The script for this video is an excerpt from our new book, The Wise Book of Whys available now: Print | Kindle | Nook | Audiobook If you liked this video, you might also enjoy: Our Book: The Wise Book of Whys The Superhero Who Powers Up By Smoking, and Other Bizarre Comic Characters The Soviet Superman: Red Son Why […]
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In this video from our YouTube channel (click here to subscribe), we take a look at the real reason the day after Thanksgiving is called “Black Friday.” And if you’ve heard it’s because that’s when retailers finally make a profit for the year (moving out of the red, and into the black)… well, you might want to give this video […]
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This is a guest post from our friends over at List25.com For more great videos from List25, subscribe to their extremely popular YouTube channel here.
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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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After years of having it on the “To-Do” list, we’re officially launching our YouTube Channel with this as our debut video. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel to make sure you don’t miss future TodayIFoundOut videos, which like our articles will be on a variety of topics and chock full of interesting, well researched facts. Thanks! Transcript: #1: Avast, Definition: “stop” […]
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Today I Found Out has teamed up with Destin from SmarterEveryDay to show some his awesome videos here. You can subscribe to the SmarterEveryDay YouTube channel here. If you liked this video and the Bonus Facts below, you might also enjoy: How to Read an EKG What Causes Hiccups What the Numbers on a Blood Pressure Test Mean and What […]
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Today I Found Out has teamed up with Jeremiah Warren to show his awesome “trivia” related videos here. You can subscribe to Warren’s YouTube Channel here. If you like this video and the Bonus Mother’s Day Facts below, you might also enjoy: The Woman Who Carried a Fetus in Her Body for Over 60 years The Record for the Most […]
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Today I Found Out has teamed up with Jeremiah Warren to show his awesome “trivia” related videos here. You can subscribe to Warren’s YouTube Channel here. Bonus April Fools’ Day Facts: The oldest known “April Fools’ Day” type tradition, Sizdah Bedar, can be found in Iran and has been going on since around 500 BC. The event is simply a […]
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Today I Found Out has teamed up with Jeremiah Warren to show his awesome “trivia” related videos here. You can subscribe to Warren’s YouTube Channel here. If you liked this video and the Bonus Saint Patrick’s Day facts below, you might also enjoy: Why Superheroes Wear Their Underwear on the Outside The Origins of Halloween and Trick or Treating The […]
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Today I Found Out has teamed up with Jeremiah Warren to show his awesome “trivia” related videos here. I hope you enjoy his videos as much as I have. Bonus George Washington Facts: George Washington was taphephobic (irrationally terrified of being buried alive). On his death bed, he told his attendants “I am just going. Have me decently buried and […]
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This is a fantastic educational video by Henry Reich from MinutePhysics (with Bonus Sun Facts below written by me). MinutePhysics also sells a few t-shirts here, if you’re interested. If you’ve got an educational video you’d like featured on Today I Found Out, you can contact me here. Bonus Sun Facts: The energy required to stop the Earth orbiting the […]
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Today I Found Out has teamed up with Jeremiah Warren to show his awesome “trivia” related videos here, along with Bonus Facts included after the video by me. I hope you enjoy his videos as much as I have. “Of all the public men that I have known, on both sides of the Atlantic (and there are few that I […]
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Today I Found Out has teamed up with Jeremiah Warren to show his awesome “trivia” related videos here, along with Bonus Facts included after the video by me. I hope you enjoy his videos as much as I have. Today I found out how hurricanes are named: Bonus Hurricane Facts: Hurricanes typically die down very quickly after striking land because […]
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Today I found out Steve Jobs’ first business was selling “blue boxes” that allowed users to get free phone service illegally. These boxes were designed in 1972 by Jobs’ close friend and future co-founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak. The idea to sell them was supposedly Jobs’. The two learned about blue boxes from famed “phreaker” (phone freak/hacker) John “Cap’n Crunch” […]
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Today I Found Out has teamed up with Jeremiah Warren to show his awesome “trivia” related videos here, along with Bonus Facts included after the video by me. I hope you enjoy his videos as much as I have. Today I found out the History of Thomas Edison: Bonus Thomas Edison Facts: While Google’s company slogan is unofficially “Don’t Be […]
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Today I Found Out has teamed up with Jeremiah Warren to start showing his awesome “trivia” videos here, along with Bonus Facts included after the video by me. I hope you enjoy his videos as much as I have. Bonus Trivia Facts: “Trivium” in Latin, the plural of which is “trivia”, literally means “triple way”: “tri-” (triple) and “via” (way). […]
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