video from our YouTube channel (click here to subscribe), we take a look at how Thanksgiving became a national holiday in the United States and what the poem “Mary Had a Little Lamb” had to do with it. To make sure you don’t miss out on many more videos like this, be sure and subscribe to our new […]

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Who Invented Duct Tape

In this video from our YouTube channel (click here to subscribe), we take a look at who really invented duct tape and what it was originally used for, which is probably not what you think! 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 […]

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